Welfare Rights

As part of Leicestershire County Council's social care programme, the Welfare Rights Service provides advice and information on benefit and tax credit entitlements. People will often be unaware of their entitlement, unsure of how to make claims or deal with difficulties that may arise once claims have been made.

Advice

If you have a complex problem and are receiving services such as Home Care, Residential Care, Day Care, Adaptations etc, or have an allocated worker from Leicestershire County Council Adult or Children’s Social Care Services, Welfare Rights Advisors can assist you. You should ask your allocated worker or key worker about this.
If you are not receiving services but need some welfare rights advice, organisations listed in Welfare Rights Advice can help.

Information

A series of publications on general and specific topics is available.
Social Care Services Financial Benefits and Welfare Rights sites gives links to useful websites.
Entitlements for Older People gives more information about any entitlements that an older person may be eligible to claim.
Consumer Debt Advice offers information about dealing with debt and other financial difficulties.
Winter Fuel Payments from the Pension Service.

Benefit Calculation Tool

Easy to use Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit calculation tool - Helps to calculate whether you can claim Housing Benefit and/or Council Tax Benefit, and gives an estimate of how much you may be entitled to. You will need details of your income, savings, rent and Council Tax.

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