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The Citizens Advice Bureau (CAB) can provide advice on entitlement to state benefits. To locate your nearest CAB, look in your local Yellow Pages or go to Citizens Advice Bureau to use the CAB directory. Visit Gov.uk for advice and guidance on benefits gov.uk. [1]
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Payplan offers free, confidential money advice and professional debt management. Payplan has trained money advisers and will contact you by telephone to discuss their circumstances and offer advice on dealing with your financial situation. A summary of the advice given will be submitted to the NASUWT Legal and Casework Team who will then give the applicant’s benevolence case further consideration.
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Alternatively, if urgent money advice is required, Payplan can be contacted directly on 0800 716 239 or by visiting the Payplan website. This service is available to anyone.
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Education Support Partnership is an independent charity and can provide counselling and financial assistance to all teachers. Education Support Partnership can be contacted on 08000 562 561 (UK-wide) or by following the link Education Support Partnership.
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Turn2us (which has joined with Elizabeth Finn Trust) is an independent charity that signposts people to types of financial assistance, e.g. grants and welfare benefits, that they may be entitled to. To access this free service follow the link Turn2us.
Emergency grants
Local Associations and Benevolent Federations can provide limited immediate assistance to applicants in financial hardship by providing a cheque or cash. This grant should not be issued as a matter of course but specifically for when members are in desperate hardship, i.e. as money for food.
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