Other Sources of Support:

You can apply for Council Tax support or a Hardship Payment through your Local Authority, who have funding to help those who are facing exceptional financial hardship. Each Local Authority has their own policies on allocation and timings, so please check their website for information on how to apply.

Entertainment Charities:

The Actors' Trust
Theatre Chaplaincy UK
The Actors' Charitable Trust
Actors' Children's Trust
Backup – The Technical Entertainment Charity
British Performing Arts Medicine Trust
Catholic Stage Guild
Cinema and Television Benevolent Fund
Concert Artistes Benevolent Fund
Dancers' Career Development
Dance Professionals Fund
Denville Hall
Drury Lane Theatrical Fund
English National Opera Benevolent Fund
Entertainment Agents' Association Benevolent Fund
Equity Benevolent Fund
Evelyn Norris Trust
Grace Wyndham Goldie (BBC) Trust Fund
The Grand Order of Water Rats
King George's Fund for Actors and Actresses
Lisa Ullmann Travelling Scholarship Fund
Help Musicians
Music Support
The Ralph and Meriel Richardson Foundation
The Royal Theatrical Fund
The Royal Opera House Benevolent Fund
Royal Society of Musicians
Royal Variety Charity
Stage One for Producers
The Theatrical Guild

Additional Support

If you're in need of white goods:

• Family Fund
• British Gas Energy Trust
• Glasspool
• Buttle UK

If you’re in need of preloved & refurbished appliances:

• Reuse Network
• Emmaus
• Next Door, Olio and Freecycle often have people selling or giving away preloved white goods

If you're in need of preloved furniture:

• Revive and Recycle
• End Furniture Poverty
• More Life Home
• Reuse Network

If you're in need of food:

• The Felix Project
• Neighbourly
• Fare Share
• Feeding Britain

If you’re in need of mental health support:

• Mind
  Information, local support services, advocacy, and mental health resources. It's particularly useful for anxiety, depression, crisis planning, and navigating services
• Rethink Mental Illness
  Support for people living with severe mental illness and their families. Offers advice on rights, benefits, housing, and care
• Samaritans
  Free emotional support 24/7 for anyone struggling or in distress
  Phone: 116 123 (free from UK phones)
• Shout
  Free confidential text support. Text SHOUT to 85258.

Local & Energy Assistance Programs:

• Local Welfare Assistance: Check with your local council, as many offer welfare assistance schemes that provide vouchers or grants for household essentials.
• LEAP (Local Energy Advice Partnership)
• Energy Supplier Grants: If you are in debt with your gas and electricity, suppliers like EDF and E.ON occasionally offer support funds or appliance replacement grants

If you're a single parent household:

• Single Parents Support and Advice Services (SPSAS)
• Gingerbread
• Home-Start

For other areas of assistance:

• Turn2Us
• Lightning Reach

Free Self-Employment Advice

• The King’s Trust
• Enterprise Nation
• Federation of Small Businesses
• HM Revenue and Customs

If you’re in need of Benefits Advice and Advocacy:

• Citizens Advice
• Disability Rights UK
• Advicenow
• Turn2us

If you'd like to socialise more:

• Meetup
  A platform that connects you with everything from book to sewing clubs
• Footy Addicts
  An app that connects you with local games that you can join