Welcome to Turn2us
We are a charitable service which helps people access the money
available to them – through welfare benefits, grants and other
help.
Our free, accessible website has been designed
to help you find appropriate sources of financial support, quickly
and easily, based on your particular needs and circumstances.
Turn2us is part of Elizabeth Finn Care.
Turn2us is recruiting a Digital Services Manager and a
Helpline Account Manager
Turn2us
is recruiting an experienced Digital Services Manager to develop
our online service.
We are also looking for an experienced Helpline
Account Manager who understands what constitutes strong
account management in a multi-channelled contact centre
environment.
Find out more about these posts
Grant-giving Charity of the Month
The Royal British Legion
The Royal
British Legion is the UK's leading Armed Forces charity, providing
practical, emotional and financial support to all members of the
British Armed Forces past and present, and their families.
Established in 1921, the Legion actively campaigns to improve
the lives of veterans and serving personnel and to safeguard the
Military Covenant between the nation and its Armed Forces.
Find out more about
The Royal British Legion
Free intermediary workshops
Are you an intermediary who wants to know more about
Turn2us services? Why not register for one of our free half-day
workshops to be held in London and a number of regional
venues across the UK in the next few months.
Register now for these workshops
Read our guide to the benefits changes
Do you want to know more about the
forthcoming changes to the benefits system and when they are to
come into effect?
Read our guide to upcoming benefits changes
Latest News: 16 May 2012
Full state pension for carers and mothers who stay at home
From 2015,
mothers and carers who stay at home instead of working will receive
a full state pension when they retire. This has been announced
by the Work and Pensions Secretary, Iain Duncan Smith, as
part of reforms of the UK's retirement system.
Find out more about this pension
reform
Shaping the Future of Benevolence conference report
Elizabeth Finn Care jointly hosted a conference with
other leaders in the sector (Association of Charitable
Organisations, Directory of Social Change and nfpSynergy) entitled
Shaping the Future of Benevolence in October 2011.
A conference report is now available on the Turn2us website.
Find out more about this report
Joseph Rowntree Foundation: Inequality and poverty 2020
A new report launched by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation
(JRF) reveals the expected impact of changes in the structure of
employment, skills and pay on income inequality and poverty by
2020.
Find out more about this JRF
research
Benefits cap letters are being sent out
The Department for Work and Pensions
is starting to send out letters this week to households that may be
affected by the benefit cap which comes into effect in April
2013.
This will limit the amount of benefit couples and lone parent
households can receive to around £500 a week or £26,000 a year.
For more information, read our benefit
cap information sheet
Answers to April's Ask an Expert are live
Last
month, we invited you to submit your questions about all aspects of
benefits to an Ask an Expert panel featuring representatives from
Brent Citizens Advice, Advice Derbyshire and Turn2us.
The answers to a selection of the questions we received are now
available online.
Read answers to Ask An Expert on
benefits
Turn2us - to access benefits & grants.
