Benefits
There are numerous national welfare benefits available to
financially assist those who are:
- On a low income
- Have children
- Of pensionable age or
- Unable to work due to an illness or disability.
These benefits are administered by a number of different public
bodies which include Redditch Borough Council, The Department
for Work and Pensions and The HMRC (formerly the Inland
Revenue).
Local Authority
Redditch Borough Council is responsible for the
administration of the following Benefits:
Housing Benefit
Council Tax Benefit
Second Adult
Rebate
You can get an estimate on the amount of the above benefits by
visiting the online Benefits
Calculator.
Ways to Contact us
You can contact us via one of the following ways:
Visit one of the Customer Service Centres at the Town
Hall, Batchley, Winyates or Woodrow.
Telephone us on (01527) 534050
Email us: hbenefits@redditchbc.gov.uk
For the latest news regarding Housing and Council Tax Benefit,
please click on the link below:
Latest
News
We have also posted a Useful
Links page which contains other helpful
websites, including other benefits, discounts and exemptions for
help in hard times.
If you are experiencing problems with paying your mortgage,
please visit the Direct.Gov website or
visit Redditch Borough Council's
Mortgage Rescue Scheme pages.
Please click on the name of each Benefit to be re-directed to
another page on this site where you will be able to find more
information.
As well as these Benefits, help may be available with your
Council Tax in the form of discounts and exemptions. For more
information on these, please see our Council
Tax page.
