Benefits and money advice

Find out about benefits you could be entitled to.

Find out how Universal Credit could help you, see understanding Universal Credit.

If you are a council tenant in H&F, our Welfare Benefits Team can provide welfare rights advice including debt advice, support to identify benefit entitlement and apply for grants. Contact us about benefits.

H&F benefit calculator

H&F Benefit calculator (entitledto.co.uk)

Pensions credit calculator

If you're older, please have a look at the Pension Credit calculator.

To use these calculators you'll need information about savings, income, pension, childcare payments and any existing benefits (for you and your partner).

Help for Households campaign

Income support - Help for Households

Crisis Prevention Scheme

You may be able to get up to £300 to help deal with a financial emergency if you don't have enough money for basics like food, gas and electricity.

Apply for a crisis prevention payment

Financial help if you are disabled

Visit GOV.UK to find out about the wide range of disability-related financial support available.

Cost of living support: If you're disabled or have a health condition - GOV.UK

Organisations that can advise about benefits and financial difficulties

Need help with your household bills? Get tips from MoneySavingExpert.

Want some free and impartial money advice? Try the Money Advice Service.

Want to learn more about how to build your own budget, ways to balance it and how to set money aside for regular bills? Like to pick up some practical tools and tips to use in your daily life?

Try Crosslight's free interactive money skills course. It's available online and face-to-face.

Or if you're looking for an even quicker way to create a budget, why not try a budgeting app?

Find out about budgeting apps on the Which? website.

If you need help to reduce your regular living costs, try these ideas from Citizens Advice.

AGE UK

Age UK Warm Home Programme: the programme helps in 3 key ways:
• benefit entitlement checks
• home energy checks
• providing advice

Age UK Warm Home Programme

Crosslight

0300 3730 1180

appointments@crosslightadvice.org

Monday to Friday, 9.30am to 5pm

Crosslight offers free, impartial debt advice to anyone struggling with problem debt. Book an appointment with their advisers to get started, you can meet them at one of Crosslight's branches or arrange to speak to them on the phone if easier.

Citizens Advice Hammersmith & Fulham

General enquiries: 0300 330 1162

Help to claim Universal Credit: 0800 144 8444

Monday to Friday, 10am to 4pm

Get help with the cost of living - Citizens Advice

Money Helper

Money Helper provides advice on how to save on gas and electricity and what help is available to households who are concerned about paying their bills or missing a payment.

How to reduce your energy bills | MoneyHelper