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What is Advice Portsmouth?

Advice Portsmouth provides free, independent, impartial and confidential advice to people living in the PO1-PO6 areas of Portsmouth. Our purpose is to give the right advice and appropriate support to help clients solve their problems.

Our team is made up of qualified professionals, support staff and dedicated volunteers. They provide general and specialist advice in:

  • social welfare
  • debt
  • welfare benefits
  • employment
  • housing
  • family
  • consumer law

Address: 116 Kingston Crescent North End PO2 8AL

Number of people helped 2023-2024

Client feedback

Advice Portsmouth has wonderful, amazing staff and services. I want to make it clear that your team go above and beyond what any other service seems to perform. Thank you for being with me at a difficult time in my life (not all illness is visible).

Client feedback

Helped when my union refused to defend me. Gave me the encouragement, belief and motivation that I needed to take my case further, and I did just fine. I couldn’t have done it without them. Thank you Advice Portsmouth.

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Opening times

Monday to Wednesdays: 09:00-17:00

Thursdays: 13:00-19:30

Fridays: 0900-16:30

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Factsheets

 
Our team of advisors have prepared the following factsheets to help and support you in relation to a particular issue:

Universal Credit
Section 21 Notice
Redundancy
PIP
Conduct
Challenging benefit decisions
Capability
Agency work
Pension calculator

Useful Links

www.turn2us.org.uk
Benefit calculator (to see if you are entitled to any other income) and able to search for any potential grants to help and support with financial assistance for e.g. white goods etc.
www.gov.uk

hiveportsmouth.org.uk
Information of the local services available in Portsmouth

Positive Minds
Feeling overwhelmed? Losing hope? Finding it hard to see a positive future? If so, there is a new service in Portsmouth designed to help you.

www.entitledto.co.uk
Benefit calculator

www.portsmouth.gov.uk
Information on the services available at Portsmouth City Council including Council Tax, Housing benefits, Housing standards, Housing Needs Advice and Support.

england.shelter.org.uk
Information as to Private and Social Housing including your rights as a tenant, tenancy deposits, evictions.

What people say

"Many thanks for all your kind help in giving me a new start in life debt free"

"I didn’t realise I still had so many addictive behaviours."

"Group therapy is such a powerful thing. I have learnt so much about myself by attending groups that I sometimes think I would never be able to learn so much from my individual sessions."

"Our session on anger was useful as it allowed me to be more reflective"

"I recognised unhealthy coping strategies and have been able to be more aware of the seeds I water"

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