Financial and Legal Support

Access essential resources to help manage financial and legal matters. 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.
Avoiding Loan Fraud: Learn about the most common types of loan fraud, including identity theft, phishing, and advance fee scams. Get tips on identifying legitimate lenders, avoiding scams, and protecting your personal data from fraudsters. Read more.

We're here to assist you in gaining control of your financial wellbeing and accessing legal support when necessary.

Welfare

Services

Pension Wise

Pension Wise is a service from MoneyHelper, backed by government. We offer free, impartial guidance to over 50s. We’ll explain the options to take money from your pension pots. At your Pension Wise appointment our pensions specialists will explain how each option works and the other things you need to think about. They’ll also explain how each op… >

Citizens Advice Outreach - Islamic Centre

Islamic Centre Rink Way, Whitley BayFri: 13:00 – 16:00 >

Citizens Advice Outreach - Meadowell

Meadow Well Meadows Community CentreWes: 13:30 – 16:30 >

Universal Credit Help to Claim - Citizens Advice

Our Help to Claim service can support you in the early stages of your Universal Credit claim, from the application, through to your first payment. Help to Claim is a dedicated service from Citizens Advice. It's free, independent and confidential. Our trained advisers can help with things like how to gather evidence for your application or how to … >

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… >