Disability Employment Advisors promotes and supports use of the disability symbol. They work with employers and encourages and supports good practice in the recruitment, retention and development of disabled customers. They help protect the integrity of the benefit system by making sure customers fulfil their responsibilities and remain entitled to benefit.
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Aims to assist people with disabilities by encouraging the provision of support with employment. The website has resources for disabled jobseekers, employers and commissioners.
Root & Branch is a social and therapeutic gardening and craft centre for adults, 18+, who experience mental health difficulties, such as depression, anxiety, personality disorder, trauma or very low mood.
Through groups and 1-1 sessions, their two-year programme encourages the use of the five ways to wellbeing tool.
Their weekly sessions provide opportunities for Participants to meet new people and make connections in a relaxed atmosphere, building confidence and realising potential. They create a learning environment in the garden and workshops, with a chance to gain new skills and coping mechanisms.
Access to Work can help you if your health or disability affects the way you do your job. It gives you and your employer advice and support with extra costs which may arise because of your needs. An Access to Work Grant can pay for practical support if you have a disability, health or mental health condition. To check whether you would be eligible for support, please look on the website.
The National Debt line is a charity and the advice they can give is free of charge. They are authorised by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). Their services include a budget tool to help you work out what you have coming in, how much you are spending and what you have left to pay your debts. Providing free debt advice for over 20 years. We are a charity and are dedicated to providing free debt advice to small businesses across the UK.
The Money advice service helps you to manage your money better. The service can help with advice, and has online tools and calculators. The service can help with important life events such as retirement, getting a mortgage, debt
and borrowing.
The charity has a wealth of information and resources on topics such as savings, money planning and debt. They also offer training and workshops on money management. They work with groups of children, young people and adults across the UK. Their workshops are available for people of all ages and all backgrounds, including specialist programmes for Adults with a Learning Disability and for Refugees and People Seeking Asylum.
For over 25 years, StepChange Debt Charity has been helping people resolve problems, repay debts and rebuild lives. As the UK’s largest provider of genuinely free independent debt advice and managed solutions, they help 620,000 people a year deal with problem debt. They provide expert tailored advice over the phone or online, as well as a range of managed debt solutions and the ongoing support an individual needs on their journey to becoming debt free. With a vision to create a society free from problem debt, they also campaign to prevent problem debt and reduce the harm that it causes.
A website that enables the public to alert local authorities in England and Wales about people sleeping rough in their area. It is the first step to ensure that rough sleepers are connected to local services and support available to them. The service is funded by the Government.
Shelter helps millions of people every year struggling with bad housing or homelessness through our advice, support and legal services and they campaign to make sure that, one day, no one will have to turn to us for help. For any housing or homelessness query, Shelter’s trained advisor’s can offer immediate practical assistance, explain your rights, offer advice and guidance on a range of housing and homelessness issues and suggest specialist or local support services.