Benefit Advice
We give advice on all types of welfare benefits including
housing and council tax benefits, tax and pension credits. Please
contact the Welfare Benefits and Money Advice Team
We also provide the following services:
Home visits
We visit people with disabilities or have mobility problems to
assist them with their claims for benefits. Our experienced
advisers carry out a welfare benefit check to identify the benefits
that you may be entitled to. If you would like a home visit please
contact or leave a message for Richard
Heasman-Hyde on 020 8708 4530
Outreach
We give advice and information about welfare benefits to people
whose first language is not English.
Languages spoken by members of the Team include:
- Urdu
- Hindi
- Gujarati
- Punjabi
- Bengali
- Arabic
- French
- Spanish
For more information please contact or
leave a message for Keith Jordan, our outreach officer.
Outreach for Older people
We have an outreach officer, Sonya Deane, whose work is to
promote and improve the take-up of all welfare benefits by
residents who are 60 and over. Please contact Sonya Dean for more
information.
Money (Debt) Advice
We offer advice on money management for people who are having
financial difficulties, and negotiate on their behalf with their
creditors. This is a free and confidential service. For more
information please contact Elaine Morley
Concessionary Travel
We issue disabled person’s freedom passes.