Welfare Rights & Benefit Factsheets

These factsheets provide practical information about benefits and other issues for welfare state benefit claimants and advisers. They are free to download.

Factsheet F1 - Disability Living Allowance (DLA)

Factsheet F2 – Disability Living Allowance for People Living with Mental Problems

Factsheet F3 – Attendance Allowance (AA)

Factsheet F4 - Incapacity Benefit (IB)

Factsheet F5 - Incapacity Benefit - The Personal Capability Test

Factsheet F6 – Motability Scheme (MS)

Factsheet F7 - Carer's Allowance (CA)

Factsheet F8 - Benefits and Tax Credits Checklist (BTCC)

Factsheet F9 - Work for People who are Sick or Disabled

Factsheet F10 - Bleu Badge Scheme

Factsheet F11 - Pension Credit (PC)

Factsheet F12 - Work Focused Interviews

Factsheet F13 - Access to Work

Factsheet F14 - Local Housing Allowance

Factsheet F15 - Prescription Charges/Benefits

Factsheet F16 - List of Law Centres & DIAL Members Providing Benefits Advice

Factsheet F17 - The Human Rights Act 1998

Factsheet F18 - Charging for Community Care

Factsheet F19 - Charging for Residential Accommodation in England, Northern Ireland and Wales

Factsheet F20 - Community Care Direct Payment

Factsheet F21 - Community and Residential Care

Factsheet F22 - The Right Payment Programme

Factsheet F23 - Benefits in Hospital

Factsheet F24 - Finding the Law

Factsheet F25 - Bereavement Benefit

Factsheet F26 - Benefit for Couples

Factsheet F27 - Employment and Support Allowance

Factsheet F28 - Welfare Benefits

Factsheet F29 - Where to Find Social Services

Factsheet F30 - Moving On

Factsheet F31 - Rights

Factsheet F32 - Transport: Disabled People

 

Factsheet F33 - Social Services

Factsheet F34 - Carer Assessment

Factsheet F35 - Disabled People: Learning How to Drive

Factsheet F36 - Challenging Benefit Decision

Factsheet F37 - A Tax Credit Guide

Factsheet F38 - The Department of Work and Pensions Main Benefit Rates for 2010/2011

Factsheet F39 - Income Support

Factsheet F40 - Jobseeker's Allowance

Factsheet F41 - Disabled Facilities Grants (DFG)

Factsheet F42 - Complaining against Local Authority Decisions

Factsheet F43 - Reconsideration & Appeal: The Basics

Factsheet F44 - Housing Grants

Factsheet F45 - Armed Forces Compensation Scheme

Factsheet F46 - First Tier Tribunal Submissions

Factsheet F47 - Tips for preparing for Tribunals

Factsheet F48 - Medical evidence and Appeals

Factsheet F49 - Employment and support allowance - the medical tests

Factsheet F50 - Employment and support allowance activities,descriptors and points

Factsheet F51 - Child benefit and guardian's allowance

Factsheet F52 - The social fund

Factsheet F53 - Maternity, paternity and adoption benefits

Factsheet F54 - Help with council tax

Factsheet F55 - Housing benefit

Factsheet F56 - Child trust fund (CTF)

Factsheet F57 - Education maintenance allowance (EMA) and adult learning grants

Factsheet F58 - In Work Benefits

Factsheet F59 - Help with the digital switchover

Factsheet F60 - Help with heating

Factsheet F61 - Independent living fund (ILF)

Factsheet F62 - Voice risk analysis and benefit claims

Factsheet F63 - The Appeal system

Factsheet F64 - The WaterSure scheme

For any further information about these welfare benefit factsheets, please do not hesitate to contact CARA, 18 - 22 Ashwin Street, Dalston, London E8 3DL - Telephone: +44 (0) 844 478 0015 -Mob: +44(0) 795 695 2645 -Fax: +44(0) 872 115 8436 -Email: info@cara-online.org