Welfare advice links
What used to be the Benefits Agency is now called
Jobcentre Plus. It offers general benefits
information - which benefits you can get, how to claim, how to find
your local office. It also includes details of the Social Fund.
To get information about Community Care Grants and to download
application forms visit www.dwp.gov.uk
For benefits advice benefit by benefit
visit www.lissongrovebenefits.co.uk
Young People now have to do the
New Deal once they have been claiming Job
Seekers Allowance for six months or more.
Rates for benefits can be found at this website:
www.ferret.co.uk/bnl/default.asp?y=2004&i=benratem (for
people who are tenants of private landlords or housing
associations or councils, or owner occupiers).