{"id":805,"date":"2021-06-16T15:06:49","date_gmt":"2021-06-16T14:06:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pelican.scot.nhs.uk\/?page_id=805"},"modified":"2026-02-17T12:06:21","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T12:06:21","slug":"money","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.nn.nhs.scot\/pelican\/families\/practical-support\/money\/","title":{"rendered":"Money"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Benefits<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Some organisations that could offer support:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Citizens Advice:&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cas.org.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">www.cas.org.uk<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Website can be used to find local support services \u2013 it is done through a postcode search<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>If Visitor\/Patient has no access to Internet or not confident to do this them self, carry out the search on their behalf and give them printed details of support.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Visitor or Patient may prefer you to try and make them an appointment, it is ok for you to do this on their behalf.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>A benefits Calculator can be found in this link \u2013&nbsp;<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/benefits-calculators\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">www.gov.uk\/benefits<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/benefits-calculators\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">&nbsp;<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Budgeting<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.moneyhelper.org.uk\/en\/family-and-care\/death-and-bereavement?source=mas#\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Money Advice Service<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Money Advice Service helps people manage their money. They do this directly through&nbsp; free and impartial advice service. They also work in partnership with other organisations to help people make the most of their money. They are an independent service, set up by government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Funeral Costs<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.moneyhelper.org.uk\/en\/family-and-care\/death-and-bereavement?source=mas#\">The Money Advice Service&nbsp;<\/a>gives advice and signposts to help with things such as; working out who should pay for a funeral and how, sorting out your affairs, inheritance and much more<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Debt<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Some organisations that could offer support:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Citizens Advice:&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cas.org.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">www.cas.org.uk<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Website can be used to find local support services \u2013 it is done through a postcode search<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>If you have no access to Internet or not confident to do this yourself, a clinician may be able to carry out the search on your behalf<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>you can also book an appointment to attend in person<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Step Change:&nbsp;<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.stepchange.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">www.stepchange.org<\/a><br>Leading UK charity on debt offering support on managing debt and access to a debt remedy tool<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Money Crisis<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Money Crisis occur when benefits have not been paid or there is a delay &nbsp;in payment. For More information visit: &nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.gov.scot\/Topics\/People\/fairerscotland\/scottishwelfarefund\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Scottish Government \u2013 SWF<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Food Poverty<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Foodbanks<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Trussell Trust&nbsp;runs a network of over 400 foodbanks, giving emergency food and support to people in crisis across the UK.&nbsp;&nbsp;Use this&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.trusselltrust.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Website<\/a>&nbsp;to search for local banks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There may also be local independent food banks in your area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Fuel Poverty<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Home Energy Scotland<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Website:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.homeenergyscotland.org\/\">Home Energy Scotland<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Free Phone Number: 0808 808 2282<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Home Energy Scotland offer:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Telephone advice \u2013 with personal advisors<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Free home visits \u2013 face to face advice<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Community Specialists \u2013 Outreach Events \/ Community Liaison<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Employee Engagement \u2013 Support for Organisations include:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Awareness training for frontline staff \u2013 referrals<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Outreach team can create \/ support events<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p class=\"nhsuk-card__description\">Benefits Some organisations that could offer support: Citizens Advice:&nbsp;www.cas.org.uk A benefits Calculator can be found in this link \u2013&nbsp;www.gov.uk\/benefits&nbsp; Budgeting [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":788,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-805","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nn.nhs.scot\/pelican\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/805","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nn.nhs.scot\/pelican\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nn.nhs.scot\/pelican\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nn.nhs.scot\/pelican\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nn.nhs.scot\/pelican\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=805"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"https:\/\/www.nn.nhs.scot\/pelican\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/805\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1555,"href":"https:\/\/www.nn.nhs.scot\/pelican\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/805\/revisions\/1555"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nn.nhs.scot\/pelican\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/788"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nn.nhs.scot\/pelican\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=805"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}