Benefits Advice

Benefits can be confusing and getting the right benefit is crucial. So we help clients by:

  • Challenging decisions: Mandatory reconsideration, withdrawal of benefits, appealing to tribunals
  • What is the 'right' benefit for your circumstances
  • Making benefit applications

If you need help with issue please contact us.

Debt & Money
  • dealing with creditors
  • identifying debt solutions
  • maximising income
  • dealing with bailiffs
  • signposting to debt charities that can implement the right solution for you

If you need help with issue please contact us.

Family

Sadly relationships break down and when that happens many other things need to be considered.

We won't judge, we will:

  • help you with the fall-out of a family break-up
  • managing the financial situation
  • making meaningful agreements, decisions
  • look at whether you can apply for benefits
  • signpost you to specialist charities who deal with: housing, children's rights

If you need help with issue please contact us.

Law & Court

Whilst we are not solicitors, nor do we have legal training we can help with such matters as:

  • going to and being taken to the money claims court
  • how to deal with neighbourhood disputes
  • making complaints for faulty good and services

If you need help with issue please contact us.

Mental Welfare

Your mental welfare is important to tCAS. We endeavour to make our service as stress free as possible. Where appropriate we will do home visits and we support clients through the often difficult process of 'navigating' the benefit system and dealing with issues and problems that have occurred.

We have 'community pastors' who will keep in contact with you to help you with your emotional well-being as we work through the various issues you face.

If you need help with issue please contact us.

Work

We help clients with employment issues such as:

  • disputes with their employer
  • facing disciplinary hearings
  • appealing decisions
  • taking cases to tribunal
  • transitioning form work to benefits (i.e. PIP/ESA/UC)

If you need help with issue please contact us.

Consumer Law

At one level making a consumer complaint can be confusing. However, we aim to help you:

  • know your consumer rights
  • make a consumer complaint in the right format
  • negotiate with a retailer/trader
  • go to the appropriate Ombudsman
  • ultimately make a money claim if that is appropriate

If you need help with issue please contact us.

Housing Issue

Housing is probably the most important thing for anyone today. We know how stressful it can be living in rented accommodation and we are there to:

  • help you deal with repairs and relationships with lanlords
  • appealing to the arbitrator over deposit
  • managing relationships with landlords
  • deal with Section 21 and Section 8 evictions

If you need help with issue please contact us.

Immigration

Whilst we are not immigration specialists, we have good relationships with immigration charity and we can:

  • signpost you to get the help you need if you are facing an immigration issue
  • deal with benefit issues arising from immigration issues

If you need help with issue please contact us.