Vouchers and free money

The money you keep forgetting to claim.

Billions of pounds of help goes unclaimed every year, not because people do not qualify but because nobody reminds them it is there. Here are the vouchers, discounts and free money a UK household can claim, each with the amount, who qualifies and a link to the official source. Then shop voucher codes, when we have ones worth trusting.

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Tops you up to £238 a week

Pension Credit

You are over State Pension age.

All four nations

Varies by council

Crisis and Resilience Fund

You are a low income household that has hit a financial shock.

England

Gas and electricity

£150

Warm Home Discount

You were getting Pension Credit, Universal Credit, Housing Benefit or income related Employment and Support Allowance on 23 August 2026.

England, Wales

£25

Cold Weather Payment

You get Pension Credit, income related Employment and Support Allowance, Universal Credit or Support for Mortgage Interest.

England, Wales, Northern Ireland

Water

Roughly 15% to 99% off

Your water company's social tariff

You are on a low income. Thresholds run from roughly £17,000 to £30,000 depending on the company.

England, Wales

Your bill capped

WaterSure

You are on a water meter, or you have applied for one and are waiting.

England; differs in Wales

Council tax and rates

Up to 100% off

Council Tax Reduction

You are on a low income or on benefits, whether you rent or own.

England, Wales, Scotland; differs in Northern Ireland

25% or 50% off

Single person discount and other disregards

25% off if you live alone, or if everyone else living there is disregarded.

England, Wales, Scotland

Broadband and mobile

From £12 a month

Broadband and mobile social tariffs

You or somebody in your household claims Universal Credit. That alone qualifies you for any tariff on Ofcom's list.

All four nations

NHS costs

£9.90 an item

Free prescriptions and help with NHS costs

Free automatically if you are under 16, aged 16 to 18 in full time education, or 60 or over.

England

Full or partial help

NHS Low Income Scheme

You are on a low income but not on a qualifying benefit. If you already get one of those you have full help automatically and do not need to apply.

All four nations

Childcare

£4.65 to £9.30 a week

Healthy Start food vouchers

£4.65 a week from the 10th week of pregnancy.

England; differs in Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland

Up to £2,000 or £1,836 a month

Tax Free Childcare and the Universal Credit childcare element

Tax Free Childcare: for every £8 you pay in, the government adds £2, up to £500 every three months per child, so £2,000 a year. That doubles to £4,000 a year for a disabled child.

All four nations

Up to 30 hours a week

Funded childcare hours

England, working parents: 30 hours a week for 38 weeks, for children from 9 months to 4 years. Each parent must expect to earn at least £2,643.68 over three months if 21 or over, £2,256.80 if 18 to 20, or £1,664 if under 18 or an apprentice.

England; differs in Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland

TV licence

Free, £90 or £7.50

TV licence concessions

Free: you are 75 or over AND you or your partner at the same address get Pension Credit. Age alone is not enough, and this is the part people get wrong.

All four nations

Getting about

A third to a half off

Cheaper travel

Disabled Persons Railcard: a third off for you and one adult companion travelling with you, any time. £20 for a year or £54 for three.

All four nations

If you are already behind

Up to £1,200 in bonuses

Help to Save, a 50% savings bonus

You can pay in between £1 and £50 a calendar month, and you do not have to pay in every month.

All four nations

Shop voucher codes

Money off at the shops, done the honest way.

Nothing here yet, on purpose

We do not list scraped voucher codes that might not work. Half the voucher sites online are full of expired and made up codes, and a code that fails at the till is worse than no code at all. When we connect a checked feed, real shop codes land here with the shop, the saving and the date they expire, and not before. Until then this space is honestly empty.

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Where this comes from, and where it could be wrong

Ways this page could mislead you

These are the headline claimable schemes. The full list, with the exact eligibility for each, is on the help with bills page.

Amounts are the maximums or the standard figures. What you personally get depends on your income, your nation and your circumstances.

Several schemes differ across England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, and each card says where it applies.

Shop voucher codes are switched off until we have a checked feed, rather than filled with codes that might not work.

The full list, with the exact eligibility for every scheme →

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