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Help from your local Age Concern

Your local Age Concern can give you a free benefits check or they can put you in touch with someone else who can. A friendly and understanding adviser will explain each benefit and calculate what you might be entitled to. This could be a combination of benefits and even a backdated payment.

Our advisors can help you fill in your claim forms and may be able to visit you at home to do so. This is a good option if you find it difficult to leave the house or don’t like talking over the telephone.

In some cases‚ pensioners have doubled their income simply by claiming what they’re owed with our help. And remember‚ benefits are revised every financial year so if you haven’t been able to claim money in the past‚ you might be able to claim it now.

Help on the telephone

Both Age Concern and Help the Aged operate free‚ national information lines where you can get basic advice on claiming benefits. Age Concern National Information Line is on 0800 00 99 66 and Help the Aged SeniorLine is on 0808 800 6565.

Information leaflets

Age Concern and Help the Aged also provide a range of free information leaflets covering benefits advice in more depth. For copies‚ call Age Concern National Information Line on 0800 00 99 66 or Help the Aged Information Resources Team on 020 7239 1845.

Online benefits checker

Why not try our free online benefits checker. It will help you to calculate how much you could be claiming. No personal information is required‚ so your privacy is assured.

Age Concern National
Information Line
0800 00 99 66

Help the Aged SeniorLine
0808 800 6565