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Tell us: have you received PayPoint cash vouchers from your council?

We’d like to hear how people in the UK who have been given cash vouchers from their council’s Household Support Fund for essentials have experienced applying for and accessing the money
  
  

Consumers will be able to make free cash withdrawals from tills in some convenience stores under a new trial being launched next month to help keep banknotes and coins viable. The initiative, which starts from October 15, is being launched by cash machine network Link and in-store payment services and ATM provider PayPoint. PA Photo. Issue date: Wednesday September 23, 2020.
Consumers will be able to make free cash withdrawals from tills in some convenience stores under a new trial being launched next month to help keep banknotes and coins viable. The initiative, which starts from October 15, is being launched by cash machine network Link and in-store payment services and ATM provider PayPoint. PA Photo. Issue date: Wednesday September 23, 2020. Photograph: Dominic Lipinski/PA

The government launched the £500m Household Support Fund (HSF) last autumn to help struggling households in the UK with essentials such as food, bills and other expenses.

We are interested to hear from people who have received assistance in form of cash vouchers from their councils, how they found the application process and how long it took for the money to be paid out.

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