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Age Connects Welfare Rights Service - Social welfare advice and information

Last updated: 06/08/2025
Social welfare advice and information
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What we do

Our Welfare Rights Service offers free benefit advice and can assist older people aged 60+ complete benefit forms. Thousands of pounds go unclaimed in benefits not sure if you can claim then give us a call today..
 
We provide our services remotely over the telephone, by using Zoom or Microsoft Teams as well as by a small number of home visits in accordance with organisational protocol and Welsh Government Guidance.
Please be aware there maybe a waiting period for this service.  Thank you

Who do we support

Older people 60+

Is there a charge to use this service?

No

Can anyone use this service?

anyone can use the resource

Details for this social welfare advice and information service:

Welfare benefits: Advice with casework
Employment: None
Housing: None
Immigration: None
Discrimination: None
Money: Information
Debt: None
  • Does this service offer fully independent advice? Yes
  • Can this service offer Debt Relief Orders (DROs) through qualified intermediaries? No
  • Does this service hold a recognised quality mark? No
  • Is this service registered with the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)? No  
  • Is this service registered with Office of the Immigration Services Commissioner (OISC)? No

 Opening times

Tuesday - Friday 9am to 4.30pm by telephone or email

Where do we provide our service?

We will take reasonable steps to ensure the information within the website is as accurate as possible. We cannot be held responsible for the accuracy of this information. The contributors themselves maintain their own information and they welcome feedback about the accuracy of the information they provide. Those accessing it are advised to take reasonable steps to consider its content before acting upon it. This could include seeking professional or specialist advice before taking, or refraining from, any action on the basis of the information within our website.

Please note that the results found when searching in English or Welsh on the English and Welsh sides of the website (www.dewis.wales or www.dewis.cymru) will sometimes differ. Providers can (subject to rules around language standards that apply to some provision) choose to enter their information in English only, in Welsh only, or bilingually. Whilst we try to use the technology within the site to limit the impact of their choice, both terminology and the structure of the languages mean that differences in the results produced is sometimes inevitable.

We assume no responsibility for the content of websites linked on our site. Such links are provided for your information only and should not be interpreted as endorsement by us of those linked websites. We have no control over the contents of those sites or resources. We reserve the right to reject or remove links to any website if we find the site content inappropriate.

For more information please refer to the full terms and conditions.

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We will take reasonable steps to ensure the information within the website is as accurate as possible. We cannot be held responsible for the accuracy of this information. The contributors themselves maintain their own information and they welcome feedback about the accuracy of the information they provide. Those accessing it are advised to take reasonable steps to consider its content before acting upon it. This could include seeking professional or specialist advice before taking, or refraining from, any action on the basis of the information within our website.

Please note that the results found when searching in English or Welsh on the English and Welsh sides of the website (www.dewis.wales or www.dewis.cymru) will sometimes differ. Providers can (subject to rules around language standards that apply to some provision) choose to enter their information in English only, in Welsh only, or bilingually. Whilst we try to use the technology within the site to limit the impact of their choice, both terminology and the structure of the languages mean that differences in the results produced is sometimes inevitable.

We assume no responsibility for the content of websites linked on our site. Such links are provided for your information only and should not be interpreted as endorsement by us of those linked websites. We have no control over the contents of those sites or resources. We reserve the right to reject or remove links to any website if we find the site content inappropriate.

For more information please refer to the full terms and conditions.