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Self-help – Welfare Benefits
The benefits system is enormously complex and confusing. Due to welfare reform there have been significant restrictions and changes to entitlement and more to come in the future. Below you will find a range of resources to help you check your benefit entitlement, challenge decisions, appeals and the impact of welfare reform.
Resources
Benefits information and advice: http://www.acfa.org.uk/index.php/i-want-advice/benefits-advice
A-Z of benefits: https://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/benefits/
Benefits Factsheets: https://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/benefits/benefits-fact-sheets/
Benefits information (WRAMAS): http://www.bristol.gov.uk/page/financial-help-and-benefits/benefits-and-money-advice
Search for grants tool: http://grants-search.turn2us.org.uk/
Benefits and grants relevant to your situation: https://www.turn2us.org.uk/Your-Situation
Benefits Calculator: http://benefits-calculator.turn2us.org.uk/AboutYou
PIP factsheet (CPAG): http://www.cpag.org.uk/content/factsheet-personal-independence-payment
Universal Credit factsheet (CPAG): http://www.cpag.org.uk/universal-credit
Appeals and mandatory reconsideration: http://www.disabilityrightsuk.org/appeals-and-mandatory-reconsideration
Sanctions: http://www.disabilityrightsuk.org/sanctions
Benefit cap: http://www.disabilityrightsuk.org/benefits-cap
Welfare Reform – Future changes which may affect you: http://www.disabilityrightsuk.org/how-we-can-help/benefits-information/timetable-forthcoming-welfare-benefits-changes