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Money and Benefits Advice

Hertfordshire County Council's Money Advice Unit have produced a number of fact sheets and information on benefits such as PIP, ESA, Universal Credit, and Carers Allowance. Please use the links below to find this information, as well as to find out what benefits you could be entitled to.

Guides from the Money Advice Unit

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Universal Credit Information

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Gary Vaux, from the Money Advice Unit, has put together a presentation on Involvement Payments, which provides information on earning money from your involvements in co-production project, such as the ones that Viewpoint engages in. It looks in simple terms at which departments in government set the rules, tax and insurance, and more.

To download the Powerpoint presentation, please click here.

Since CAP’s services first began in West Yorkshire in 1996, they have been working tirelessly to support people to become debt free, find work, and escape poverty. 

Their services are now available right across England, from Cornwall to Carlisle, in hundreds of communities.

Their head office is in Bradford, but all their Debt Centres, Job Clubs, Life Skills groups and money coaching are run locally through churches that are already based in the community.

To contact CAP please see some details below:

Phone: 01274 760720
Email:
 [email protected]

Website: Home | CAP UK

Published: 19th August, 2022

Updated: 25th April, 2024

Author: Jamie-Ellen Byrne

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