Financial tools
Help for Households - GOV.UK
Please click here to find out what government support is available to help with the Cost of Living.
We can help you understand what benefits you're entitled to and challenge decisions you think might be wrong.
Find out which benefits you can claim with our simple, online better off calculator. You’ll also be able to find out how much better off you’ll be.
It’s free to use, takes just a few minutes, and is completely anonymous.
Our Better Off Calculator is powered by Policy in Practice. To use our free tool, you will be transferred to the Policy in Practice website which is hosted outside of the Places for People website.
About Policy in Practice and how we will use your data
We work in partnership with Policy in Practice, one of the UK’s leading provider in online benefits calculators. This tool allows you to see what you could be missing out on additional income and what your budget could look like with the additional support. The tool is free to use and requires basic information about:
- Household details
- Health and caring responsibilities
- Property details
- Income and earnings
If you don’t want to share your details with Places for People, you can choose to remain anonymous, or if you choose to provide us with your contact details you can self-refer to our services for further support.
This tool is fully consent-based and will only occur if you click the “send to advisor” button and then consent to the privacy notice before any data is sent to your advisors.
Get help and support from our teams
We can help with budgeting, maximising your income through benefit take up and can point you in the right direction for more specialist help. Please fill in your details and a member of our team will get back to you.