Advice and Benefits

This section of the website provides general information and advice for Charnwood residents covering a wide range of issues such as:

Categories in Advice and Benefits

• Asylum Seekers and Refugees
• Benefits and Entitlements, Council Tax Discounts and Reductions
• Charnwood Grants
• Concessionary Travel
• Council Tax and Finance
• Council Tax Reform
• Domestic Violence
• Emergency Planning for Charnwood
• Legal Advice
• Trading Standards
• Voluntary Organisations
• Welfare Reform
• Welfare Rights and Financial Advice

Use the Green Navigation Panel on the left of this page for links to other related services.

KEY TASKS

Report something:           

Benefits - Fraud 
Domestic Violence

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Pay for something:

Council Tax or Housing Benefit Over Payments - pay on-line

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Apply for something:

• Council Tax Discount & Exemptions - PDF forms
• Benefits Calculator - On-line Calculator for working out benefit entitlements.
• Council Tax Direct Debit Instruction (2012) (PDF Document, 0.1 Mb)
• Council Tax Direct Debit Instruction (2012) (Word Document, 0.12 Mb)