Help to fill in Forms Correctly
Unfortunately claim forms for things such as Attendance Allowance are not always straightforward to complete. Many people have found that, in order to get the money they are entitled to, it is necessary to have help from someone who is used to filling in these forms.
A number of organisations can provide help with
form filling, these include:
Gateways
Gateways are there to help you find public and voluntary services with
the added convenience of being in a town centre or high-street location.
They make it easier to reach over 40 specialist, voluntary and charitable
agencies.
Our Customer Service Advisors are ready to help you.
Visit for:
• Free internet access
• Payment kiosks
• Advice, help with bus passes, rubbish, parking, blue badges, and
licensing
• Daily surgeries by agencies, ie; HiKent, Connexions, & community
health
• Registering a birth or death
• Changing Places offer accessible and height-adjustable faciliites
• Specialising for people with complex physical needs, carers &
families
• Advice on council tax, benefits, planning, housing, social care,
libraries
• Advice on Adult education
For more information please go to the Kent
County Council website.
Carers Centres
The Carers Centre Support Workers
advise people who are caring for people with all different sorts of disabilities.
As well as offering general support they can help you with form filling,
and to access specific funds that are there to help you with caring or
to help you take a break.
Further information can be found on the Kent
County Council's website.
Citizens Advice Bureau
The Citizens Advice service has been helping people
to resolve their money, legal and other problems since 1939.
There are a number of different ways that
CAB advisers can help people to resolve a problem. Advisers advise clients
what they can do, explain their options and the possible outcomes of different
courses of action. Clients are encouraged to make their own decisions and
act on their own behalf. We enable clients to manage their own problems
by focusing on their needs as individuals.
One of the ways in which a CAB advisers can help with is form filling, for
example, how to claim for benefits that maybe or are available.
For further information on services provided please go to CAB
Advice or to find your local CAB office click on My
Local CAB Office.
Last updated: 14th May 2012