Where to get help with a low income

George House Trust help

Our advice services included

Debt and Money Advice
Help with dealing with your debts and managing your money, from a specialist adviser from Manchester Advice, at George House Trust. Please call 0161 274 4499 for an appointment.

Thursdays 10.00am-12.00 midday, and on Mondays 2pm-4pm.

Welfare Rights Advice
Advice on your entitlements and information about benefits from a specialist Welfare Rights Adviser from Manchester Advice at George House Trust. Please call 0161 274 4499 for an appointment.

Employment Advice
George House Trust provides advice and support to people living with HIV in employment and to people wishing to start training or return to employment. Our advisers can also suggest other specialist help.

One-to-One Appointments
You can book an appointment to see one of our Advisers. This can be at our building in Ardwick, or at one of our regional hospital-based services at Blackburn, Manchester Royal Infirmary, North Manchester General, or Salford.

The Adviser will provide advice and help you identify any other support you may need. This may be from our services, or we may refer you to specialist services provided by another organisation, with your permission.

George House Trust at Hospitals

You can make an appointment by phoning 0161 274 4499 to see a George House Trust adviser at hospital clinics.

Live in North West England, but not Manchester?

Wherever you live in the North West you can obtain advice and support from George House Trust by phone, seek payments from welfare and other funds, without needing to come to our office. Please call 0161 274 4499.

George House Trust offer these Web Services

Ask for Advice / Information
Make an Appointment
Apply for a Welfare Fund Grant
Condoms in the Post

Services from other organisations

Lancashire
Preston, Morecambe, Accrington, Blackpool, Blackburn

CLASS HIV services are based in Preston

CLASS provide HIV support in central Lancashire – Preston, Chorley, South Ribble and West Lancashire.

Signposts MARC HIV services are based in Morecambe

Hyndburn Citizens Advice Bureau, in Accrington, advises people living with HIV.

For an appointment please call 01254 304114 or email adviser Christine Hamilton

Some more details of these Lancashire services are here
 

Blackpool

Shiver in Blackpool provide HIV advice

Blackpool Council offers HIV advice and support - HIV Social Worker 01253 477933 or email

Body Positive Blackpool advice and support

Blackburn

In Blackburn you can see a George House Trust adviser at the Royal Blackburn Hospital clinic, on the last Tuesday of every month (except in December). 9.30am - 12.30pm.

Please book an appointment by ringing the Hospital HIV clinic 01254 736045 between 8.30am and 4.30pm Monday – Thursday or 8.30am – 1pm on Friday. Please tell them you want to see someone from George House Trust on the last Tuesday of the month.

 

Liverpool

Sahir House provides advice in Liverpool - details of their services are here.




 

Birkenhead

Terrence Higgins Trust services in Birkenhead


 

Cumbria

Cumbria County Council HIV services

Cumbria HIV services leaflet with contact names and details pdf

Cumbria HIV/AIDS Support Group 01228 591 986

Carlisle Citizens Advice Bureau 01228 633 900

Citizens Advice Bureau (CAB)

Citizens Advice offer help in most towns across NW England. Citizens Advice have been helping people for around 70 years and have an excellent name. They have a strong confidentiality policy and welcome everyone, including people with HIV.

They are free, independent, accurate, impartial and confidential.

The advisers are thoroughly trained and skilled in using a highly detailed information system to answer almost any question and problem.
 

On the Citizens Advice website - AdviceGuide - you can find information, advice, and answers to many simple problems.

Find your nearest Citizens Advice Bureau (CAB)

If you need one to one help, or have a more complicated problem, you can find your nearest advice bureau by using your postcode here

Click the links to the other pages in this Low Income  section, in the menu on the left

• Increasing Income
• Cutting Spending
• Dealing with Debt
• George House Trust low income help