Advice and Information
Last updated: 23/04/2013
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You can find information on a wide range of topics in the
Advice and
Benefits area of this website.
Please follow the links below if you are looking for:
Benefits advice
Benefits page on this
website
The following pages on the Directgov website:
If you are looking for work you will find useful advice on
the Employment page on the
Directgov website.
Please also see our Jobcentre Plus page.
Health and daily living advice
Organisations offering more specific health advice can be found
on the other contact pages in this section Community Contacts
Directory.
NHS
Choices - your health, your choices
Web based advice including:
NHS Choices – your health
your choices
AskSARA is a free
quick and easy-to-use on-line tool that will guide users through
some questions then offer a range of solutions to aid independent
living.
Disability Cornwall
DIAL (The Disability
Information and Advice Line) - trained welfare rights
advisers can offer free confidential support and advocacy to
disabled people, their families, friends or carers regarding any
disability related enquiry:
T: 01736 759500
E: Online contact
form
W: Disability Cornwall
Pensions advice
Pensions Advisory
Service
Pensions and retirement
planning on the Directgov website
Age UK
– Income and Pensions
General advice
Beecareful.info
Beecareful.info offers
health and social care information whenever you want it.
Library Enquiry and Information Service
Tel: 0800 032 2345
For more information please see our Libraries page.
Citizens Advice Bureaux (CABs) in Cornwall
Need advice? This is the one number to
call in Cornwall: 08444 99 41 88.
The Citizens Advice service helps people resolve their legal,
money and other problems by providing free information and
advice.
To find your local CAB and information about its opening times
go to the Citizens Advice
website and enter your post code in the box top left, headed
'Looking for advice'.
For advice online, please choose the Adviceguide option.
Civil Legal Advice
T: 0845 345 4345
Legal Aid - how to
claim
Free, high quality legal information. Search for a local legal
advisor or solicitor, get free information leaflets, find out if
you qualify for Legal Aid.
Devon and Cornwall ICAS (Independent Complaints Advocacy
Service)
This organisation will help you with any complaint about the
NHS.
First Floor
17 Dean Street
Liskeard
PL14 4AB
T: 01579 345193
E: liskeard.icas@seap.org.uk
W: ICAS
Feeling
the pinch (pdf)
This leaflet gives advice and information on:
- making the most of your money
- health
- housing
- employment , jobs and volunteering
- money and general concerns
- fuel, water and energy
It was produced in the light of the current economic
situation by Cornwall Council, Cornwall Strategic Partnership,
Citizens Advice Bureau and Inclusion Cornwall.
T: 08452 621863
E: advice@independentage.org
W: Independent Age
Offers advice and information to older people, their families
and carers, relating to:
- paying for care home fees and choosing a care home
- top-up fees and if they should be paid
- your rights and what help to expect from Adult Care and Support
and the NHS
- your housing options
- coping with worsening health and getting help with the things
you struggle to do
- support available for carers
- managing your money and affairs if you become too ill to do
this yourself
- entitlement to benefits.
Services advice
Royal British Legion Cornwall
County Welfare Office
66 Lemon Street
Truro
TR1 2PN
T: 01872 260 577
W: Royal British Legion
Cornwall
The County Welfare and Advice Office helps the ex-service
community in Cornwall, and can be contacted for information and
possible help.
SSAFA Forces Help
Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and Families Association
T: 0845 130 0975
E: info@ssafa.org.uk
W: SSAFA Forces Help
Cornwall Branch
T: 01872 863 078 (Mon-Fri 10.00am-12.00pm)
E: cornwall@ssafa.org.uk
Support for those serving in today's Armed Forces, for those who
have served, and for their families and dependents. Offer a
welfare service and advice relating to housing.
Veterans UK
Free helpline: 0800 169 2277
Email: veterans.help@spva.gsi.gov.uk
Web: Veterans UK
Advice on any issue of concern to veterans of any age, from
finance to health, employment to accommodation, and guidance on
statutory benefits.
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