The Welfare Rights Service advises Royal Greenwich residents on tax credits and benefits, including Universal Credit.

You can find advice and information on a range of benefits and other forms of financial support on our benefits pages and in our benefits factsheets. You can also use our benefit calculator to check your entitlement to support.

COVID19: If you are unsure of what help is available to you in the current situation please call us. We are experiencing a really high volume of queries and we will get back to you as soon as we can. If we can’t answer the phone, please leave a message and we will get back to you as soon as we can.

Contact the Welfare Rights Service

Welfare rights information

We keep limited stocks of claim forms and leaflets produced by other organisations (such as HM Revenue and Customs, Jobcentre Plus and the Pension Service).

To request these, please contact Welfare Rights.

Housing Benefit or Council Tax Support

If your enquiry is about the status of your Housing Benefit or Council Tax Support claim, please contact the Advice and Benefits service.