Outstanding year for our Financial Wellbeing team

News – 10 May 2023 This year was another successful year for our Financial Wellbeing Team, helping our customers with welfare benefit and debt advice. In 2022/23 we:

• secured £3.21m in benefits for our customers
• allocated £25,448 in emergency hardship help to customers we’re supporting, much of this utilising government Household Support Funds in partnership with local authorities
• secured £1.02m in disability payments, which provide extra money for customers with long-term health problems or disabilities
• handled 1,160 referrals for welfare benefits advice and 162 for debt advice
• secured £995k of assistance with rent such as Housing Benefit, Discretionary Housing payments or the housing costs element of Universal Credit.

  If you think you might be missing out on benefits, or you’re having sleepless nights due to debt, please get in touch with our Financial Wellbeing team for free, confidential advice. For more information, visit www.guhg.co.uk/help advice/benefit_and_money_advice-services/