This includes budgeting advice for paying your rent and prioritising debt, as well as support to understand your benefits situation and what you may be entitled to; and lots more! Please contact us.
If you’d like information about how to pay your rent, please click here.
Banking
Universal Credit can only be paid into a bank account. Set one up or use the one you already have.
This Money Advice Service information explains what you need to do to set one up.
For further information, contact us.
Online
All claims are managed online, so you need to know where you can access the internet and you need the skills to go online.
Digital Communities Wales can tell you where you can find the nearest public computer.
Our Money Advisors can also signpost you to help with using computers and the internet.
Budgeting
You need to plan your budget. Universal Credit is paid monthly rather than weekly or fortnightly. The Money Advice Service has a Money Manager tool to help you start budgeting.
What else did BOB do?
People making a new claim for benefit will be expected to claim Universal Credit.
It’s different because:
Universal Credit is replacing the benefits below:
A change in circumstances; here’s what could prompt a change:
Learn how to make a claim for Universal Credit here
To make your claim process as quick and easy as possible, make sure you’ve got all the following information:
