Useful contacts

Leaving Care Team

Stockport Family
Central House
Grand Central Square
Wellington Road South
Stockport, SK1 3TA

Telephone: 0161 475 6700
Email: leavingcareduty@stockport.gov.uk
Website: www.stockport.gov.uk/careleavers
Out of hours service, emergencies only: 0161 718 2118


Independent Reviewing Officer

Safeguarding and Learning
Safeguarding Unit
17 and 18 Grand Central Square
Wellington Road South
Stockport
SK1 3TA

Telephone: 0161 474 5657


Advocacy, Children’s Rights and Independent Visitor Service

Coram Voice
Telephone: 0808 800 5792
Website: www.coramvoice.org.uk/


Pure Insight: Connecting Care Leavers

Pure Insight services include a mentoring programme, weekly drop in cafés, parent support groups, art groups and our care leaver forum.

Tel: 0161 804 4400
Website: www.pure-insight.org.uk/


Housing

Stockport Homes Home Choice Team: 0161 474 2975

Benefit enquiry line:
Call from a landline: 0345 608 8545
Call from a mobile: 0845 608 8545
Website: www.gov.uk

Shelter

Tel: 0808 800 4444
Website: www.shelter.org.uk

Refugee Action Manchester

Website: www.refugee-action.org.uk


Benefits and allowances

Job Seekers Allowance online application

Tel: 0800 055 6688
Website: www.dwp.gov.uk/

Universal Credit

Website: www.gov.uk/universalcredit

Child and Working Tax Credits

Tel: 0345 300 3900

Child Benefit

Tel: 0300 200 3100
For enquiries on existing claims only.

Money Advice Service

For help with budgeting.
Website: www.moneyadviceservice.org.uk

Citizens Advice Bureau

Website: www.citizensadvice.org.uk

National Leaving Care Benchmarking Forum

Tel: 020 7336 4800
Email: nlcbf@catch-22.org.uk
Website: www.leavingcare.org