Derman Advice Service
Derman’s Advice Service is well-known, professional and an in-demand service within the Kurdish, Turkish, Turkish Cypriot and Eastern European Turkish communities. The aims of this service are to give information and guidance on social and welfare rights and entitlements. This service is instrumental in radically reducing poverty within The Kurdish, Turkish and Cypriot Turkish communities. Derman have been providing the service in Hackney for a long time, but now with more financial support; they have increased their capacity and now able to offer the service to their communities in the other boroughs in north London such as Islington, Haringey, Enfield etc. as well.
What Derman offers
Derman support individuals’ access to their full benefit entitlements. They provide advice and support to clients in applying for:
- Universal Credit / Jobseekers Allowance (JSA)
- Income Support / Employment and Support Allowance (ESA)
- Personal Independence Payment (PIP) / Disability Living Allowance (DLA)
- Housing benefit / Carer’s Allowance / Attendance Allowance
- Pension Credit
- Any Other Benefits Entitlements / Benefit Checks
They also provide general advice on wide ranges of issues (including housing advice, debt, employment and consumer issues as well as making phone calls on their behalf, writing/reading/ explaining and translating their letters). They also take action helping clients in order to move their cases on to the Appeal Tribunal Service.
Who can benefit from this service?
Turkish, Kurdish and Turkish Cypriot people who reside in North London
(Hackney, Islington, Haringey, Enfield etc.).
How Derman work?
They provide advice service, free of charge in Turkish/English. Advice Sessions are run face to face as well as on telephone depending on the issue/mobility of the client etc. from GP surgeries/other settings/venues as well as Derman office. To get advice on the phone or make an appointment, please call Derman advice workers.
Telephone sessions days/times and the numbers to call for Dermanr Advice Service
Days |
Times |
Numbers to call |
Tuesdays |
09:30 – 13:00 |
07718205640 |
Fridays |
09:30 – 13:00 |
07921327476 |