Health and Adult Social Care directory

A useful list of links to heating and housing benefits.

You may be able to get help from the government to pay for childcare like childminders and nurseries. GOV.UK information can help you find an approved childcare provider to qualify for help.

Information for parents and carers about how you can get help with childcare costs, and how you can combine work with looking after children or caring responsibilities.

Loan sharks are illegal moneylenders who often charge very high interest rates. You can check if a company is authorised to lend money and report loan sharks anonymously, or contact the loan shark team for more information.

A local charity helping and supporting people experiencing difficulty managing their money or financial affairs. They can give support whether it's due to illness, mental health issues, poverty, relationship difficulties or old age. They can give peace of mind through advice and assistance - confidentially and impartially.

They also host the Moneyworks advice line, for debt & welfare benefit advice.
Tel: 0800 988 7037
Email: info@moneyadviceplus.org.uk

A national free and impartial money advice service.

A partnership of local advice agencies and community centres led by Citizens Advice Brighton & Hove. They are there to support you to make money, save money and manage your money better. Anyone living in Brighton & Hove can get FREE help to make ends meet with issues such as benefit claims, budgeting, childcare costs, CV writing, debts, gas and electricity bills, grants for essential items, job searches, loans, price comparison sites and switching, buying and selling online and skills for employment.

Information about funding your care including how to get personal advice.

Although treatment on the NHS is free at the point of delivery, there may still be some costs (for example, your journey to hospital). NHS Choices provides information about how you can find out if you are eligible to claim this back.

A short test to assess how money worries are affecting you and give practical information from the Money Advice Service on how to get your finances under control.

A national employment support and training service helping people to transform their lives and businesses through work, training, education and financial advice.

They help people move into work by enabling them to gain the skills they need to make them employable, providing them with real work experience or helping them onto a traineeship or apprenticeship.

People Plus also support direct payment users in Brighton and Hove.

Possability People's local free, independent and confidential appointments to support with welfare benefits.