List of organisations which can help
Organisations
Department for work and pensions
- Department for Work and Pension (GOV.UK): website for information on all state benefits
The Inland Revenue
- HM Revenue and Customs (GOV.UK): information about child benefit, pensioners' credits and tax credit
Leicestershire Citizens Advice Bureau
- Leicestershire Citizens Advice Bureau - Hinckley branch (citizensadviceleicestershire.org): offers free, independent, impartial, confidential advice
The Job Centre
- Job Centre Plus (GOV.UK): employment service
Age UK
- Age UK (ageuk.org.uk)
- Leicestershire & Rutland (ageuk.org.uk): handyperson services
Clockwise credit union
- Clockwise credit union (clockwise.coop): a fair, responsible and people focused credit union providing a wide range of money products and services in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland
Legal aid
- Legal Aid Agency (GOV.UK): how to find legal assistance
Advice for parents
- Gingerbread - single parents, equal families (gingerbread.org.uk): information and advice for parents
- Leicestershire County Council (leicestershire.gov.uk): including social services
Health advice
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Department of Health (GOV.UK): information on health issues, including bereavement issues
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Your first contact (firstcontactplus.org.uk): for information, advice and support in Leicestershire
Carers
- Carers UK (carersuk.org): information for carers
Help for asylum seekers and immigrants
- Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants (jcwi.org.uk): help and advice for immigrants
Help with homelessness
- Crisis (crisis.org.uk): information on homelessness
Information about pensions
- State pension (GOV.UK): see if you are entitled to financial help, if you are retired
Which? - help with elderly care
- Which? elderly care (which.co.uk): free, independent and practical advice about caring for people in later life
General
- First contact plus (firstcontactplus.org.uk): a partnership of services that work together to ensure that you receive the right information and support, including money, debt and benefit information.
Third party websites
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Last updated: 09/12/2022 16:08
