Key achievements for the Macmillan Welfare Rights service in 2022 to 2023
Key achievements include:
- Advice Quality Standard (AQS) accreditation maintained continuously since 2017 (full audit in May 2023)
- a total of 1521 referrals made to the service: 837 for Bedfordshire and 684 for NWAFT generating a total of 1230 complex cases
- £5.4 million achieved in benefit and grant gains; an average annual financial gain of £4,417 per client assisted by our service
- 80 Benefit Decisions challenged
- generated £84,266 in grant awards including Macmillan Grant awards
- assisted with over 370 applications for Blue Badges
- made 39 onward referrals for financial advice regarding pensions and wills to the Macmillan Direct Financial Services Line
- made 16 Referrals to Occupational Therapy Services
Annual report
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