The Local Authority Emergency Assistance Grant is to help support residents who do not have enough resources to meet the immediate short-term needs and urgently require assistance with food and essentials items. You must be experiencing financial hardship as a direct result of Covid-19.
To be eligible for the scheme you MUST
- live in Preston
- be able to show us that you do not have the resources to provide food, gas or electricity and/or essential household items for yourself or your household as a result of the impact of either COVID-19 or other financial hardship
Please ensure you have read our
Emergency Assistance Grant Scheme information page.
Please ensure you upload a recent full months bank statement, showing transactions, your balance and your name and address, otherwise your application will not be considered. We will accept screenshots of your bank statement.