Spotlight On..... Northwards Housing

The fabulous Tracy Panesh over at Northwards came up with a great idea for us - that a really useful feature on the blog site would be for organisations to be able to display a summary of what it is that they do and who you can call on, to raise awareness of the various types of help and support on offer. She's started us off with information on the Northwards Advice Team:

Northwards Housing is the Arms Length Management Organisation responsible for all aspects of managing Council owned tenancies within North Manchester- That’s currently about 13,500 properties.

Our Money Matters team will support any Northwards tenant with any money related matter.  This includes income maximisation, benefit claims, revisions and appeal, accessing Local Welfare Provision.  We will support them in opening bank accounts, advise on borrowing in a safe and affordable way locally, understanding priority debt and offering a bespoke debt service, offering advice, assistance and advocacy in all aspects of debt management.  Unlike many services, if our clients require it, we can offer help with form filling and personal representation at Appeals Tribunals.

This is not a comprehensive list because essentially if it’s about money we can help or, failing that, we’ll know someone who has any answers we don’t.

We are a team of 3 Money Advisers, 3 New Tenancy Advisers, a Project Lead Officer and a Trainee Money Adviser.  We pride ourselves on offering a service that is obviously free and confidential but above all else is friendly, accessible and tailored to the holistic needs of each client.

As a first point of contact, ring us on 0161 720 5884 and we’ll let you know where we are and when.

We want to make this a regular feature, but we'll need your help to do it. Please email us information on your advice/information/support services, any specialisms that make you stand out, what your team looks like and how people can contact you.