Cost of living: money and benefits
How to access benefits
If your income has been affected by the cost of living crisis, you can access help.
Making an application for benefits
If your income has been affected by coronavirus you can make an application for universal credit online or by telephone on 0800 328 5644
Further information
See Department for Work and Pensions website for more information.
See Universal Credit's website for more information about how to claim.
See Citizen’s Advice Bureau for more information on the help available to you.
How to get help from Porchlight
Porchlight offers a range of support with mental health and wellbeing. We offer services for adults, and some for young people too.
We understand when problems are mounting up, it can be very difficult to take the first step to reach out for help. If you need further support to cope with the problems you are facing, you can call our helpline on 0800 567 7699 or emailhelpline@porchlight.org.uk
Our helpline can be busy at times, each call is important to us and we will get back to you as soon as we can. Find out more about that here: