Free Advice Service for hard of hearing people
Royal Association for Deaf people (RAD) have set up a project in partnership with the Learning and Skills Council (LSC) to provide email advice to D/deaf and hard of hearing people about welfare benefits.
This new pilot project is aimed particularly at hard of hearing people. To use this service you must meet the following criteria;
a) eligible for legal aid and
b) are willing to receive advice on email.
Although RAD is managing the project the advice will come direct from an LSC team in Newcastle. RAD will continue to be involved by way of monitoring progress and satisfaction and will be compiling an evaluation report at the end of the project.
The categories of benefits include:
- Disability Living Allowance
- Incapacity Benefit;
- Jobseekers Allowance;
- Income Support;
- Housing Benefit;
- Council Tax Benefit;
- Tax Credits;
- Retirement pensions;
- Social fund payments;
- Child Benefit; or
- Challenging a decision.
This list is not exhaustive. The LSC can provide advice on how to fill in benefit forms, although they will not fill them in for you.
Legal Aid
To find out whether you qualify for legal aid you can use this calculator
http://www.communitylegaladvice.org.uk/
The Legal Aid Calculator allows you to find out if you could get legal aid for a civil case.
You will be asked a series of questions about your legal problem and financial situation. For reasons of data protection, none of the information entered into the calculator is saved, so it is completely confidential and anonymous.
Means test
Do you already claim one of the following benefits?
- Income Support
- Income-based Jobseekers Allowance
- Guarantee State Pension Credit
If you do, you will probbaly qualify for legal aid.
What next?
If you are eligible for legal aid and are happy to receive advice and information on email then contact RAD.
Please email advice@royaldeaf.org.uk
When emailing RAD please leave the subject line text that appears when you click on the link. This assists RAD in tracking enquiries. Thanks!
Any questions?
You can find out more about the RAD project on their website at
http://www.radlegalservices.org.uk
If you have any questions about the RAD project please contact us.
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