Welfare
Rights Service in Bexley
Claim it! It's yours!
Providers
The organisations delivering
the service are:
Everyone is likely to qualify for some kind of welfare benefit
or tax credit at one time or another, yet thousands of people don’t
claim what they are entitled to. There are many benefits available
that you may not be aware that you are entitled to claim.
So for a FREE benefit check you can contact any of these 3 organisations.
They have specialist advisers who can help and who can visit you
at home.
Thamesmead Law Centre
4 Cross Street, Erith, Kent DA8 1RB
Tel: 020 8311 0555 (answerphone, leave a message)
Fax: 01322 331 073
Text 'lbb' to 07783 906 797 and they will call you back
Opening Times at 4 Cross Street are 10am - 12.30pm daily
- Monday - Employment
- Tuesday - Housing
- Wednesday - Benefit
- Thursday - Immigration
- Friday - Imigration
Also:
- Tuesday - Benefit advice at Gallions Housing Project Office,
Tavy Bridge. 10am - 12.30pm
- Thursday - Housing Advice at Trust Thamesmead, 19A Joyce Dawson
Way. 10am - 12.30pm
Deliver a borough wide specialist welfare rights service including
advocacy/tribunal representation to all members of the community.
Age Concern (Bexley)
Grassington Road, Sidcup, Kent DA14 6BY
Tel: 020 8300 0883
Fax: 020 8300 2495
Email: information@ageconcernbexley.org.uk
Opening Times: Mon-Fri 10.00-12.30 & 13.30-16.00
Provides welfare rights advice, help with form filling and advocacy
to older people.
Carers Support (Bexley)
The Manor House, Grassington Road, Sidcup, KentDA14
6BY
Tel: 0208 294 6883 (24 hr answerphone)
Fax: 020 8300 3002
Email: benefits@carerssupport.org
Opening Times: Mon–Fri 09.30–17.00
Welfare Rights and tax credit advice to friends and relatives
who care for someone else. Home visits can be arranged.
The service provided by these organisations is supported by the
Community Legal Services Partnership and has produced a series of
advice leaflets and posters
Leaflets
-
Council Tax (80KB pdf file) –
Find out if you should be paying less
This leaflet offers residents the opportunity of contacting the Welfare Rights Service for free and confidential benefit advice. It includes a postage paid reply page.
-
Benefit Health Check (97KB pdf file) –
Have you had one?
This leaflet offers residents in the Erith area the opportunity of contacting the Citizens Advice Bureau - Erith, for free and confidential advice. It includes a postage paid reply page.
- Claim
it! It’s Yours! (385KB pdf file) – How
to get help if you are eligible to claim additional benefits,
allowances and tax credits
- Housing,
Council Tax Benefit and Pension Credit (479KB pdf file) – This
leaflet tells you about Pension Credit for people over 60. It also
tells you how Pension Credit affects your Housing Benefit and Council
Tax Benefit
- Employment Problems? (210KB pdf file) – This
leaflet tells you where to go to get help with your employment problems
- Housing Problems? (211KB pdf file) – This
leaflet tells you where to go to get help with your housing problems
- Family Problems? (209KB pdf file) – This
leaflet tells you where to go for legal and other help if you are having relationship problems or you need legal advice regarding children
Posters
There are other welfare rights advice providers who offer specialist
advice to different client groups and details of these organisations
are named in the leaflet Claim it! It’s Yours!
Other Helpful Websites
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