Cost of living support

Chesterfield Citizen’s Advice

Provides free, confidential, impartial and independent advice and information on a wide range of subjects. Including debt worries, benefits claims, housing and employment problems. 

Free Advice Helpline call: 0808 278 7843 

Derbyshire Law Centre

Provide free legal advice and assistance on all debt matters to the residents of Derbyshire.

Call: 01246 550674

Freephone: 0800 707 6990

Text: 07781 482 826

Textphone for deaf people: 18001 01246 550674

Email: dlc@derbyshirelawcentre.org.uk

Derbyshire Discretionary Fund

Provides grants or emergency cash payments if you are in urgent need of financial help following a crisis or disaster.

Phone: 01629 533399

Household Support Fund

The household support fund (HSF) is available to help Derbyshire residents facing financial hardship over the coming months by providing grants and other financial support.

Phone: 01629 533399

Chesterfield and North East Derbyshire Credit Union

Your local community bank, providing savings, loans and money management advice.

Call 01246 278 833

Email: webmail@cnedcu.co.uk

CAP (Christians against poverty)

Providing free debt advice and counselling. 

Phone: 0800 328 0006

Chesterfield Borough Council Benefits advice

Our benefits advisor can answer your questions about benefits, help you complete forms and ensure you are claiming the money you are entitled to.

Call: 01246 345 345

Email: benefits@chesterfield.gov.uk

Derbyshire County Council Welfare Rights

Providing answers to your questions about benefits, helping you complete forms, ensuring you are claiming the money you are entitled to and can help challenge decisions or support appeals. 

Call: 01629 531 535 

Email: welfarebenefits@derbyshire.gov.uk

Chesterfield Citizen’s Advice

Provides free, confidential, impartial and independent advice and information on a wide range of subjects. Including debt worries, benefits claims, housing and employment problems. 

Free advice helpline call: 0808 278 7843 

Derbyshire Unemployed Workers Centre

Provides free, independent and confidential advice on benefit and credit entitlements. Can also support the completion of application forms and can help challenge decisions made by the Department for Work and Pensions, right through to tribunal if necessary.

Call: 01246 231 441

Email: info@duwc.org.uk

Chesterfield Food Bank

Food Bank covering Chesterfield - referred through Job Centre Plus, Pathways, Citizens Advice, Probations, Derbyshire Recovery Partnership.

Call: 07984 589456

or Citizens Advice: 0808 278 7843

Rural Action Derbyshire

Visit the website for more information on foodbanks.

Chesterfield Borough Council Tenancy Support

We work with our tenants to provide support that will help you keep your home, including dealing with debt created through rent arrears.

Call: 01246 345068

Text: 07960 910264

Email: tenancy.sustainment.referrals@chesterfield.gov.uk

Tenancy management: 01246 345071

Tenancy Sustainment: 01246 345345

Chesterfield Borough Council Homelessness Prevention Team

We can offer help to prevent and relieve homelessness.

Call: 01246 345825

Out of hours call: 0808 169 2333

Chesterfield Borough Council Housing

Our housing team can help find you council housing, repair your council housing and support you with rent arrears. 

Call: 01246 345345 

Text: 07960 910264

Repairs Hotline: 0800 587 5659

Pathways of Chesterfield

Providing housing support and benefits advice in order to prevent homelessness and eradicate rough sleeping.

Call: 01246 498 204

Marches Energy Advice

Provides home energy advice, including advice on available grants, tariffs and on debts, for Derbyshire residents. 

Call: 0800 677 1332

Email: wdd@mea.org.uk
 

Chesterfield Citizen’s Advice

Provides free, confidential, impartial and independent advice and information on a wide range of subjects. Including debt worries, benefits claims, housing and employment problems. 

Free Advice Helpline call: 0808 278 7843 

Job Centre Plus

Provides resources to enable job-searchers to find work, can help identify training programmes and employment benefits. 

Job Centre Plus: 0800 055 6688

Textphone: 0800 023 4888

Universal Credit helpline: 0800 328 5644

Textphone: 0800 328 1344

Derbyshire Disability Employment Service

Supporting disabled people to find training, work experience, voluntary work and paid employment.

Call: 01629 532 440

Email: disabilityemploymentservice@derbyshire.gov.uk

Derbyshire Law Centre

Provide free legal advice and assistance on all debt matters, housing and employment to the residents of Derbyshire.

Call: 01246 550674 

Freephone: 0800 707 6990

Text: 07781 482 826

Textphone for deaf people: 18001 01246 550674

Email: dlc@derbyshirelawcentre.org.uk

Derbyshire Unemployed Workers Centre

Provides free, independent and confidential advice on benefit and credit entitlements. Can also support the completion of application forms and can help challenge decisions made by the Department for Work and Pensions, right through to tribunal if necessary. 

Call: 01246 231 441

Email: info@duwc.org.uk

Derbyshire County Council Libraries 

Provides free online courses around digital skills. You can also book the use of a library computer.

Call: 01629 533 444

Email: ask.library@derbyshire.gov.uk 

Derbyshire National Careers Service

Provides free and impartial information, advice and guidance about career opportunities, learning and employment to any Derbyshire residents aged 19 years and over and to those aged 18 who are not currently in education, employment or training. 

Currently running an in-person access session at Chesterfield Library on Tuesday mornings. Wendy Leigh is the advisor for Chesterfield and Staveley. 

Call: 07717 303855

Email: wendy.leigh@derbyshire.gov.uk

Derbyshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Providing a free mental health support line, 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

Freephone: 0800 028 0077 

Derbyshire Recovery and Peer Support Service

Supporting people who are having difficulties with their mental health across the whole spectrum of mental illnesses. 

Call: 01773 734989

Email: derbyshirerecoverypeersupportservice@rethink.org

Samaritans

Offering a safe place for you to talk any time you like, in your own way – about whatever is getting to you.

Freephone: 116 123 

Email: jo@samaritans.org (response time 24 hours) 

The Elm Foundation

A safe, welcoming, supportive place for any man, woman or child affected by domestic abuse. Providing the advice, support and tools you may need to change your situation; where you will feel empowered to take back control of your life.

Call: 08000 198 668

If it's an emergency, call 999. 

Text: 07534 617252

Email: derbyshiredahelpline@theelmfoundation.org.uk