Advice and support services
If you are worried about finances, there are a range of advice services that can help:
The Westminster Citizens Advice Bureau is an independent charity providing free, confidential advice on debt and benefits, family, immigration and housing.
Phone number: 0808 2787 834
Age UK offers free confidential advice and support to older people on a range of issues from debt to fraud and Pension credit.
Phone number: 020 3004 5610
Other local services
Deaf Plus: Provide support on a number of issues including benefits, housing, debt and consumer issues. They can also help with understanding complex documents, form filling and legal procedures. Phone number: 020 7790 8478
Z2K : Works with Londoners experiencing complex benefits or housing issues that are causing financial hardship and crisis
Phone number: 0207 259 0801
Cardinal Hume: Provide help and support with income, housing, employment support, education, immigration and asylum issues
Phone number: 020 7222 1602
Paddington Law Centre: Provide free, specialist legal advice and representation, casework and advocacy in housing, welfare benefits and employment law. They also help people increase their income, address homelessness and improve their working conditions
Phone number: 020 8960 3155
The Abbey Centre: Provide employability support and information and advice on energy bills, housing and welfare benefits, including for people where English is not their first language. They also provide emotional support
Phone number: 020 7222 0303
Midaye: Provide a weekly advice and information service, through appointments, for the Somali Community on cost of living, housing and welfare benefits. They can also provide emotional support
Phone number: 020 8969 7456
Kulan Somali: Provide weekly advice and support sessions for individuals and groups within BAME communities, including on employment-focused initiatives and economic development programmes. They also hold group activities and offer emotional support
Phone number: 07737218591/07956882066
Mewso: The Middle Eastern Women and Society organisation offer support to women from ethnic minority communities, mostly from Middle Eastern, North African and Asian backgrounds. They hold a weekly group which includes advice on cost-of-living matters, welfare benefits and housing. They can also offer emotional support
Phone number: 07780 983 152
Asylum Aid: Offer advice and representation on asylum and immigration issues, housing and employment to migrant and vulnerable communities
Phone number: 020 7354 9631