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Mental Health Money and Benefits Outreach Project

Specialist outreach Benefits and Money advice service provides advice and ongoing support to vulnerable people experiencing long term mental ill health, currently in its twentieth year.

Aims of the Service

To provide a user-friendly service for people experiencing or recovering from mental ill health, living in the Stirling Area.

To help overcome the isolating effects of poverty and illness and encourage improved integration within the community, therefore promoting social inclusion.

The Service provides Information advice, and where appropriate, representation on-money management, debt related problems social security and housing related issues, particularly through completing Benefit Application Forms and responding to court documents in debt cases and benefits appeals. Clients are also “signposted” to other services where appropriate. 

How to be Referred

A Referral System is in operation. The person requesting this service as well as the referring agency are encouraged to jointly complete and sign the Stirling CAB Referral form for the Money & Benefits Service to begin the process of referral. 

Referrals are taken from Psychiatrists, Hospital Staff, Social Workers, CPNs, Key workers, GPs and Health Workers.

Criteria for Referral

The Service is for adults between 18-65 years of age who are experiencing mental ill-health and are living within the Stirling Council area. The person must have or be considering accessing Psychiatric Services at the point of referral and meet the Referral Criteria. 

Referral Agencies Include

Our Mental Health Money & Benefits Advice Worker, Kamila receiving the Working Together Award from Action in Mind.

Contact our core volunteer led service