Financial Support

Newlife does not provide legal advice or recommend any particular legal service or organisation.

If you need help understanding your rights or making decisions about a legal matter, free information, advice, and support are available from trusted organisations including your local council and some charities that support children.

Take a look at the useful links and resources below to find guidance and support that may help you and your family.

Useful links and resources

Benefits:

• Carers Trust – Money & Benefits
• Carers UK – Financial Support
• Citizens Advice – Benefits
• Contact – Benefits
• Entitledto
• Turn2Us
• Money Helper – Benefits
• Scope – Benefits

Childcare costs:

• Baby Bank Alliance
• Free School Meals
• Get Childcare: Step by Step
• Healthy Start – Help to Buy Food and Milk
• WellChild – Help with School Uniforms

Council tax, mortgage and rent:

• Council Tax Reduction
• Discretionary Housing Payment
• Household Support Fund
• Shelter – Mortgage
• Shelter – Rent
• St Martin-in-the-Fields Charity

Debt and money worries:

• Citizens Advice – Debt and Money
• Contact – Money
• Debt Advice Foundations
• Money Helper – Money Troubles
• National Debtline
• Advice NI
• Step Change Debt Charity

Essential items, food, health and petrol:

• Cash for Kids
• Child in Need Emergency Essentials
• Family Action – Welfare Grants
• Household Support Fund
• NHSBSA – Help with Health Costs
• PetrolPrices – Compare Local Fuel Prices
• Trolley – Compare Supermarket Prices
• Trussell – Food Banks

Home and broadband:

• Ofcom – Social Tariffs: Cheaper Broadband and Phone Packages

Home energy and water:

• Carers Trust – Carer Money Matters, Reducing Energy Bills
• Consumer Council For Water – Advice and Support for Household Customers
• Energy Saving Trust – Energy at Home
• Fuel Bank Foundation – Helping Homes in Fuel Crisis
• Help to Heat
• LEAP – Home Energy Advice
• Ofgem – Energy Advice for Households
• Scope – Disability Energy Support
• The Priority Services Register
• Water UK – Worried About Your Water Bill?

Other:

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