Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council - Benefits Assessment Unit

Contact details

Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council - Benefits Assessment Unit

Public phone: 01422 288003

Email: benefits.unit@calderdale.gov.uk

Website URL: http://www.calderdale.gov.uk

General information

Service offered: Receive and assess claims for housing benefit. Information for the general public on welfare and housing benefits, council tax benefit, free school meals and financial assessments for housing grants. We reopened our Customer First office at Horton Street in January where our contact centre staff can advise on council benefits, although our benefits assessment team are not based from this building. We also have Customer First services at Todmorden Library (Monday's 10am-1pm, 1.30pm-3pm) and Brighouse Library (Fortnightly on Mondays 10am-1pm, 1.30pm-4pm).

Target group: General public.

Area served: Calderdale - Halifax, Brighouse, Elland, Sowerby Bridge, Hebden Bridge, Todmorden.

How to contact: Phone/Email, contact for an appointment. The opening times are 10am-4pm Monday to Friday. We have a late opening at 12.30pm on the last Thursday of each month.

Availability

Monday: 10am-4pm

Tuesday: 10am-4pm

Wednesday: 10am-4pm

Thursday: 10am-4pm (late opening at 12.30pm on the last Thursday of each month)

Friday: 10am-4pm

Weekends:

Office Hours:

Accessibility

Wheelchair access: -

Accessible toilets: -

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Other information

Languages other than English: Access to interpreters.

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Year established: 0

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Record last checked: 12 July 2023