Advice websites
Action for Blind People: Useful resources about benefits & visual impairment
Advicekit: Manchester City Council's innovative on-line advice service
Advicenow: Accessible information about a wide range of legal rights
Age Concern England: Advice factsheets
Age Concern and Help the Aged Scotland: Advice factsheets
Benefits in Mind: Neath Mind's excellent site about benefits and mental health
Carers UK: Information about benefits and carers' rights
Citizens Advice Adviceguide: Information about a wide range of rights
Citizens Advice Scotland Adviceguide with information about a wide range of rights
Community Legal Advice: Leaflets about a range of legal rights
Consumer Direct: Consumer rights advice
Coventry Law Centre: Employment rights leaflets (also about other subjects)
Care To Learn: Help with childcare costs for young parents aged 16+ who are in learning
DIAL UK: Factsheets on various issues
DirectGov: Benefits, tax credits and other information
DirectGov: Make online claims for benefits
EMA Direct:Education Maintenance Allowance information
Govan Law Centre: Excellent Scots law resources about housing, employment, debt, benefits, etc
Greater Manchester Low Pay Unit: Factsheets about employment rights
Healthy Start: Advice about what it is and who qualifies
Immigration Advisory Service Information and help on Immigration matters
Independent Review Service: Social Fund reviews and related matters
Leasehold Advisory Service: Legal rights of residential leaseholders (e.g.service charges)
LHA Direct: Local Housing Allowances for each local authority/Broad Rental Market Area
Mencap: Benefit factsheets
Multikulti: Rights leaflets in thirteen languages
National Debtline: Useful factsheets and self help packs
Northern Ireland Law Centre: Northern Ireland social welfare law resources
Say no to 0870: Geographical equivalents for 0870 and 0800 numbers, useful for mobile phone calls to DWP & HMRC
Shelternet: Housing advice
Veterans Agency: Information about War Pensions, etc
Welfare Rights (Dumfries) Helpful and informative charity offering help and on-line advice
Benefit Claim forms
DWP: and other claim forms on-line
HM Revenue and Customs: On-line claim form for Tax Credits
The Pension Service: With Pension Credit and Retirement Pension claim forms on line
Some local authority welfare rights websites with useful resources
(There are many, here are a few)
Hertfordshire
Glasgow
Newcastle
Manchester
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