Benefits
Benefits and welfare make up around 40% of our workload at Aberdeen CAB, with many people in the local area relying on us for support. Benefits are important to many different people of all ages and all walks of life, but we know that the system of claiming them can be very complex.
We offer free high-quality advice and can help you claim benefits you might not even know that you qualify for.
You can find more information on claiming benefits with our self-help advice website
We are here to help you understand the benefits that you are entitled to, how to claim these and how to challenge any decisions or sanctions regarding your benefit claims.
If you are looking for help work out your benefit entitlement, then we can carry out a benefit check for you. This consist of one of our advisers taking details particular to your situation and putting it into a benefit calculator, from there we can work out what you maybe entitled to.
If you are contacting us regarding a benefit check, the following documents may be useful to hand:
If you are looking for support with making an application for benefits, be it a single claim or multiple, then we are happy to help. With the support of one of our experienced advisers, we will help you through applications for any benefits you maybe entitled to. These can include:
If you are not sure what you are entitled to then take a look at our benefit check section where we can work out your entitlement.
Whether you have been turned down for a certain benefit, or you have been given an award you don't agree with, our adviser team will be able to support you with appealing the decision.
We can support you through both stages of appeal, be it the Mandatory Reconsideration or Tribunal. All benefits have a deadline to appeal by, so contact us as soon as possible on the details below.
Here are some documents and information that will be useful to have available when you contact us regarding your benefits: