Benefit Advice

Zebra

Zebra wrote: »

I've also been told about Tax Credits - would she be able to apply for those aswell as the benefits?

Anyone able to help me with this?

feelinggood_2

http://www.entitledto.co.uk/

EntitledTo is a site that you enter your (friends) details in, and it tells you if you might be entitled to Local Housing Allowance, Council Tax Benefit and Tax Credits. It is probably the best place to start.

A few of the acroyns:
IB - incapacity benefit
IS - income support
ESA - employment support allowance
DLA - disability living allowance
LHA - local housing allowance
HB - housing benefit
ctc - child tax credits
wtc - working tax credits

Zebra

Thanks feelinggood - what a great website! Pity the Government couldn't come up with something similar - anyone would think they didn't want people to apply for benefits!

Thanks for the acroynyms too - I'd been trying to work them out - there's more lingo here than on the Techie forum.:D

There's certainly plenty of benefits that she's missing out on, now I just need to find out how and where to apply for them.

NASA_2

Zebra wrote: »

Thanks feelinggood - what a great website! Pity the Government couldn't come up with something similar - anyone would think they didn't want people to apply for benefits!

That must be why the government pumps money into the likes of Citizens Advice:rolleyes:

Zebra

NASA wrote: »

That must be why the government pumps money into the likes of Citizens Advice:rolleyes:

Unfortunately not everybody is healthy enough to visit a Citizens Advice Bureau :rolleyes:

NASA_2

Zebra wrote: »

Unfortunately not everybody is healthy enough to visit a Citizens Advice Bureau :rolleyes:

They should invent some other means of communication than face-to-face contact then.

If only citizens advice could have a website or a telephone line or something:rolleyes:

Zebra

NASA wrote: »

They should invent some other means of communication than face-to-face contact then.

If only citizens advice could have a website or a telephone line or something:rolleyes:

Some people are so badly disabled that they can't visit places, or use the phone or pc's.:rolleyes:
Hopefully you'll never be one of them.

Maybe instead of posting cocky and sarcastic remarks you could try posting something helpful for a change, prehaps when you grow up you will do.

Many thanks to those people that have.

NASA_2

Zebra wrote: »

Some people are so badly disabled that they can't visit places, or use the phone or pc's.:rolleyes:
Hopefully you'll never be one of them.

Maybe instead of posting cocky and sarcastic remarks you could try posting something helpful for a change, prehaps when you grow up you will do.

Many thanks to those people that have.

In my own estimation I have been extremely helpful on this site:T

DX2

Zebra she should be entitled to child tax credits, she will not get working tax credits if she doesn't work.

Fran

Zebra wrote: »

Unfortunately not everybody is healthy enough to visit a Citizens Advice Bureau :rolleyes:

Some CABx do home visits so this is worth checking friend's local one.