Welfare Advice

Looking for information and advice can be a stressful experience. There may be times when you need help filling in a form, or someone to speak up for you as an advocate. This document Help in Camden with welfare advice lists local organisations who may be able to help.

Where to get help

Scotscare, the charity for Scots in London

Currently open

Currently closed. Next open:

Thu:

9:00-17:00

Read more about Scotscare, the charity for Scots in London

We offer a wide range of support to help you permanently overcome issues that may be holding you or your family back. Our team will spend time listening to you, considering what sort of support you need and how we may be able to help. We tailor our support to each individual and our clients are always welcome to return to us again in future.

WISH Plus - for better wellbeing at home

Read more about WISH Plus - for better wellbeing at home

With WISH Plus you can receive a package of support for Warmth, Income, Safety and Health services - WISH. Services include: energy efficiency improvements visits; advice for those who have benefits issues and need help with an appeal; home security checks; and help for those living with anxiety or stress. Read more about WISH Plus.

Kentish Town Community Centre

Currently open

Currently closed. Next open:

Thu:

9:00-21:00

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Activities include: English classes, ballet, capoera, business start-up training, legal advice, massage and relaxation for over 50s, beginners' meditation, yoga, legal and housing advice.

London Irish Centre Community Services

Currently open

Currently closed. Next open:

Thu:

9:00-17:00

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Wellbeing Services (Day Centre). This runs three days a week on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays in the Kennedy Hall at the The London Irish Centre - address opposite. The service is for people over the age of 55 with low-medium support needs. We offer a warm Irish welcome and provide:

Home cooked nutritious meals
Classes
Activities
Workshops
Healthy Living
Day trips
Holidays
Tea dances

Mary Ward Legal Centre

Currently open

Currently closed. Next open:

Thu:

9:30-17:30

Read more about Mary Ward Legal Centre

We provide specialist advice and casework in the areas of debt, housing and welfare benefits. We also run free advice clinics with the support of volunteer lawyers in the following areas of law: employment, housing, family, consumer, general civil litigation. The premises are accessible by wheelchair.

We can help with

Housing
Debt
Welfare benefits

Kosmos Centre - working with BME women and their families

Read more about Kosmos Centre - working with BME women and their families

Drop-in advice and advocacy, legal advice, befriending, health and wellbeing.

Citizens Advice Camden

Currently open

Currently closed. Next open:

Fri:

10:00-16:00

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For help and advice:

Telephone Adviceline - 0300 330 1157* - Monday to Friday 10am to 4pm

*Calls to this number cost the same as calling local landline numbers

Universal Credit – Help with new claims - 0800 144 8 444 - Monday to Friday 8am to 6pm

Visit our new website with our Online Information Service: www.camdencabservice.org.uk

Our service offers:

Age UK Camden: counselling, psychotherapy and group therapy services

Read more about Age UK Camden: counselling, psychotherapy and group therapy services

If you’re over 55 and registered with a Camden GP and/or living in Camden, you can use our free and confidential counselling service. It is available over the telephone, online via Zoom, and via face-to-face sessions, which are held in our counselling rooms in NW3 and NW1.

Hopscotch Women's Centre

Read more about Hopscotch Women's Centre

Hopscotch AWC provides support services for Asian women and other minority women and their families on a wide range of issues including domestic violence, training, employment, housing and welfare benefits. Advisors speak Bengali, Sylheti, Hindi, Urdu, Arabic and French. Our services include:

Bengali Workers Association

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The Bengali Workers Association is a community centre offering a range of individual and group activities as well as support for the Bengalese community.

Drop in or book an activity using the contact details below.

Voiceability - Camden mental health peer mentoring

Read more about Voiceability - Camden mental health peer mentoring

Voiceability delivers the Camden Peer Mentoring Service. This is a volunteer led service, where Peer Mentors use their lived experience of mental health to support others in the community and hospitals who may be experiencing difficulties with their Mental Health. We offer 1-to-1 emotional, and practical support over 10 sessions for up to 5 months.

We are contactable on 0300 303 1660 or Camden.peermentoring@voiceability.org

Find out more

Mental Health & Debt - ‘Help, info, guidance and support for individuals and carers’, from Money Saving Expert, Martin Lewis’s guide for ‘everyone struggling with their finances and a mental health problem’

From Mind, the mental health charity: Money and Mental Health, Contacting the DWP, Frequently asked Questions, Benefits Terminology, Useful Contacts

For carers: Carers UK has information about Help with Benefits and how to access the Carers UK Adviceline'; Carers Trust offers information about Money and Benefits

We all have times when life’s problems affect our mental health. Maybe you are feeling down and need a safe space to chat, or you would like to meet new people or try something different? This website lists over 100 groups in and around Camden, many offering free or low-cost activities. While some will help with a specific problem, others offer everyday activities to encourage us all to get out and about. Why not find what appeals to you. You can make a list of the groups that are of interest with ‘My Shortlist’.

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