Financial advice and benefits
- Money, tax and benefit advice
The Government website for advising on money, tax and benefit entitlements - Citizens Advice Bureau's benefit advice
(national website) - JobCentre Plus Hove
Job hunting and help & advice for making a claim for benefit, including income support & cold weather payments.
Contact details
Address: Boundary House
Boundary Road
BN3 7HD
Telephone: 0845 608 8715 - NHS Choices Stressline
If your feeling stressed, anxious or depressed about job insecurity, redundancy, debt or financial problems, don't leave it until things to get really bad before you seek help. Health advisors will listen, offer practical advice, guide you to useful online resources and put you in touch with other people who can help.
Contact details
Telephone: 0300 123 2000
Textphone: 0300 123 2810
Daily, 8am-10pm - Financial Services Authority (FSA)
The FSA is the UK’s financial regulator set up by the government to regulate financial services and protect your rights. The FSA provides information and pointers about your money. The Moneymadeclear service is provided by the FSA in partnership with the Government.
Benefits for those in work
- Benefits for those in work
The Department of Work and Pensions is responsible for a range of benefits and services for people of working age, providing financial help and support. Help includes sickness pay, managing on a low income, starting or returning to work, illness or accidents caused by work pensions and more...
Benefits for those on low incomes
- East Sussex Credit Union
Cooperative, offers cheap access to loans, high returns for savers & strengthens communities.
Contact details
Address: Community Base
113 Queens Road
Brighton
BN1 3XG
Telephone: 01273 234 858
Email: info@credit-union.org.uk - Help with Health Costs (HC11) (PDF 270kb)
Information about help with the cost of prescriptions, dental treatment, sight tests, glasses, contact lenses, wigs, fabric supports, travel to hospital - Help With Help Costs Quick Guide (HC11QG) (PDF 35kb)
Explains help available for prescriptions, dental treatment, sight tests, glasses or contact lenses, wigs and fabric supports and travel for NHS treatment. - Money, tax and benefit advice
The Government website for advising on money, tax and benefit entitlements - Turn2us
The new independent charity that helps people access the money available to them – through welfare benefits, grants and other help.
Contact details
Telephone: 0808 802 2000 - The Social Fund (685kb PDF file)
An information leaflet explaining how The Social Fund may be able to help if you are on a low income and faced with costs that are difficult to pay for out of your normal income.
Help for those in debt
- Community Legal Advice
Struggling to pay your bills? Bailiffs at your door? Dealing with credit card debt? Find out what you can do - Money, tax and benefit advice
The Government website for advising on money, tax and benefit entitlements - National Debtline
The helpline that provides free confidential and independent advice on how to deal with debt problems.
Contact details
Telephone: 0808 808 4000
Benefits for those with medical conditions
- NHS medical exemption certificate
This certificate is for patients who suffer from certain medical conditions and do not have to pay for NHS prescription, dental, optical and hospital travel costs. - NHS Charge Leaflet (HC12) (PDF - Various Sizes)
Information covered includes prescriptions, wigs and fabric support, hospital travel costs, dental treatment, sight tests, glasses or contact lenses, and penalty charges. - Are you entitled to help from Adult Social Care Services? (568kb)
- Living with Cancer is Expensive
Some of the benefits and financial help that may be available to patients with cancer.
Benefits for housing and council tax
If you pay rent or council tax for your home, and live on a low income, you may be able to get some help by claiming benefit. The amount of benefit you will receive depends on who lives with you, the amount of money you have coming in, any other benefits you receive and any savings you have. The Brighton and Hove City Council website can tell you more:
Benefits for carers
- Government benefit enquiry line
Advice and information for disabled people and carers on a range of available benefits. The person taking your call will not have your personal papers but will be able to give you general advice.
Contact details
Telephone: 0800 882 200
Email: BEL-Customer-Services@dwp.gsi.gov.uk
Benefits for refugees and immigrants
Contact details
Telephone: 01273 664021
- MultiKulti
This website gives information on supporting citizenship through translating information on debt, employment, health, housing, immigration & welfare benefits.
Support organisations offering benefit and financial advice
Local
- Brighton and Hove Citizens Advice Bureau
A service which offers advice and assistance on any subject and has specialists in money advice and welfare benefits.
Contact details
Address:Brighton & Hove Citizens Advice Bureau,
1 Tisbury Road,
Hove
BN3 4AH
Telephone: 0845 120 3710
- Knoll Advice Centre
Free, local, confidential advice on welfare benefits and debt problems. Helps with form filling and letter writing. Home visits arranged if necessary.
Contact details
Address: St Richard's Church & Community Centre
Egmont Road
Hove
BN3 7FJ
Telephone: 01273 410838
- St Luke's Advice Service
A local service that helps people complete their benefit forms.
Contact details
Address: 64 Old Shoreham Road
Brighton
BN1 5DD
Telephone: 01273 549203
Email: info@stlukesadviceservice.org.uk
National
- Child Maintenance Options
A service that provides impartial information and support to help both parents make an informed choice about child maintenance.
Contact details
Telephone: 0800 988 0988 - Community Legal Advice
Do you know what benefits you're entitled to? Wondering about job seekers' allowance or tax credits? Find out more
- National Debtline
The helpline that provides free confidential and independent advice on how to deal with debt problems.
Contact details
Telephone: 0808 808 4000 - NFHA care fees advice
This national advice organisation will help you understand what state support you may be entitled to towards your care and. If you are self-funding it will help you understand the financial products available to meet ongoing care costs.
Contact details
Telephone: 01865 733000
Email: enquiries@nhfa.co.uk
Providing you with information to help you and your family live longer, healthier, more comfortable lives