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• Getting married

  Information on who can get married, where marriages can take place, civil and religious services, marriages by proxy, bigamous marriages, polygamous marriages, forced marriages and second marriages

• Getting a bank account

  Information on how to get a bank account, types of account available and switching from one bank or building society to another

• Understanding your tenancy agreement

  Check what terms can be in your tenancy agreement. Check documents your landlord needs to give you and what counts as an unfair agreement

• Selling a home

  Get information on the process of selling your home. Check how to deal with estate agents, using solicitors, exchanging contracts and completion

• Get a Universal Credit advance payment

  How to get an advance payment of Universal Credit if you don't have enough money to get by while you're waiting for your first Universal Credit payment

• Get help if you’ve experienced a hate crime or hate incident

  Check what support is available if you’ve experienced a hate crime or hate incident - including if you don’t want to go to the police

• Starting a homeless application

  Find how to apply to the council for help if you’re homeless

• Check if you can get DLA for your child

  DLA isn’t just for children with physical disabilities - it’s also for behavioural and mental health conditions as well as learning disabilities and developmental delay

• Check if a change affects your Pension Credit

  Find out what changes of circumstances you have to report to make sure you get the right amount of Pension Credit

• Pension and compensation schemes for the armed forces, veterans and their families

  Information on pension schemes for current and former members of the armed forces. Covers types of scheme, help for war widows and widowers, help for people who sustained injuries during their service and sources of further help.