Our benefits advice service can help you with:
- Checking if you are entitled to benefits and how much
- Making claims on paper or online
- Self-assessment and review forms
- Challenging benefits decisions
Each year, we help around 8,500 people with their benefits issues. On average, our clients receive an income gain of £650.
Benefits advice first steps
To help you, we need to know:
- Who you live with
- Your income (for example, from wages, pensions, etc)
- How much your rent or mortgage is
- How much your council tax is
- Whether anyone in your household has health issues
- How much you pay for child care
If you have a health problem or you’re a carer, we need to know:
- What medical issues there are
- How they affect what the person with those issues can do in normal life
- If you regularly look after someone else
If you have debt, you can also get debt advice from us.
Contact our Adviceline if you have a question about benefits.
You can also contact our Financial Welfare Rights Service that helps people who have been diagnosed with cancer.
