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• Taking the first step if you need financial support

  If you need financial support, start by checking if you can get any benefits. You could get this financial help, even if you’re working or have savings

• Cancelling a gym membership

  When you can cancel your gym membership without paying, what to say to the gym when asking to cancel, where to get more help if the gym's not responding

• If your JSA has stopped or been reduced

  What to do if your JSA has stopped or been reduced because of a sanction. Check what help you could get while your JSA has stopped

• Q16 - coping with social situations

  Help to fill in Q16: coping with social situations for your ESA application. Find out what this means and how to correctly complete the question

• The Human Rights Act 1998

  Explains what the Human Rights Act 1998 is and how it protects the rights set out in the European Convention on Human Rights

• What is Attendance Allowance

  You can claim Attendance Allowance benefit if you've reached State Pension age and you have a disability or illness that makes it hard for you to look after yourself

• Dealing with mortgage arrears

  What happens if you miss a mortgage payment, including how to agree a repayment plan with your lender so you can pay your mortgage in smaller amounts

• If you're being evicted as a lodger

  Check how much notice your landlord has to give you to move out and what other rules they must follow

• How to appeal against a Universal Credit decision at a tribunal

  How to appeal against a Universal Credit decision at an independent tribunal, including how to fill in the form and what to do if you've missed the deadline

• Moving to Universal Credit if you've got a migration notice

  You’ll have to move to Universal Credit when you get a letter from the DWP - this is a 'migration notice'. Your existing benefit will stop. Claim Universal Credit to keep getting financial support