Do you need support with welfare benefits or debts?

If you live in Brighton & Hove AND

• You are a tenant or leaseholder of Brighton and Hove City Council

OR

• You are receiving secondary mental health services

you can access telephone or face to face debt and benefit advice. Please call 0300 3048004 or email maw@moneyadviceplus.org.uk to find out more.

We have a number or other projects for people living in Brighton & Hove which you may be able to access depending on your circumstances:

• The Lift Up project provides financial capability coaching for people who live in Brighton and Hove who are employed or self employed. Complete the referral form if you are interested.
• The Moneyworks Adviceline is a telephone advice service run on behalf of the Moneyworks Partnership providing free and independent advice to residents of Brighton and Hove on a whole range of money issues including dealing with welfare benefits, debt and maximising income. The best way to contact us is to use our online form to request a call back or email from one of our advisers. Or you can call on 0800 988 7037 during our opening hours: Tuesdays 2-5, Wednesdays 10-1, Thursdays 2-5, Fridays 10-1 & 2-5.
• Immigration Advice (level 1), welfare benefits advice and debt advice are available at regular drop in sessions at the Refugee One Stop Shop, BMECP Centre, 10a Fleet Street, Brighton BN1 4ZE. Call us on 0300 3048004 to find out when sessions are taking place.

If you live in Eastbourne, regardless of whether you rent from the council, or a private or social landlord, or own your home, you can access telephone debt and benefit advice. Please call 0300 3048004 or email office@moneyadviceplus.org.uk to find out more.

Money Advice Plus runs the Financial Support Line for Victims of Domestic Abuse , and it is part of our partnership work with Surviving Economic Abuse (SEA). The service provides dedicated support to victim-survivors with their money worries, providing the opportunity to regain financial control and economic stability.

To contact the Financial Support Line for advice and guidance call our freephone number 0808 1968845 between 9am–5pm Monday to Friday. Unfortunately, volume on the Line is very high, so it may take a while to get through. Please do keep trying.

The Financial Support Line provides a safe space for the victim-survivor to discuss their financial situation and allow them to prioritise issues and move forward with economic safety. While advisers on the Line cannot help with everything, they can give strategies for dealing with debt, including coerced debt, discuss welfare benefit issues, support in developing a budget, look at problems being experienced with utility companies and other bills, talk through how to safely open a new bank account or work through problems being experienced with banking, and in some cases, signpost or refer to apply for small grants if there is severe financial hardship.