Tenant Benefits Advice
Bracknell Forest Homes offers a free tenant benefits advice service. The service aims to advise tenants and leaseholders of the exact benefits they may be eligible for and how to claim them.
The Tenant Benefits Advisor will visit you at your home or at Bracknell Forest Homes' office. All information given is treated in strict confidence.
More information
Please click here to view the benefits advice leaflet.
Please click here for benefits information and advice (Bracknell Forest Council).
Please click here to use a benefits calculator (external website).
Please click here for a budget planner (calculate your bills and income on a monthly basis).
Please click here for a guide to the cost of running your home.
Please click here for Bracknell Forest Council's benefits newsletter (December 2009).
Please click here for information about tax credits (HM Revenue and Customs).
Latest news
Bracknell Forest Homes' benefits advice team has helped customers access nearly half a million pounds in benefits in the 2009/10 year, which is from April 2009 to end of March 2010. Free benefits advice helped customers to find out what benefits they may be entitled to and how to complete the forms, which has really made an impact on their lives.
One pleased customer did not know she was eligible for benefits but was concerned about her financial situation. She had not been in arrears with rent or council tax, but before Christmas worried she would not be able to buy presents for friends and family. Since the session with our benefits advisors, the customer has been able to access some benefits which have helped her to be more than £200 a month better off.
Another happy customer said: “We cannot thank the benefits advisors enough for the extra benefits they managed to get us. It will make a difference to our lives.”
Since the housing transfer from the Council, Bracknell Forest Homes added an extra benefits advisor and the team has helped customers recover a total of £911,479.29 in benefits to the end of December 2009. (This includes weekly payments and lump sums).
If you would like to know more about this service or would like to ask about benefits you may be entitled to please contact:
Pal Sandhu or Harpal Ghataora
Tenant Benefits Advisors
Freephone: 0800 692 3000
Local: 01344 382800
Email: palvinder.sandhu@bracknellforesthomes.org.uk or harpal.ghataora@bracknellforesthomes.org.uk
Other financial advice agencies (external links)
Bracknell Forest Homes works closely with local and national support agencies who can offer confidential support and advice.
Please click a link below to visit an external website:
