Stay Well

The Stay Well fund provides grants of up to £400 for individuals and families living in Cambridgeshire (currently not including Peterborough) facing fuel poverty. Grants are specifically for future heating costs within the home. For those who are homeless, home items that assist with keeping warm (such as sleeping bags or blankets) will be considered, but clothing applications are not accepted. Grant applicants must be referred by an organisation, either in the voluntary sector or a local authority, that has assessed the circumstances and can verify that the individual or family are in extreme crisis and in need of immediate assistance. All payments of awards are made directly to the referring organisation and not to the energy company or fuel supplier. This grant is intended to help those in extreme and urgent crisis. Repeated or multiple requests for one family or individual are not anticipated. Recipients may only ever receive a maximum total of £1200 from the Stay Well fund (either 3 grants of £400 or more than 3 grants of smaller amounts), with only one grant allowed per 6 month period. The fund may be closed at short notice when funds are exhausted.