Welcome to the BGET Money Advice portal where British Gas and the BGET Outreach team can register vulnerable customers for free Income Maximisation and Debt Advice.
All pre-approved users will receive an email asking them to create their password and validate their account. Please check your spam/junk mail for the validation email. Users will not be able to log into the new portal until they have validated their account and created a password.
This support is available to both British Gas and Non-British Gas customers who live in England and Wales. Details of the free support on offer is listed below:
Income Maximisation
We can provide individuals with the following free support:
- Completion of a Standard Financial Statement (SFS) and outcome letter;
- Identification of unclaimed welfare benefit entitlements;
- Personal budgeting and money management advice;
- Advice and support with water & energy arrears;
- Applications to charitable trust funds to secure household essentials;
- Health & wellbeing applications i.e. blue badge applications, occupational therapy referrals.
Debt Advice
We can provide individuals with the following free support:
- Draft a household budget, including creditors, in line with the Standard Financial Statement (SFS);
- Personal budgeting and money management advice, support to prepare a realistic budget and reduce expenditure including social tariff applications;
- Advice on priority debts vs. non-priority debts and sanctions;
- Advice on insolvency options, enforcement, Debt Management Plans, and disputes on an assisted self-help basis;
- Advise you on next-steps and signposting for additional assistance;
- Insolvency options - assistance in Bankruptcy or Debt Relief Order applications