Our much needed Caring in a Crisis project is funded by The Henry Smith Charitable Trust. Our project aims to identify where people need help and support to access their welfare rights, benefit entitlements and support them through the claiming process. The project supports people to make claims for Attendance Allowance, Personal Independence Payments (PIP), Housing and Council Tax Benefits and much more.
If you don’t have enough money to live on, we may be able to help you to explore getting help to afford essentials like bills and food. This includes the Household Support Fund and cost of living payments, even you are working.
The Service is open to all Sandwell residents, appointments are offered on a personal, face-to-face basis and are held at St Albans Community Centre, five days a week Monday to Friday.
Welfare Rights & Debt Advice
- Want to check that you are not under-claiming benefits?
- Confused about your benefits?
- Don’t know where to turn to?
- Are you struggling with Debt?
We can help. Our Welfare Rights and Debt Advice service will help you maximise your income by claiming all of the benefits you are entitled to whilst also helping you to reduce your monthly outgoings.
What we do:
- Income maximisation
- Help you with making claims for benefits
- Form filling
- Challenge incorrect decisions
- Represent at appeal hearings
- Benefit calculations
- Debt advice
- Budgeting advice
- Arrears
- Bedroom Tax
- Fuel Debts
- Reduce water-bills
Contact us on 0121 558 0018 to find out more about this free, confidential and impartial service, or contact us by completing the electronic form. Home visits are available if you are not able to visit the office because you are housebound.