Application
To apply for a Crisis Payment applicants can use the Essential Living Fund application available on Southend-on-Sea City Councils website.
The application will generally be treated as received the date it is submitted. If further evidence or information is required the normal time limit for provision is 1 calendar month from submission. If the information is not supplied the claim will be treated as defective.
The application is available 24/7.
Applications can be made by claimants, appointees or any other person acting on the claimant's behalf such as a relative or supportive departments (with claimants permission)
Resilience Services will be provided for people applying for a Crisis Payment and via the grant fund allocation to Essex County Council and it's partners.
Where appropriate warm referrals will be used to pass applicants between any of the providers as above and the Council or vice versa.