Welfare Benefits: Mental Health & Money Advice
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PIP Mental Health Guide
Personal Independence Payment (PIP) is a benefit for people with a physical or mental health condition. This PIP mental health guide consists of four sections: Introduction to PIP, help with your PIP claim, challenging a PIP decision and PIP resources.
Universal Credit Mental Health Guide
Universal Credit (UC) is a benefit for people of working age, who are on a low income or do not currently work - It has replaced certain legacy benefits. This Universal Credit mental health guide will help you understand how UC works and how to claim if you have a mental health condition.
Welfare Benefits and mental illness
If you’re living with a mental illness or if your money problems are impacting on your mental health, there might be different welfare benefits you could claim to help you pay for your day-to-day things.
Employment & Support Allowance (ESA)
If you’re too unwell to work, you may be able to claim a benefit named Employment and Support Allowance (ESA).
Benefits for mental health carers?
Being a carer might mean you can claim certain benefits that might help you and the person you care for.
Work Capability Assessment and claiming benefits
Understand if you can claim Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) or Universal Credit (UC) with a limited capability for work element.
Mandatory Reconsideration
If you disagree with a decision the DWP make about your benefits, you can ask them to look at it again, this first step is called Mandatory Reconsideration.
Appeal a decision about benefits
If you disagree with a decision the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has made about your benefits, you can challenge the decision and appeal to a tribunal.