Home Surrey Welfare Rights Unit was set up in 1990 to provide a welfare rights advice service within the county of Surrey.   The Unit provides an independent, impartial and confidential service.   Our independent status allows membership of Citizens Advice and the Unit abides by the Aims and Principles of the CAB service.

*CHANGES TO SWRU SUBSCRIPTIONS*

In order to secure services for the future the Unit's trustee board has decided that the Consultancy Advice Line will become a service for subscribers only.  This change will mean an increase in the subscription fee, but the other benefits such as publications and reduced training fees will continue to be included in the package.  We have carefully structured the subscription tariff, we believe, so that small and large organisations will be able to afford to continue to access the team's expertise.   We have taken several decisions to help organisations with this transition:

Find out more about the subscription package here. 

You can subscribe online for the period April 2009 to March 2010  here.

Now in our 17th year we have been awarded the Specialist Quality Mark by the Legal Services Commission and in addition have met the further Support Services standards.  Our training has also been assessed and now is accredited by the Solicitors Regulatory Authority. 

If you would like to help us with our fundraising efforts in order to secure the services for the future you may like to visit the Smartchange site where the Unit has an online profile - www.smartchange.org  or you can use Everyclick to search the internet and register as a fundraiser for SWRU.

Our main purpose is:

 To provide specialist support and training to volunteers and staff who provide advice to their clients 

 To produce information and publicity on welfare rights issues for both professional staff and, where relevant, members of the public

 To promote the take-up of welfare benefits especially among the frail and vulnerable

 To provide a source of expertise on Community Care issues

 To be a focal point of welfare rights work across the region through support groups, seminars and informal talks, social policy work and networking

This website is a resource for advisers and is not intended for general public use.   If you are not an adviser and are seeking help with a benefit related query then click on Advice where there are links to other helpful sites.

We would like to thank the following for their support of the Unit:

• Woking Borough Council

• Byfleet United Charity

• Walton on Thames Charity

• Runnymede Borough Council

• Elmbridge Borough Council

• Tandridge Borough Council

• Waverley Borough Council

• Surrey County Council

• Guildford Borough Council

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Last updated March 2009

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