The Angus Council Welfare Rights Team provides a free, impartial and confidential benefit and debt advice service to anyone living in the Angus Council area.
This includes:
- benefit entitlement checks and income maximisation covering all UK and Scottish benefits
- claims advice and assistance including form filling
- challenges to benefit decisions including appeal representation if appropriate
- dedicated Macmillan worker to assist anyone on a cancer journey or their families
- Council Tax issues and advice
- debt advice – comprehensive debt advice service including all statutory debt options
- housing debt
How to contact us
You can make a referral or ask us a question using our online form. You can do this for yourself or on behalf of someone else, as long as they have given you consent.
Make a welfare rights referral
If you prefer text Angus to 60040 (standard text charges apply) or find us on Facebook.
if you are unable to complete form or text, and are in a vulnerable situation, contact us via our contact centre on 03452 777 778.
Online benefit calculator
Our free and easy to use benefit calculator will help you find out what benefits you are entitled to.
You can download your results or email them back to yourself. This makes it easy for you to review your results or amend your information at a later date.
If you are already in receipt of benefits you can use the calculator to check if your current entitlements are correct, this helps you make sure that you are not missing out on anything.
If you’re already in work you can check to see how your entitlements would change if you worked more or fewer hours.
If you still need help or support with an entitlement check, contact our welfare rights service using the details above.
Other sources of help and advice
On this website:
Money and debt advice from other organisations:
Credit Unions offer a variety of savings options that can help you to manage your money:
Budget planners:
- Angus Council Budget Planner: create your own personal budget plan to help take control of your finances
- MoneyHelper Budget Planner: calculators to help you budget, save and cut back on costs