Welfare Benefits
It's important to make sure that you get all the help that you're entitled to. Many people miss out on welfare benefits because they don’t know what or how to claim.
Information and advice is available for all welfare benefits issues, including help if on a low income and a benefits calculator to help you to work out what benefits you may be entitled to.
Please click on the links below to find reliable information about welfare benefits and organisations that can help you:
Action on Disability (AoD)
Who we can help: Disabled residents of Hammersmith and Fulham and their carers.
Hammersmith and Fulham residents who are parents or carers of disabled children up to 18 years.
Age UK Hammersmith and Fulham
Who we can help: Hammersmith and Fulham residents aged 50 years and over
Citizens Advice Hammersmith & Fulham
Who we can help: Residents of Hammersmith and Fulham
East European Resource Centre (Formerly East European Advice Centre)
Who we can help: Eastern European migrants (A8 + A2)
We operate in H&F and other London boroughs
Glass Door Homeless Charity
Who we can help: Adult (18+) rough sleepers and vulnerably housed. We cover West London - primarily in the London Boroughs of Kensington and Chelsea and Hammersmith and Fulham
Hammersmith & Fulham Foodbank
Who we can help: People in Hammersmith and Fulham
Hammersmith & Fulham Law Centre (Welfare benefits)
Who we can help:
Hammersmith & Fulham Mind - Association for Mental Health
Who we can help: Hammersmith & Fulham Mind provides a holistic service to a wide range of people living or working in the borough, from those experiencing mental health issues for the first time, to those living with long and enduring mental health conditions.
Iraqi Association
Who we can help: All London Iraqi and Arab communities
Maggies Cancer Caring Centres
Who we can help: People affected by cancer, including carers
River House Trust
Who we can help: People living with HIV who live in, or access medical services in Hammersmith & Fulham, Ealing or Kensington & Chelsea.
Shelter
Who we can help: London residents over the age of 25
Shepherd's Bush Families Project & Children's Centre
Who we can help: Homeless families and families living in temporary accommodation or other unsuitable housing in Hammersmith and Fulham
Staying First
Who we can help: Tenants of Shepherds Bush Housing Association, Catalyst Housing Ltd (K&C or H&F residents only), Women’s Pioneer Housing, Thames Valley Housing Association, Wandle Housing Association.
Turn2Us
Turn2us is a charity that offers a free service that helps people in financial need to access welfare benefits, charitable grants and other financial help. They have a Benefit Calculator tool that helps you check what you might be able to claim.
Website: http://www.turn2us.org.uk
Universal Credit
0800 328 5644
Website: https://www.gov.uk/universal-credit
Personal Indepedence Payment (PIP)
Contact number: 0800 917 2222
Website: https://www.gov.uk/pip
Child Poverty Action Group
Contact number: 020 7837 7979
Website: http://www.cpag.org.uk/
Job Seekers Allowance (JSA)
Contact number: 0800 328 9344
Indepedent Age
Contact number: 0800 319 6789
Website: http://www.independentage.org/advice.aspx
Turn2us Benefit Calculator
Website: http://benefits-calculator.turn2us.org.uk/AboutYou
EntitledTo
Calculator to help you work out your entitlement to benefits and tax credits
Disablity Rights UK
Information, products and services developed by and for disabled people.
Contact number: 0330 995 0400
Scope
Provides free, independent and impartial information and support on issues that matter to disabled people and their families.
Telephone: 0808 800 3333
Email: helpline@scope.org.uk
Mind
Advice and support for anyone experiencing a mental health problem.
Independent Age
Provides a national advice service for older people, their families and carers.
Telephone: 0800 319 6789
Gov.uk - benefits
Gov.uk offers help and advice about entitlement to benefits.
Disablity Benefits Helpline
For information on Disability Living Allowance, Attendance Allowance and more
Tel: 08457 123 456
Pension Credit Claim Line
Tel: 0800 731 7898
Tax Credits Helpline
Find out if you qualify for tax credits. You can claim online or request a form over the phone.
Tel: 0345 300 3900
Winter Fuel Payment
You usually get a Winter Fuel Payment automatically if you get the State Pension.
If you qualify but don’t get paid automatically, you’ll need to make a claim
Tel: 08459 15 15 15
Child Benefit Enquiry Line
Tel: 0300 200 3100
Website: http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/childbenefit
Child Support Agency Enquiry Line
Tel: 0845 713 3133
Website: http://www.csa.gov.uk
Civil Legal Aid (CLA)
You might be able to get legal advice from Civil Legal Advice (CLA) if you qualify for legal aid and have a relevant problem.
You can check eligibility on this website.
