Reading Community Welfare Rights Unit was established 30 years ago to provide support to vulnerable members of the community in Reading who were facing hardship. Today, the Unit specialises in providing welfare benefit advice to those in the most desperate need. Our casework tends to be highly complex and time consuming. Our Unit has been engrained into the local communities where we have operated for 32 years, many of the staff still employed here have served for a number of years and therefore knowledge and credibility has been built, and our clients have confidence in the skills and experience of our small team of dedicated staff.
Why the community needs usThe demand from vulnerable clients in Reading for help in claiming benefits has been increasing owing to the changing and increasing complex benefit processes and regulations that have left many clients with benefit awards being withdrawn. These clients are often the least able in society to navigate the new benefits' landscape and they are the most deserving and appropriate recipients of benefit awards. We provide strong advocacy and support to ensure that this support is provided to claimants
Our impact on the community
