Advice and Support - latest news
May 2011
Advice and Support Service Spring newsletter
Read about our second service user event and find out about changes to Housing Benefit that could affect you. You can also find out about free training and support offered to YHN tenants.
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January 2011 
Advice and Support Service Winter newsletter
The latest edition of our newsletter is packed with useful tips and advice and how to prioritise your bills, how to lower your energy bills and how to turn a house into a home on a shoestring budget.
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November 2009
Our first ever newsletter!
Read about our service user event, useful benefit and financial advice and win £100 Eldon Square vouchers in the Autumn 2009 issue of Advice and Support news.
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June 2009
Our Pathways Team is expanding to include a new Mental Health specialist role. The focus of this work will be to facilitate move on from the various mental health establishments within Newcastle.
August 2008
The team expands again!
We have now employed a Drug and Alcohol specialist Advice and Support Worker to work alongside the Social Work drug and alcohol teams, to provide housing related support to people who are going through rehabilitation.
October 2006
The team is expanding
There's now more staff based in the Community Housing Offices, and we've created a new Pathways team. Read an article here in Homes + People, our newsletter for tenants and leaseholders. It's on page 9.
March 2006
Over 60 and want to know what benefits you can get? Support is here!
More than two billion pounds of benefit is left unclaimed by people over 60 in the UK. The number of benefits on offer and the rules and lengthy application process can make it difficult to know exactly what you are entitled to.
Help is at hand. The Advice and Support Team offers free advice to council tenants of all ages on a range of subjects, including how to apply for benefits. At the moment they are making sure that those living in sheltered housing in particular are not missing out.
Back in February, the team visited a group of residents of Hadrian House, Newburn, along with an advisor from the Pensions Service. They talked about the range of benefits that are available to help people cover their living expenses. As a result, they have helped tenants to complete benefits applications.
The coffee morning event was such a success that the team will be visiting more tenants in sheltered housing this summer. If we are coming to your block, we will send you a personal invitation.
November 2005
Discretionary Housing Payments
Did you know that there is a special grant to help local people to meet their housing costs? Discretionary Housing Payments (DHPs) are extra benefits that can top up Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit for those suffering financial hardship. The decision to award someone a grant is made on an individual basis based on personal circumstances.
If you think you might qualify you can get an application form by calling into your Community Housing Office or contacting Newcastle City Council's Housing Benefit Helpline on 0845 111 4101.
