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Local Welfare Assistance Resettlement Scheme

Mental Health

Support finding employment

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Asylum Seekers & Refugees
For advice see: www.tameside.gov.uk/asylumandimmigration

Benefits
Apply for universal credit	https://www.gov.uk/apply-universal-credit
Other benefits available	https://www.gov.uk/browse/benefits
Department for Work and Pensions (DWP)	Universal Credit: 0800 3285644 (textphone 0800 328 1344) JSA ESA & IB: 080 169 0310 (textphone 0800 169 0314)
If you’re pregnant or have a child under four years old you may be eligible for healthy start vouchers: See www.healthystart.nhs.uk for information including eligibility and how to apply.

Carers
Tameside Carers Centre	Provide those who look after someone in Tameside with information, advice, support and advocacy. Offer an assessment for carers on the support available to them.	Phone 0161 342 3344 Email – carerscentre@tameside.gov.uk Website: www.tameside.gov.uk/carers/centre

Carers

Tameside Carers Centre

Provide those who look after someone in Tameside with information, advice, support and advocacy. Offer an assessment for carers on the support available to them.

Phone 0161 342 3344

Email – carerscentre@tameside.gov.uk

Website: www.tameside.gov.uk/carers/centre

Drug & Alcohol
Change Grow Live	Support to cut down or stop using drugs or alcohol.	www.changegrowlive.org

Gambling
GamCare & Beacon Trust	Support for anyone affected by gambling, including those affected as the result of someone else's gambling.	0151 226 0696 www.gamcare.org.uk National helpline: 0808 8020 133

Gambling

GamCare & Beacon Trust

Support for anyone affected by gambling, including those affected as the result of someone else's gambling.

0151 226 0696

www.gamcare.org.uk

National helpline: 0808 8020 133

Homelessness & Housing
Tameside Housing Advice	Support customers who are homeless or threatened with Homelessness.	https://tamesidehousingadvice.org/ 0161 331 2700 (24/7)
Shelter	A range of housing advice from homelessness to tenancy issues, repairs, and evictions.	0344 515 1640 https://england.shelter.org.uk/get_help
Housing Associations	If you are a tenant in a property provided by a housing association in Tameside then you may be able to get extra support with your utilities, looking for work, or money advice. Contact your housing provider directly to find out what support they offer.

Homelessness & Housing

Tameside Housing Advice

Support customers who are homeless or threatened with Homelessness.

https://tamesidehousingadvice.org/

0161 331 2700 (24/7)

Shelter

A range of housing advice from homelessness to tenancy issues, repairs, and evictions.

0344 515 1640

https://england.shelter.org.uk/get_help

Housing Associations

If you are a tenant in a property provided by a housing association in Tameside then you may be able to get extra support with your utilities, looking for work, or money advice. Contact your housing provider directly to find out what support they offer.

Local Welfare Assistance Resettlement Scheme
Apply for essential household items if you are leaving a care setting, temporary housing or prison, or experiencing family breakdown, sudden illness or fleeing domestic abuse and have no means to buy the items. Contribution to rent in advance may be provided. It can also assist households who are experiencing exceptional pressure or exceptional hardship. Visit: www.tameside.gov.uk/Benefits/Tameside-Resettlement-Scheme

Local Welfare Assistance Resettlement Scheme

Apply for essential household items if you are leaving a care setting, temporary housing or prison, or experiencing family breakdown, sudden illness or fleeing domestic abuse and have no means to buy the items. Contribution to rent in advance may be provided. It can also assist households who are experiencing exceptional pressure or exceptional hardship.

Visit: www.tameside.gov.uk/Benefits/Tameside-Resettlement-Scheme

Mental Health
Tameside, Oldham & Glossop Mind	A range of support including counselling and ‘listening spaces’.	www.togmind.org 0161 330 9223
Anthony Seddon Fund	Appointment-based Peer Support Groups, Monday-Thursday, 11.45am-3pm.	www.tasfund.org.uk 0161 376 4439

Mental Health

Tameside, Oldham & Glossop Mind

A range of support including counselling and ‘listening spaces’.

www.togmind.org

0161 330 9223

Anthony Seddon Fund

Appointment-based Peer Support Groups, Monday-Thursday, 11.45am-3pm.

www.tasfund.org.uk

0161 376 4439

Support finding employment
Find information on job clubs and employment support: https://www.tameside.gov.uk/redundancysupportctgindividual Call Tameside Adult Community Education Team on: 0161 342 4063
JET, Jigsaw Employment & Training	Training courses, CV advice, business start-up advice.	0161 331 2000 https://www.facebook.com/JET-Jigsaw-Employment-Training-Team-105973014582958
Motiv8	Support for over 25s not in education or employment with multiple support needs.	0161 331 2048 www.motiv8mcr.org
Employment and Skills	Employment support including apprenticeships.	https://www.tameside.gov.uk/EmploymentandTraining/Tameside-Employment-and-Skills
Routes to Work	Employment advice and support for people with a disability or mental health condition.	0161 342 5200 www.tameside.gov.uk/supportedemployment
Working Well	121 employment key worker.	https://www.inworkgm.co.uk
Find a job	Government job search site.	https://www.gov.uk/find-a-job