 | What does it do?If you are looking for clear and independent advice on housing, benefits and welfare rights, debt problems, we can help. The FirstStop Team are here to help you!
If you need advice on housing, care or finance, then please contact the team, to discuss your enquiry in confidence. They will offer you support and advice.
This service is available across Sandwell, Dudley, Walsall, Wolverhampton and Birmingham, so feel free to pass the word out to friends and family and they can also access this free service!
Free Welfare Benefits Advice.
Are you claiming all your pennies?
Are you claiming all the welfare benefits that you are entitled to?
Do you need help completing the forms?
There is help at hand; Tracey Carswell and Tracey Rilett can visit you at home to make sure you are claiming all your pennies!
Whether you want to check that you are claiming the right benefits or see if you are eligible, this is a free service available whatever your age, whether you rent or own your home. |
Who it is for? Older people, their families and carers | Where it is available? Local service covering: Birmingham, Dudley, Sandwell, Wolverhampton (West Midlands). | What it costs: This is a free service | How to access or apply for it: You can contact us on 0121 561 1969 and ask for Tracey Carswell, Tracey Rilett or Christina Cole, or email us at firststop@bcha.co.uk | Additional information: Black Country Housing Group is part of the FirstStop ‘Managing Money Better’ project funded by Comic Relief under their ‘Managing Money Better programme’ to help provide in-depth tailored advice on the financial issues that older face when making decisions about their housing and care options. The organisation is concerned that this part of its service reaches people who may be particularly vulnerable such as those people who live in the most unfit accommodation or in particular need of advice to avoid fuel poverty.
| Classification(s): Home maintenance, Legal & financial, Information & options appraisal, Financial advice (benefits), Financial advice (products), Housing options appraisal, Information, Home improvement agencies, Signposting / gateway service | Info last updated: 12/06/2013 . |
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