Campaign for vulnerable adults to access more cash

Labour-run Lambeth has introduced a new campaign to maximise the income of thousands of the borough's most vulnerable residents. The Every Pound Counts campaign is aimed at older people, adults with disabilities and carers and aims to ensure these vulnerable people are getting all the benefits they are entitled to.

Working in partnership with local advice agencies, the council has created a dedicated welfare rights team, with staff who visit people in their homes, advise them on their benefit rights and help them fill in the forms to claim what they are entitled to.

Labour Cllr Donatus Anyanwu, Cabinet Member for Health and Adult Services at Lambeth Council, said: "We know that many residents don't claim the full benefits they are eligible for. Tragically it is often the most vulnerable and most at need people who are losing out. Every Pound Counts is about ensuring those people get the support they need." The three year campaign, which launched earlier this year, aims to help 3,600 residents access benefits they would otherwise miss out on.


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