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If you claim or want help with your rent and council tax,t you may find some of the advice agencies and websites below useful.

The Brighton & Hove Information Prescriptions website also lists organisations that can assist with financial and benefits advice.

Working 50 plus - The Cornerstone Community Centre, Church Road, Hove

A local support network that offers help for people aged fifty and over to get back into work.

Website: http://working50plus.co.uk/ 

Please note the above link will take you to an external website.

Advice - Brighton & Hove

A comprehensive directory of local independent advice agencies and national advice helplines. The site includes location maps and links to online self-help

Age UK Brighton & Hove - 29-31 Prestonville Road, Brighton BN1 3TJ. 

Brighton Housing Trust (Housing Advice Enquiries) - Community Base 113-117 Queens Road Brighton, BN1 3XG.

  • Tel: (01273) 234737
  • Email: advice@bht.org.uk 
  • Website: www.bht.org.uk
  • Legal Housing Advice - Dropin Monday, Tuesday Wednesday, Friday, queue from 9.15am to 12.30pm
  • Brighton Advice Centre- Monday to Friday 9.30am to 12.30pm and 1.30pm to 4.30pm

Brighton Unemployed Centre Families Project - 6 Tilbury Place, Brighton, BN2 0GY

  • Tel: (01273) 671213/601211
  • Email: info@bucfp.org
  • Website: www.bucfp.org
  • Opening Times: Monday to Thursday 10.30am to 1pm & 2pm  to 4pm. Friday 2pm to 4pm.
  • Lunch served at 1pm during weekday

Brighton & Hove Citizens Advice Bureau (CAB) - offering free, confidential, impartial and independent advice on managing your finances, including opening bank accounts, problems with bank accounts, benefit overpayments, council rent arrears, budgeting and general debt problems. 

  • Hove Town Hall, 1 Tisbury Road, Hove, East Sussex, BN3 4AH
  • Drop-in advice times (held at the CAB offices at Hove Town Hall): Mon - Fri: 9.15am - 11.15am
  • Appointments: Monday, Wednesday, Thursday: 1pm - 4pm
  • Drop-in & Appointments: Tuesday 5pm - 6pm (for people working full time)
  • Telephone advice times (01273) 223951 : Mon, Wed and Thurs: 9.30am - 12 noon & 1pm - 3.30pm.  Tues and Fri: 9.30am -12 noon only.
  • Fax: (01273) 223950
  • Website: www.brightonhovecab.org.uk

GOV.UK Benefits Adviser - what benefits are you entitled to?

Many people are missing out on benefits and tax credits by not knowing that they may be entitled to them. The Benefits Adviser is an online questionnaire to help you find out which benefits and tax credits you and your family may be entitled to. No personal information is required. The Benefits Adviser tool is provided by GOV.UK, the UK Government’s public services access website: https://www.gov.uk/benefits-adviser

Disability Advice Centre - Montague House, Montague Place, Brighton BN2 1JE

East Sussex Credit Union is a not-for-profit savings and loans co-operative focusing on the needs of those on low incomes. The credit union offers easy-to-access savings accounts and affordable, flexible loans. It is authorised and regulated by the Financial Services Authority with savings 100% guaranteed by the FSA Compensation Scheme.

Housing Options Team, Brighton & Hove City Council, Bartholomew House, Bartholomew Square, Brighton BN1 1JP

Jobseeker Direct

  • Tel: 0845 6060234
  • Textphone: 0845 6055 255
  • Opening Times: Monday to Friday 8am to 6pm

Money Advice & Casework Support (MACSS)- 24 Old Steine, Brighton, BN1 1EL

  • Tel: (01273) 664000
  • Advice Line: (01273) 664040
    Monday, Wednesday & Thursday 10am - 12 noon, Tuesday & Friday 2pm - 4pm
  • Fax: (01273) 664001
  • Email: info@macss.org.uk
  • Website: www.macss.org.uk
  • Opening Times: Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm

Private Sector Housing Services - Brighton & Hove City Council, Hove Town Hall, Environmental Services, Norton Road, Hove BN1 3BQ

Refugee Council - UK registered charity offering information and advice to asylum-seekers and refugees.

  • Tel: 0808 808 2255
  • Textphone/Minicom:  0808 808 2259 (for people with speech or hearing difficulties)
  • Opening hours:  Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays & Fridays:  9.30am – 1pm and 2pm – 4.30pm.  Wednesdays:  2pm – 5pm only.
  • Children's Panel advice line:  0207 346 1134 open Mondays to Fridays: 9.30am – 5.30pm. Works directly with children as well as giving advice to those involved in their support.
  • Website:  www.refugeecouncil.org.uk

Royal British Legion Sussex County Welfare Team is part of the legion's extensive Poppy Support services. If you are serving, have served or are the dependent or carer of someone who has served in the UK's Armed Forces, then you are eligible for help. The welfare team can offer financial aid in an urgent crisis, help homeless ex-service people get back on their feet, advise on compensation claims, offer careers advice for those looking to make a fresh start after leaving the Forces, arrange home or hospital visits, advise on coping with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and much more.

Shelter - Free, independent advice and information on housing to help you understand your rights and options.

Website:

St Lukes Advice Service - 18 Exeter Street, Brighton, BN1 5PG

Sussex Interpreting Services - Community Base, 113-117 Queens Road, Brighton, BN1 3XG

University of Brighton Student Advice Service -  Moulscoombe Site, The Tithe Barn, Moulsecoomb Place, Brighton

University of Sussex Students Union Advice & Representation Centre - 1st Floor Falmer House, University of Sussex

Youth Advice Centre (YAC) - 65 Blatchington Road, Hove, BN3 3YJ,  

Sussex Central YMCA Housing Advice  - 2nd floor, Ovest House, 58 West Street, Brighton, BN1 2RA  

Community Legal Service
If you need information or advice on a legal problem go to www.clsdirect.org.uk to find your nearest qualified legal adviser and use a legal aid eligibility calculator. 
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