Help to Claim Service - new claims for Universal Credit

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Our Help to Claim advisers can help you with the early stages of your Universal Credit claim. You can talk to them on the phone, or online over chat.

Our advisers can help you:

  • work out if you can get Universal Credit

  • fill in the Universal Credit application 

  • prepare for your first Jobcentre appointment 

  • check your first payment is correct 

Who to contact

Contact Name
Help to Claim Helpline
Telephone
0800 144 8 444 0800 144 8 444
Website
Gov.uk website - universal credit
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Notes

Ask for a translator if you need to get advice in a different language. 

Relay UK - if you can't hear or speak on the phone, you can type what you want to say: 18001 then 0800 144 8 444

Webchat available.

Where to go

Notes

No face to face service.

Availability

Referral required
No
Other notes

Service covers England and Wales.

DBS Checks

Have staff or volunteers been DBS (CRB) checked?
No

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