Struggling financially can significantly impact your day-to-day life, here are some resources to support you.
Mental Health and Money Advice
For practical advice and tips to help you manage your mental health and money issues
Click: mentalhealthandmoneyadvice.org
Mental Health and Debt Guide
Click: The MoneySavingExpert.com guide to mental health and debt
Better Health – Every Mind Matters
Click: Every Mind Matters – NHS (www.nhs.uk)
Benefits Calculators
Turn2us – Click: Turn2us Benefits Calculator
Entitled2 – Click: Benefits Calculator – entitledto
Budgeting Tools
Policy in Practice – Click: betteroffcalculator.co.uk
Money Advice Service – Click: moneyhelper.org.uk
Money Advice Plus
Specialist debt and benefit advice, casework and support
Call: 01273 664 000
Click: moneyadviceplus.org.uk
Moneyworks
Here to help Brighton & Hove residents save money, make money and manage their money better. The services are for anyone who is struggling to make ends meet. Drop-ins and helpline support.
Call: 0800 988 7037
Click: advicebrighton-hove.org.uk
Citizens Advice Brighton and Hove
Provide free confidential and impartial advice
Call: 08082 78 78 15
Click: cabrightonhove.org
St Lukes Advice Service
Provides free advice, information and help with form filling in relation to debt, benefits and pension credit.
Call: 01273 549203
Click: stlukesadviceservice.org.uk
Possability People
Possability People offers a wide range of support and advice to disabled people, their families, friends, and carers.
Can help with enquiries about;
- Disability benefits (ESA, UC, PIP, AA, Carers Allowance, WTC)
- Disability benefits appeals
- Some pension credit enquiries
- Some Council Tax enquiries
- Fuel debt or changing fuel providers
- Utilities debt
- Information on equipment or assistive technology
- Accessible holidays
- Food bank referrals
Call: 01273 894050
If you are deaf or hard of hearing text us on 07718 42 42 14
Click: Advice for disabled people – Possability People
Financial Support Life for Victims of Domestic Abuse
Financial support for victims of domestic abuse.
Call: 0808 1968845
Click: moneyadviceplus.org.uk
Armed Forces Network
If you or a close member of your family have served or are serving in the UK Armed Forces there is help and support available
Call: 01273 403696
Click: Sussex Armed Forces Network
National Debt and Money Advice
Offers free and impartial money advice, set up by the government.
Call: 0800 138 7777
Type Talk: 18001 0800 915 4622
Whatsapp: 07701 342744
Click: moneyhelper.org.uk
StepChange
Online and telephone free, confidential debt advice
Call: 0800 138 1111
Click: StepChange.org
National Debtline
Free independent debt advice on the telephone or webchat and offer online tools
Call: 0808 808 4000
Click: tools.nationaldebtline.org
Debt Advice Foundation
Debt advice, tools and resources
Call: 0800 043 40 50
Click: debtadvicefoundation.org
Community Hub
The Community Hub operates Monday to Friday from 10am to 4.30pm.
If you need emergency help with food, energy bills and other essentials, phone 01273 293 117 and select option 1. You’ll be directed to the Local Discretionary Social Fund.
For queries relating to COVID-19, phone 01273 293 117 and select option 2. You’ll be directed to the Community Hub.
If you are over 18, require food or shopping related support and can afford to pay for this, phone 01273 293 117 and select option 3. You’ll be directed to Food Support at Impact Initiatives.
If you need help to stay safe and well, or if you need care and support, phone Access Point on 01273 295 555.
Click: brighton-hove.gov.uk to request help for yourself or someone else
Brighton and Hove Food Partnership
A non-profit organisation including community organisations, statutory agencies, local business and individual residents. Offering various community food projects, including community gardens, food sharing, food banks and free or low cost meals.
Brighton and Hove Food Partnership – We’re a non-profit organisation helping people learn to cook, eat a healthy diet, grow their own food and waste less food.
Click: bhfood.org.uk
Brighton Unemployed Centre Families Project
Provides practical support, education and advice to those in poverty, poor living conditions or low incomes.
Call: 01273 671 213
Click: BUCFP
Impact Young People Centre (YPC)
City Centre space for drop-in support, affordable meals, activities, counselling, peer support
Call: 01273 887886
Click: impact-initiatives.org.uk
Discretionary Help and Advice
If you already claim benefits and need extra help to pay your Council Tax, home removal costs or rent in advance, our discretionary payments could help.
Call: 01273 292000
Click: brighton-hove.gov.uk
Welfare Rights
Contact the Welfare Rights team to ensure you don’t miss out on money that you can claim as benefits
Call: 01273 291116
Click: brighton-hove.gov.uk
Help with your Council Tax Account
Call: 01273 437792
Click: brighton-hove.gov.uk
