Money and Benefit advice for care users
Money worries and not knowing what welfare benefits or tax credits you are entitled to, can leave you struggling to manage. Getting money advice is a good way to get control of your finances, work out a household budget and deal with problem debts.
There are a variety of organisations including the Council who can help with money and benefit advice.
| Advice Services (Community Advice and Money Advice Teams) Community Services, Stirling Council, Viewforth, Stirling FK8 2ET tel: 01786 442460 email | type of organisation: local authority who is it for: anyone who needs it. |
| Benefits Agency 2 St.Ninian's Road, Stirling FK8 2HF tel: 01786 432600 | type of organisation: central government who is it for: anyone who needs it. |
| Central Scotland Epilepsy Support Association c/o Epilepsy Clinic, EEG Dept, Falkirk & District Royal Infirmary, Falkirk FK1 5QE tel: 01324 624000 ext 5334 email | type of organisation: voluntary who is it for: people with epilepsy. |
| Citizens' Advice Bureau The Norman MacEwan Centre, Cameronian Street, Stirling FK8 2DX tel: 01786 470239 / 470257 email | type of organisation: voluntary who is it for: anyone who requires it. |
| Council on Disability The Norman MacEwan Centre, Cameronian Street, Stirling FK8 2DX tel: 01786 462178 | type of organisation: voluntary who is it for: anyone who requires it. |
| Deafblind Scotland 21 Alexandra Avenue, Lenzie, Glasgow G66 5BG tel: 0141 777 6111 email | type of organisation: voluntary who is it for: people who are dual sensory impaired. |
| Direct Payments Support Service Dundas Resource Cenmtre, Oxgang Road, Grangemouth FK3 9EF tel: 01786 443640 | type of organisation: voluntary who is it for: anyone who requires it |
| Ethnic Minorities’ Advice Stirling Council, Viewforth, Stirling FK8 2ET tel: 01786 443465 email | type of organisation: local authority who is it for: people with a first language other than English. |
| Forth Valley Advocacy Service 1 The Bungalows, Larbert FK5 4SD tel: 01324 557070 email | type of organisation: voluntary who is it for: anyone who needs it. |
| Forth Valley Macular Disease Support Group C/o 16 Graham Avenue, Larbert FK5 4PF tel: 01324 553361 email | type of organisation: voluntary who is it for: people who are blind or visually impaired and their carers. |
| Off the Record 27 Murray Place, Stirling FK8 1DQ tel: 01786 450518 freephone 0800 027 6001 email | type of organisation: voluntary who is it for: all young people under 25. |
| Scottish Deaf Association 3rd Floor Princes House, 5 Shandwick Place, Edinburgh EH2 4RG tel: 0131 221 2600 email | type of organisation: voluntary who is it for: people who are deaf or hearing impaired. |
| SDAMH, Stirling & District Association for Mental Health 19 Dean Crescent, Riverside, Stirling FK8 1UR tel: 01786 451203 email | type of organisation: voluntary who is it for: people with mental health problems. |
| Stirling Carers' Centre 65-69 Barnton Street, Stirling FK8 1HH tel: 01786 447003 email | type of organisation: voluntary who is it for: people who care for someone with a disability, illness or who is frail |
| Stirling Health and Wellbeing Alliance Orchard House, Union Street, Stirling FK8 1PH tel: 01786 445760 email | type of organisation: voluntary who is it for: people living in Stirling particularly in an urban regeneration area |
| Stirling Jobcentre Plus Wallace House, Maxwell Place, Stirling FK8 IJU tel: 01786 424200 | type of organisation: central government who is it for: anyone below pension age who is seeking work |
