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Not sure where to start with benefits?
Unsure how to fill in forms or struggle to write down how your disability affects you?
Our team of advisers can provide help and support to check eligibility, assist in making a claim and offer support if decisions need to be challenged.
Making sure you are receiving all the help you are entitled to will make paying for bills and other household expenses easier.
Completing a benefit form can be difficult and challenging. We explain what the questions really mean, and give prompts on what to think about. This should help you to answer the questions and get the benefit you are entitled to.
If you want to challenge a decision made about a benefit, you need to make sure you follow the right procedure if you want to try and get the decision changed.
Check what benefits you can get
If you’re struggling with the cost of living, you should check if you can claim benefits or increase your current benefits.
You might be able to claim certain benefits even if you work, have savings or own a home.
To check what benefits you can get, you can:
- use a benefits calculator – for a detailed check based on your personal situation
- read our general benefits advice – to quickly check if you could get Universal Credit and other benefits
Use a benefits calculator
Benefits calculators can tell you what benefits you might get and how much money you could get in benefits.
To get a more accurate answer, you’ll need information about your savings, income, pension, childcare payments and any existing benefits for you and your partner, if you have one.
Check if you can use a calculator
None of the calculators can give you an accurate answer if you’re:
- a student
- on strike
- living outside the UK
- living permanently in residential care or a nursing home
- in prison
This is because it’s more complex to work out what benefits you can get if you’re in one of these situations.
If you want a detailed benefits check
You can use the Entitledto benefits calculator for a detailed overview of what you might get. Entitledto’s calculator is particularly useful if:
- you’re already claiming benefits
- you’re sick or disabled
- you’re over State Pension age – you can check your State Pension age on the gov.uk website
If you want a quick overview of what help you can get
You can use the Turn2us benefits calculator for a quick idea of what benefits and other financial help you might be eligible for.