Our Benefits Advice Service for people with sight loss can help you claim the benefits, tax credits or allowances to which you are entitled.
Claiming your full entitlement
The benefits system can seem very confusing. It's not always easy to know what you qualify for or what to put on the form.
We offer a confidential benefits check and advisory service free of charge for blind and partially sighted people. Our qualified advisers can provide information on the full range of social security benefits, tax credits and other allowances or concessions available to people with sight loss. We can assist you in claiming your full entitlement and support you in any appeal you may have to make.
We are pleased to be working as one of the partners in the "For Your Benefit" programme funded by Northern Ireland Electricity (NIE). We greatly appreciate this support, which enables us to reach out further with full benefit entitlement checks and referrals for energy efficiency advice.
Making an appointment
The service is available by appointment over the telephone or in any of our centres in Omagh, Coleraine, Derry/Londonderry or Belfast. In exceptional circumstances we may also be able to arrange home visits.
To make an appointment, email us at benefitsni@rnib.org.uk or call us on 028 9032 9373. We will take down a few details and ask one of our advisers to contact you as soon as possible. The service is very popular, and we would ask for your patience, but we will try to arrange an appointment as quickly as we can.
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