Welfare Benefits General Information
For useful information about welfare benefits go to the Citizens Advice website.
Click the link below to carry out an online check for which benefits you might be able
to claim. You will need information about your household income, including details
about rent or mortgage payments and Council Tax. Please contact us if you would
like us to carry out a full benefits check for you and help you to make a benefit claim.
Benefits checker
Universal Credit
Universal Credit is gradually being rolled out across the UK and will eventually replace all of the following benefits for people of working age:
- Income-based Job Seekers Allowance (JSA)
- Income-related Employment and Support Allowance (ESA)
- Income Support
- Tax Credits
- Housing Benefit
Depending on where you live in South Warwickshire, you may need to make a claim for Universal Credit instead of the benefits listed above.
Speak to someone face to face
If making a claim online or by phone doesn’t suit you, perhaps because of IT literacy, or a disability, then you can access our face to face service by calling the telephone claim line above or by dropping in at either your Local Job Centre or Citizens Advice South Warwickshire office.
Our Help to Claim service
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, confidential and impartial. Our trained advisers can help with things like how to gather evidence for your application or how to prepare for your first Jobcentre appointment.
You can read our online advice on Universal Credit at any time.
Call our national phone line
You can contact an adviser through our free national Help to Claim phone service:
England: 0800 144 8 444
Advisers are available 8am to 6pm, Monday to Friday.
Talk to us online
Chat lets you talk to a trained adviser online about your Universal Credit application process. Chat is usually available 8am to 6pm, Monday to Friday. If no advisers are available, the chat box won’t appear.
https://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/about-us/contact-us/contact-us/web-chat-service/
Housing Benefit, Council Tax Reduction or Discretionary Housing Payments
To claim these, please visit the website for your Local Authority area:
Stratford on Avon District Council
Warwick District Council
Child Benefit or Child Tax Credit
To claim either of these, please visit the Government website.
More information about DWP benefits and pensions
For information about DWP benefits and pensions, please visit the Department for Work and Pensions website.