South Bristol Advice Service

Overview

We provide specialist Welfare Benefits advice including:
* Income,
* Disability and Housing Benefits;

We provide representation for Social Security Benefit Tribunals;

We provide specialist Debt advice;

We work out a plan for dealing with your debts and help negotiate affordable payments to your creditors;

We help you get back in control of you money and budget for the future;

We may refer you to another organisation should we not be able to assist with your problem.

What we do

We offer advice on Debt, including:

• Rent arrears / Mortgage arrears
• Single debts / Multiple debts
• Council Tax / Bailiff Action
• Water rates / Fuel debts
• Bankruptcy / Debt Relief Orders
• Consumer Credit Agreements
• Magistrates' Court Fines
• Credit Card / Loan Debts

We offer advice on Welfare Benefits, including:

• Disability Living / Attendance Allowance
• Income Support / JSA / Tax Credits
• Employment Support Allowance
• Benefit Overpayments
• Welfare Benefit Appeals / Reviews and Reconsiderations
• Pension Credits

Where we do it

We provide access to advice sessions in a number of venues across South Bristol:

Mondays - 10am - 12 noon
@Symes Community Building, Symes Avenue, Hartcliffe
Buses 36, 75 and 76

Tuesdays - 1pm - 3pm (Debt Advice only)
Filwood Hope Centre, Filwood Broadway, Knowle
Buses 36 and 90

Wednesdays - 10am - 12 noon
The Withywood Centre, Queens Road, Withywood
Buses 36, 75 and 76

1pm - 3pm
@Symes Cummunity Building, Symes Avenue, Hartcliffe
Buses 36, 75 and 76

Thursdays - 10:00am - 12:00 noon
Filwood Hope Centre, Filwood Broadway, Knowle
Buses 36 and 90

Fridays - 1.30pm - 3.30pm
Granby House Clinic, 77 West Street, Bedminster

2pm - 4pm
The Withywood Centre, Queens Road, Withywood
Buses 36, 75 and 76

 

How to access

Please feel free to attend any of the sessions below to see an advisor - no appointment needed.

An appointment will be made, if needed, when you have been seen at one of the Drop-In sessions. 

Home visits are available if you are house-bound.