Turn2us
Charity number: 207812
Website: www.turn2us.org.uk
Description:
Turn2us exists to help the 13 million people, including 3.6 million children, living in poverty in the UK today. We believe this is totally unacceptable when over £19 billion in welfare benefits and tax credits are unclaimed annually and charitable funds of £366 million available to people in need are un-awarded.
Turn2us is a national charity helping people living in financial hardship to access welfare benefits, charitable grants and support services- online, by phone and face to face through partner organisations and our volunteers. We do this through our website and helpline, and by providing training so that staff and volunteers from other charities can provide face-to-face support for people in need using our online tools. Last year nearly 4 million people visited the Turn2us website and our helpline handled more than 85,000 calls.
We also give direct financial support through the Elizabeth Finn Fund and a number of charitable funds including the Edinburgh Trust. We have been awarding direct grants to British and Irish nationals from eligible professions for over 118 years and last year we provided aid totalling £3m, benefitting 4600 people.
We fight poverty to help people get back to financial stability so they can turn their lives around and build better futures for themselves and their families.