Financial and Legal Support
Welcome to the Financial Support and Legal Advice! It is dedicated to providing you with essential resources and information to help you navigate financial challenges and access legal assistance when needed. Here's what you'll find in this category:
Financial Assistance Programs: Explore programs and resources that can help you with financial support, such as government assistance, grants, and non-profit organisations.
Legal Aid Services: Access information about legal aid organisations and professionals who can provide legal guidance and support.
Housing Assistance: Explore resources related to housing support, affordable housing options, and assistance programs.
We're here to assist you in gaining control of your financial well-being and accessing legal support when necessary.
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Local Welfare Provision
The Welfare Provision Team is a telephone service that can assist you if you are in a crisis with your benefits, we can contact the DWP on your behalf to try to resolve your issue, or sign post you to other agencies for specific benefits advice or guidance and if appropriate we can look at ways to support you via an assessment to see if you are el… >
Debt and Money Advice - Citizens Advice
Our specialist Money Advice staff offer help and support with debts and money issues. To get advice on this, call us for a referral or visit our website. North Tyneside Citizens Advice are closing our face to face advice services from 19th March 2020 until further notice. This includes our North Shields and Wallsend drop-in and appointment servi… >
Benefit Advice - Citizens Advice
Our specialist benefits staff offer help and support with appeals against benefit decisions. To get advice on this, either call us for a referral or visit our website. North Tyneside Citizens Advice are closing our face to face advice services from 19th March 2020 until further notice. This includes our North Shields and Wallsend drop-in and app… >
The Money Carer Foundation
The Money Carer Foundation is a national social enterprise that provides a trusted appointeeship service to protect vulnerable adults and to manage their everyday finances in line with our local partnership with the DWP. This involves paying utility bills, care contributions, rent and dealing with a variety of other financial activities on behalf… >
Sunderland Deaf Society Information, Advice & Guidance Service
Information, Advice and Guidance (IAG) Sunderland Deaf Society is a new service that has been reinstated with new funding in place to allow us to provide Information, Advice and Guidance support for deaf and deaf/blind people in the North East. >
Good to Know Groups
What are Good to Know Groups?We run Good to Know Groups as part of our Telephone Groups. These one-off events offer social and learning opportunities to people who may not be online or who may struggle to get out and about into their communities. They also connect older people with their peers and partner organisations, to hear and talk about issu… >