Where to get benefits advice

A benefits adviser can help you:

• claim benefits

• deal with benefits disputes and delays

• check what benefits and support you should get

They can give you advice about universal credit (UC), housing benefit, tax credits and disability benefits.

Check for support with a benefits calculator

Use a benefits calculator to check you're getting everything you should.

For example:

• Turn2Us

• Better Off Calculator

• Entitledto

• Age UK benefits calculator

Local law centres can often help with reviews and tribunal appeals.

Get free advice from a helpline

Some helplines give general benefits advice. Others give specialist help.

• Citizens Advice national helpline
  0800 144 8848
  For anyone

• Gingerbread Single Parent Helpline
  0808 802 0925
  For single parents

• National Domestic Abuse Helpline
  0808 2000 247
  For people experiencing domestic abuse

• Age UK advice line
  0808 678 1602
  For older people

• Scope helpline
  0808 800 3333
  For disabled people and their families

• Carers UK helpline
  0808 808 7777
  For people who look after a friend or family member

• Macmillan Support Line
  0808 808 0000
  For people living with cancer and their loved ones

• Help through Hardship helpline
  0808 208 2138
  For people worried about money or struggling with living costs

Find benefits advice online

These websites have guides and information:

• Citizens Advice

• Scope

• Mental Health & Money Advice

• National Autistic Society