Circular LG 18/2025 - Scheme of Emergency Financial Assistance (SEFA) to District Councils - Flooding 15 September 2025 - 14 October 2025

The Scheme of Emergency Financial Assistance (SEFA) is designed to aid individual householders who have suffered severe inconvenience as a result of internal flooding to their properties. Householders who are deemed eligible under the criteria laid out in the attached guidance will receive a £1,000 payment as an offer of practical assistance to those who have suffered severe inconvenience, to ensure homes are made habitable as quickly as possible. It is not a compensation payment.