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angusalive.scotThe Macmillan Welfare Rights Service work in co-operation with Macmillan Cancer Support to provide advice on benefits and debt options for people in Angus, living with and/or affected by cancer. This service provides free, independent and confidential advise on a range of issues
Locations:
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Angus Macmillan Welfare Rights Service
Forfar / angus.gov.uk
The Macmillan Welfare Rights Service work in co-operation with Macmillan Cancer Support to provide advice on benefits and debt options for people in Angus, living with and/or affected by cancer. This service provides free, independent and confidential advise on a range of issues including: ensuring income is maximised by checking entitlement to benefits and tax credits assisting with benefit and Macmillan Grant application forms, resolving benefit disputes and assisting with any appeal work, providing debt advice and advising on entitlement to other support or services. The service can, if necessary, also provide training and informal talks to local groups, voluntary organisations in issues relating to benefits. The service can, if necessary, carry out home visits or see someone at a more local council office.
Category: Benefit Advice Services
Address
Ravenswood
New Road
Forfar
DD8 2ZG
Telephone
Elizabeth Montgomery-Fox on 03452 777 778
Catchment Area
Service is provided for people living in the Angus area
Macmillan
macmillan.org.ukAt Macmillan, we won’t rest, and we won’t settle for anything other than the best possible support for people with cancer.
We do whatever it takes.
Locations:
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Macmillan in Glenrothes
Macmillan Fife Welfare Benefits Partnership
Glenrothes / cabfife.org
The MacMillan Fife Welfare Benefits Adviser offers a free, confidential and impartial advice service. We can assist if you, or a member of your family, are living with a cancer diagnosis and reside in Fife. Advice can be provided by telephone, pre arranged appointments within Fife hospitals or a home visit for those who are unable to travel due to their health. The adviser can help with: Applying for welfare benefits; Challenging benefit decisions; Issues with benefits such as overpayments; Health costs such as travel to hospital; Accessing charitable grants; Applying for transport concessions such as disabled parking badge.
Category: Benefit Advice Services
Tagged: Education & Information Financial Support Support Group
Address
Citizens Advice Rights Fife Craig Mitchell House
Flemington Road
Glenrothes
KY7 5QF
Telephone
Helpline on 0345 1400 091
Catchment Area
Cancer patients and their immediate families living in Fife. We can only visit addresses in Fife so if a client is long term in hospital outwith the area we would pass the client details onto the Macmillan Benefits service for that area.
Macmillan Fife Welfare Benefits Partnership
Glenrothes / cabfife.org
The MacMillan Fife Welfare Benefits Adviser offers a free, confidential and impartial advice service. We can assist if you, or a member of your family, are living with a cancer diagnosis and reside in Fife. Advice can be provided by telephone, pre arranged appointments within Fife hospitals or a home visit for those who are unable to travel due to their health. The adviser can help with: Applying for welfare benefits; Challenging benefit decisions; Issues with benefits such as overpayments; Health costs such as travel to hospital; Accessing charitable grants; Applying for transport concessions such as disabled parking badge.
Category: Benefit Advice Services
Tagged: Education & Information Financial Support Support Group
Address
Citizens Advice Rights Fife Craig Mitchell House
Flemington Road
Glenrothes
KY7 5QF
Telephone
Helpline on 0345 1400 091
Catchment Area
Cancer patients and their immediate families living in Fife. We can only visit addresses in Fife so if a client is long term in hospital outwith the area we would pass the client details onto the Macmillan Benefits service for that area.
Macmillan Welfare Rights Support Service - Perth & Kinross
Perth / pkc.gov.uk
Provide free benefits advice and guidance to people affected by cancer in the Perth and Kinross area including: General benefits advice and guidance; benefits appeal representation; enhanced Macmillan service (help and support with form filling).
Category: Benefit Advice Services
Tagged: Education & Information Financial Support Support Group
Address
Macmillan Welfare Rights Team Perth and Kinross Council
Pullar House
35 Kinnoull Street
Perth
PH1 5GD
Telephone
Duty Worker on 01738 476900 (Option 1)
Catchment Area
Perth & Kinross Areas
Macmillan Money Matters
Stirling / macmillan.org.uk
The team provide financial advice and assistance to people affected by cancer across Forth Valley. The Project Workers provide a financial wellbeing check; help complete benefit claim forms & appeal against benefit decisions; assist in applying for grants and transport concessions such as blue badge; and help with costs such as travel to hospital.
Category: Benefit Advice Services
Tagged: Education & Information Financial Support Support Group
Address
Customer First
1-5 Port Street
Stirling
FK8 2EJ
Telephone
Jennifer Schmidt on 01786 233 525 9am - 4.30pm Monday to Friday