Financial Support

Below you will find an alphabetical list (A to Z) of organisations offering financial advice and support. You can also search for a specific organisation using the search button on the right hand side.

Click on any organisation’s link below to open their full details. We welcome feedback and queries or report problems you experience via our contact page.

You may find it also useful to look at Direct Gov for guidance.

  • Age Concern – Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin

    Age Concern work locally, nationally and internationally to promote the well-being of all older people and to help make later life a fulfilling and enjoyable experience. Local branches and Friendship centres in Shrewsbury and Telford.

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  • Carer focussed websites that we think you might find useful

    The website links below are links to websites that specifically support the needs of Carers.  some of them are local to Shropshire, and others are national or regional.   Please let us know if you findany thatyou think  would be helpful to others and we will add them too.  If you are registered on the website  just [...]

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  • Cinema discount card for those on Disability Living Allowance

    http://www.ceacard.co.uk   This is a national card that can be used to verify that the holder is entitled to one free ticket for a person accompanying them to the cinema.  Costs £5.50 and is valid for 1 year, so have to renew each year.   You must be getting DLA.  Info and downloadable application form on website.

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  • Disability focused websites that we think you might find useful. Tell us of any you find too!

    Disability Now -  a website with all sorts of useful information  Livability -   Livability gives disabled and disadvantaged people real choice about how they live their lives.  As the UK’s largest Christian disability charity, we run a wide range of services for disabled adults and children. This complements our community mission work which supports churches [...]

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  • Independent Care Solutions

    Confused by the care system? Feel like you’re losing your independence? Need help finding the best way to meet your daily living needs? Need help, but don’t know where to start? Start with us… Independent Care Solutions … for people living in Shropshire. Office 3, the Rural Enterprise Centre, Stafford Drive, Battlefield Enterprise Park, Shrewsbury, [...]

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  • Mental Health Support – useful websites

    Its time to Talk – a website which tries to bring mental health into the mainstream – find out how to help family friends and colleagues who have a mental health challenge they are trying to win  Its all here.  Rethink – a website full of information, ideas and suggestions for people who have mental [...]

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  • Self Help Groups in Shropshire & Telford & Wrekin

    The Self Help Shropshire Directory has been produced by Shropshire County Primary Care Trust and NHS Telford and Wrekin in partnership with Shropshire Council, Telford & Wrekin Council, Shropshire Care Information Providers, Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital and Shropshire and Staffordshire NHS Trust along with Self Help Nottingham  Click here to follow the link to the [...]

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  • Shropshire Council – Carers Support

    A carer is someone who helps a friend or relative with health or care needs, without pay for their services.

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  • Shropshire Council – services for disabled people

    Wide variety of services offered to disabled people by Shropshire Council.

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  • Shropshire Council Customer Service Points

    provides information on council services.

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  • Shropshire Council Family Information Directory

    The directory contains information on groups which can offer advice and support on some of the issues or concerns any family may encounter.

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  • Shropshire Family Information Service

    Shropshire Family Information Service (0-19) provides free information, advice and support on all aspects of family life, whether you are expecting a baby or the parent or carer of a teenager.

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  • Shropshire Infrastructure Partnership

    The Shropshire Infrastructure Partnership is a consortium of several voluntary sector organisations, all of which provide support to other voluntary and community groups across Shropshire. By working together the partners can maximise the impact of their services.

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  • Shropshire Rural Support

    Do you know someone who needs help?

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  • Shropshire Scope

    Shropshire Scope is over 40 years old and is run by those with cerebral palsy, their parents and carers and those with an interest in the subject.

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  • Skill: National Bureau for Students with Disabilities

    We are a national charity promoting opportunities for young people and adults with any kind of impairment in post-16 education, training and employment.

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  • Social Welfare Training

    Welcome to Social Welfare Training. We provide quality welfare benefits training and consultancy based on legal rights. We can also provide courses on immigration and debt advice.

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  • Spinal Injuries Association

    The Spinal Injuries Association (SIA) is the leading national charity for spinal cord injured people.

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  • Staying Put Shropshire

    We can help you if you need repairs, improvements or adaptations to your property, particularly if you are older and/or disabled, enabling you to ‘stay put’ in the community in comfort and safety. We offer confidential advice, support and assistance.

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  • Supporting People in Shropshire

    Supporting People funds the provision of housing-related support, to help prevent the kinds of problems that can often lead to people losing their home or needing to go to hospital or into care. It can also help people leaving care, hospital or prison to make the successful move to independent living.

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  • SVAB – Shropshire Voluntary Association for the Blind

    SVAB is a registered charity that helps and supports blind and visually impaired people of all ages in Shropshire and Telford and Wrekin.

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  • Telephone Helpline – Disabled People & Carers

    This website, Focus on Disability, for Disabled People and their Carers, provides contact details for a large number of helplines and services focused on Disability.   Just follow the link below to see what it offers. Disability – Telephone Helplines for Disability and Carers Please be aware that the website also contains advertisements  and SDN cannot provide [...]

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  • Telephones for the Blind

    The objectives of The Telephones for the Blind Fund are the relief of the blind by providing telephones for the benefit of the blind residents

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  • Telford & Wrekin Council – Signposting of health and social care services

    A directory of all the health and social care services provided by Telford & Wrekin Council and their partners.

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  • Telford & Wrekin Senior Citizens’ Forum

    We are a group of Telford & Wrekin’s older citizens who meet together on a regular basis to discuss issues that are of current concern to older people in the borough and decide on appropriate follow up action.

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  • The Sequal Trust

    The main objective of the Sequel Trust is to provide relief to children and adults who are severely disabled and depend on electronic communication aids and adaptations to alleviate their problems.

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  • The Shaw Trust

    A national charity that provides training and work opportunities for people who are disadvantaged in the labour market due to disability.

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  • The Stroke Association

    The Stroke Association is concerned with combating stroke in people of all ages.

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  • The Terence Higgins Trust

    THT is a registered charity that offers a very wide range of support services for people affected by HIV

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  • Transverse Myelitis Society

    Website: www.myelitis.org.uk Telford TM Society Telford TM Society UK support Groups: www.myelitis.org.uk Email: lewgray@blueyonder.co.uk Contact: Lew Grey TM is a rare disorder, involving an inflammatory attack in the central nervous system. This can happen anywhere along the spinal cord, causing a ‘lesion’ usually visible on an MRI scan. Attacks are normally one-off episodes, but sometimes recur in different [...]

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