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Welfare Benefits Advice

Our infomation, advice and guidance services offers a free, confidential and independent advice service to older residents living in the London borough of Bexley.

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What is this service?

Our information, advice and guidance service offers a free, confidential, and independent advice service to older residents living in the London borough of Bexley. We can offer this service either at a variety of locations.

When you first contact us, we will carry out a quick Initial Assessment. This helps us to fully understand your circumstances and ensure that we provide the most appropriate level of support tailored to your individual needs.

Benefits checks: Our service can help check that you are getting all the benefits you are entitled to & give you information on other benefits you may be able to claim to maximise your income. Form Completion Service: If you live in the borough of Bexley we can help with completing forms including Attendance Allowance, Personal Independence Payment, Disability Living Allowance.

We are encouraging local older people to get in touch with our team. Figures show over 2 million UK older people are living in poverty, with Black & Asian older people most at risk. Our Welfare Benefit team are encouraging pensioners to check their eligibility for Pension Credit. Pension Credit is a benefit that tops up low pensioner incomes, typically taking an older person who receives it above the poverty line.

Being found to be eligible for Pension Credit also acts as a gateway to some other benefits, potentially transforming an older person’s standard of living. This may include a free TV licence (if over 75), help with Council tax, free NHS dental treatment, Cold Weather Payment, help with rent, an extra payment with Pension Credit for carers.

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