Help and advice with benefits

If you receive a social care package from us or are a care leaver, you can contact our Welfare Rights Unit for benefits advice. They offer free specialist help and advice over the phone, or face-to-face in your own home if you prefer.

The Welfare Rights Unit can support you by:

• Completing checks to make sure you are receiving all the money you are entitled to
• Helping you with your application
• Helping you with appeals if your payments have been stopped
• Representing you at tribunal hearings

Contact the Welfare Rights Unit by calling 01603 224447 or emailing us at welfarerights@norfolk.gov.uk

Other places to find help

• The GOV.UK website has more information about benefits and how to claim them
• Citizen's Advice has information about benefits, tax credits, council tax and housing costs
• Age UK offers free, confidential advice if you are over state pension age
• The Money Advice Service has further information and advice about the benefits system