Welfare Support & Advice

Coronavirus Support & Advice

Our Benefit Calculator is up to date with the benefit changes and employment support due to the Coronavirus, please use the tab on the left to find out what help you can get if you are out of work and financially struggling.

Leeds City Council has created a dedicated page to outline all the local help for people and communities in Leeds. It contains lots of really useful information, such as how to get access food if you are isolated or financially struggling.

To see how council services in Leeds are affected, how to apply for benefits and what to do if you have lost your job or income. Please click leeds city council coronavirus help

If you are self-isolating and do not have friends or family who live locally who can help, you can get help from Doing good Leeds Voluntary Action Leeds (VAL) – 0113 378 1877. If you want to volunteer to help others, you can also do so through VAL.�

If you are living in one of our Kirklees properties support is available from Kirklees Council at Kirklees Council

Universal

Credit

From 10th October 2018, if you are unemployed or have a low income and if you have a financial change, such as stopping a benefit; losing a job; getting a new job, adding a partner or separating from a partner and you want to claim a benefit you may have to apply for Universal Credit for financial help; (not if you are adding Working tax Credit to Child Tax Credits).

0113 200 7700

uha@unityha.co.uk

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Useful links:

http://www.stepchange.org/
*Step Change* - Step Change gives free, confidential advice and support.
http://www.leeds.gov.uk/c/Pages/leedsmic/default.aspx
*Money Information Centre* - A website aimed at helping people in Leeds with money problems. Advice on debt, saving money and affordable loans.
http://www.betterleeds.org.uk/
*Better Leeds Communities* - Better Leeds Communities offer free advice on benefits, debt, housing and fuel costs.
http://leedscab.org.uk/
*Leeds Citizens Advice Bureau* - Leeds CAB has bureaux in five sites across Leeds. They can offer appointments to advise on a range of issues.
https://www.capuk.org/
*Christians Against Poverty* - A debt counselling charity that offers help to anyone regardless of religion.
https://www.moneyadviceservice.org.uk/en
*Money Advice Service* - Free and impartial money advice from the Government; including: debt, banking, budgeting, saving, retiring and insurance.
http://www.housing-rights.info/index.php
*The Housing Rights* - Aims to provide accurate information to recent arrivals and to advisers about entitlements to housing, based on people's immigration status.