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If you find it hard to find out what you could get, you can ask:


A Benefits Adviser or Welfare Rights Adviser at your local Council.
A Benefits Adviser at your local Citizens Advice Bureau. You can find the nearest Bureau by going to their website:

www.citizensadvice.org.uk


A local Advice Centre.


For Disability Living Allowance you can telephone:

Helpline: 08457 123 456  Textphone: 08457 224 433

For Employment and Support Allowance, Incapacity Benefit or Jobseeker’s Allowance you can telephone:

Helpline: 0800 055 6688   Textphone: 0800 023 4888


For Tax Credits you can telephone:

Helpline: 0845 300 3900  Textphone: 0845 300 3909


For Independent Living Fund go to the website:

www.ilf.org.uk

For useful information about all Benefits use the search facility at:

www.direct.gov.uk