Overview
- Norfolk County Council unveiled a £3 million Heating Oil Crisis Fund that offers grants of about £350 to households at immediate risk of running out of fuel.
- The council will verify eligibility by checking income, savings and debts, and it will ask for two months of bank statements and details of any oil payment plan.
- The county fund draws on a £3 million government top-up to the 2026/27 Crisis and Resilience Fund, alongside a £53 million UK package announced earlier in March.
- North Norfolk District Council approved a separate £50,000 pot, with applications routed through the council’s financial inclusion team or North Norfolk Foodbank to reach rural households.
- About 70,000 Norfolk homes rely on heating oil and many report prices have doubled since the Middle East war, and oil users are not shielded by the energy price cap.