We understand that finding financial support when you have sarcoma can be difficult and confusing.
Here is a list of services which can give you help and advice, wherever you live in the UK.
More information and useful contacts
For more information about financial support when you have cancer, you can contact these services:
- hospital or community social worker – they can give you advice on benefits and debts
- welfare rights advice at a hospital
- the government website has details about eligibility for benefits. There are also links to apply for benefits on the website.
- Citizen’s Advice – who can tell you what assistance and benefits may be available to you. Their advisors can help you fill out benefit forms
- Jobcentre Plus offices. They help with benefits for people who are unemployed or who can’t work because of a disability or health condition.
Cancer Research UK have lots of information about benefits and how to claim them.
Macmillan Cancer Support offer guidance on how to deal with financial problems you might be having.
You can contact their trained Welfare Rights Advisors (Monday-Friday 8am-8pm) or Financial Guides (Monday-Friday 8am-6pm) on 0808 808 0000.
Where to go for advice if you don’t live in England
If you live in Northern Ireland
If you live in Scotland
Myscot.gov have lots of information including benefits calculators and help finding local organisations that can help you with benefits and welfare rights in Scotland.
Citizen’s Advice Scotland – who can tell you what assistance and benefits may be available to you. Their advisors can help you fill out benefit forms. You can contact their helpline on 0800 028 1456.
If you live in Wales
Advicelink Cymru is a Citizen’s Advice service funded by the Welsh government. It can help you check what you are entitled to and claim what’s yours. You can access their service Monday-Friday 9am-5pm on 0800 702 2020.
If you can’t hear or speak on the phone, you can type what you want to say: 18001 then 08082 505 720
Tenovus Cancer Care have a team of benefits advisors covering all of Wales for anyone affected by cancer. You can contact their support line (available Monday-Friday 9am-5pm and 10am-1pm on weekends) on 0808 808 1010
Published: October 2024 | Next review due: October 2027
