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For help with benefits, our members have access to a very wide range of downloadable guides to such things as completing a DLA claim pack or appealing against a decision that you are capable of work.

However, we can’t offer advice to individuals about a specific benefits problem under any circumstances. To give accurate and reliable advice about a specific benefits problem you need to know a great deal about your income, savings, health, household arrangements and more. To give advice without all this information would risk seriously misinforming you.

If you need specific benefits advice, you can download our FREE, 12 page guide to getting help with your benefits.

Alternatively, try the agencies below.

Community Legal Advice helpline 0845 345 4 345
Free advice on a range of subjects, including welfare benefits, if you are eligible for Legal Help. More details from www.communitylegaladvice.org.uk

Disability Information Advice Lines
Visit the DIAL UK website at www.dialuk.info to find out if you have a DIAL in your area – there are around 120 in the UK. DIALs are staffed by disabled people and offer free telephone advice on benefits for disabled people, people with long-term health conditions and carers.

Citizens’ Advice Bureaux (CAB)
To find your local bureau look under Citizens Advice Bureau in your phone book. You can also find details of your nearest bureaux, including ones with a welfare benefits specialist, at: www.citizensadvice.org.uk

Citizens Advice Scotland
To find your nearest bureau, look under Citizens Advice Bureau in your phone book or visit the CAS website at: www.cas.org.uk

Advice Northern Ireland
To find your local independent advice centre in Northern Ireland, visit www.adviceni.net

Law Centres
Contact details of your nearest Law Centre, where you may be able to get free advice and representation at appeals, are available from the Law Centres Federation website at www.lawcentres.org.uk

Shelter
Shelter offers help with benefits, but generally only in relation to housing or if your home is at risk because of your benefits problems. For help call the Shelter helpline on 0808 800 4444 or visit their website at www.shelter.org.uk for details of your nearest Shelter Housing Aid Centre.