Newcastle Welfare Rights Service
Newcastle Welfare Rights Service give benefits advice to people who live in Newcastle. You can call their advice line or drop in to a face to face advice session for help. You can get benefits casework if you live in Newcastle and are in one of the priority groups. This includes people:
- aged over State Pension age
- with severe and enduring mental health problems
- with a learning disability
- who get support from adult social care
- children with disabilities and their carers
- unpaid carers
- leaving care
- with a critical illness
- with a registered sensory impairment
- who’ve been offered a job and need information about if it will affect your benefits
Face to face advice available: No appointment needed for people who live in: Arthurs Hill, Blakelaw, Elswick, Kenton, West Fenham, Monument, Wingrove, Callerton and Throckley.
| Time |
Venue |
| Mondays: 12pm to 2:30pm |
Fenham Library, Fenham Hall Drive, Fenham, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE4 9XD |
| Tuesdays: 9:30am to 12pm |
Blakelaw Community Centre, Binswood Avenue, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE5 3PN
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| Tuesdays: 9.30am to 12pm |
Nunsmoor Centre, Studley Terrace, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE4 5AH |
| Thursday 10am to 12:30pm |
Kenton Library, Hillsview Avenue, North Kenton, Newcastle, NE3 3QJ |
| Thursday 10am to 12pm (Fortnightly) |
Cruddas Park Library Westmorland Road, Cruddas Park, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE4 7QY
Dates of sessions 25/26: 20th Nov, 4th Dec, 18th Dec, 8th Jan, 22nd Jan, 5th Feb, 5th Mar, 19th Mar |
| Fridays 9:30am to 12pm (Fortnightly) |
Throckley Community Hall, Back Victoria Terrace, Throckley, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE15 9EL
Dates of sessions 25/26: 21st Nov, 5th Dec, 19th Dec, 13th Feb, 20th Feb, 27th Feb, 13th Mar, 20th Mar, 27th Mar |
Cruddas Park GP Surgery patients can book a benefits advice appointment. Call the Surgery and ask for to see a Welfare Rights Officer. Appointments are available on Tuesdays 9.30am to 12pm.
Walker Medical Group patients can book a benefits advice appointment. Call the Surgery and ask for to see a Welfare Rights Officer. Appointments are available on Wednesdays 9.15am to 12pm.
St Anthony’s Health Centre patients can book a benefits advice appointment. Call the Surgery and ask for to see a Welfare Rights Officer. Appointments are available on Mondays 2pm to 5pm.
Please note there is a waiting list for this service. Someone will contact you as soon as possible.
You can find other benefits advice services in their booklet Where to get benefits advice in Newcastle
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