Gloucester Benefits Service - Links to the range of benefits available from Gloucester City Council to residents of Gloucester

You can download claim forms in PDF format and print them out to fill in with a pen.

Please note forms are in colour. We advise you to print them in 'greyscale'. See print properties or options on your printer.

You must complete the form and send it to us as soon as possible. If you don't, the date you are paid benefit from could be delayed. If you let us know that you have downloaded a form, either by phone (01452 396483) or e mail (benefits@gloucester.gov.uk) and subsequently return the form to us within 1 calendar month, we will pay any weekly benefit due to you from the Monday following the date you actually downloaded the form.

Please choose a form from the options below:

• Claim In A Day - Complete your Housing and Council Tax benefit claim form AND give us all the supporting information we need at the same time, and we will process your claim within one working day.
• If you want to have your benefit paid directly to your landlord please click here to download a form for completion
• Housing and Council Tax Benefit (new claims) - Complete this form if you wish to apply for housing and council tax benefit
• Self Employed -  Additional Information Form - Complete this form if you are self employed
• Notes To Help You Complete the Self Employed Form
• Benefit Change Of Circumstances Form - Complete this form if you have had any changes in your circumstances
• Pensioners - Housing and Council Tax Form - If you are a pensioner download this special short form to apply for housing and council tax benefit
• Pensioners - Rent Details - If you rent your property from a private landlord you will also need to complete this form
• Pensioners - Other People Who Live With You - Complete this form when you have other people living with you (not including your partner)
• Pensioners - Children Form - Complete this form if you have a child/children for whom you are responsible
• Second Adult Rebate Form - complete this form if you think you are entitled to a Second Adult Rebate
• Discretionary Housing Payment Form - complete this form if you require additional assistance to meet your rent and/or council tax (We will consider whether additional help with housing costs and council tax is needed.)
• Students - If you are a student fill in this form along with the main housing and council tax benefit form
• Hostel Form - Fill in this form if you are a hostel resident
• Safeguard Application From - If your Housing Benefit is calculated using Local Housing Allowance, we will normally make payments direct to you. If, however, you feel you are unable to manage you finances due to one of the reasons mentioned in our Safeguard Policy, please use this form to tell us about your situation.

If you have a change in the circumstances of anyone on your claim please use one of these forms to tell us:

• End of Income support/Jobseeker's allowance benefit form. - Complete this form if you have stopped receiving Jobseeker's allowance
• Change of address form - Complete this form if you have moved

You can download and view pdf documents using Adobe Acrobat Reader, available free of charge.

• We recommend that you save this file to your computer hard disk or a floppy disk before completing it.
• To save a copy of the file to disk right click with your mouse on the link above and choose the 'Save Target As' option.
• You cannot save the form once you have opened it in an internet browser.
• After you have completed the form on screen, you will have to print and sign it.

Last Updated: 01/10/08