Community Advice Service Association

The Community Advice Services Association (CASA) was set-up to support and address the concerns of a large number of people & groups who use the CASA (The Dockers Building), who have constantly raised the issue of the lack of basic advice in the fields of welfare rights, training projects and further education and a real sense of despair & frustration that opportunities are being lost.

From Monday 23rd August 2004, Anthony Thompson a Welfare Rights Caseworker based at the Casa has been available to anyone seeking advice on:

• Claiming a Benefit
• Help with filling in forms
• Advice on Disability Benefits
• Checking you are receiving the correct amounts
• You would like to check you are receiving all your entitlements
• Home visits for people with mobility problems
• Representation at Social Security Tribunals, Disability Appeals, Housing, Appeals
• Pension Advice: on-site expert advice is given by experienced fund trustees and advisers

Present Working Projects

Benefits to Business and Employment is a pre-employment program aimed at the long-term unemployed to help anyone coming off benefits or forced off benefits to find employment or self-employment.
Last year we gave 360 welfare advice sessions to 240 clients on issues to do with Employment Support, Debt Advice, Disability Living Allowance (DLA), Attendance Allowance (AA), Incapacity Benefits and the Tax Credit Better-Off Calculation.

To make an Advice or Guidance Appointment please call or email Anthony Thompson.