Local Support

North Yorkshire Council provide benefit checks with their income maximisation team.  

Call 0300 131 2 131 or visit the website

Citizen's Advice can also complete a benefit check or provide support to complete benefit forms.

Drop-in sessions in Selby, 38 Ousegate, Selby, YO8 4NH

Monday, Tuesday and Friday 10am-12:30

Call the advice line 0808 278 790 

Everyday Enable is based at Community House, Selby and offer benefit checks and support to complete forms.

Contact Jo Scott - 07724 900518 or via Up for Yorkshire (Community House) reception on 01757 29111

Stay Well is a support service for people with primary mental health needs living in the Selby District of North Yorkshire, who need housing related support to maximise and sustain their independence in the community, and to achieve their rehabilitation and recovery goals. STAY Well is a home-based service, which means support workers visit people in their own home.

STAY Well is for people who meet the following criteria: 

• Aged 18 or over and living in the Selby District of North Yorkshire.

• Have primary mental health needs 

• Need housing-related support to move towards or continue independent living. 

STAY Well can support single people, couples and families, with or without children. 

The service is free and accepts referrals from any source, including statutory and voluntary organisations and self-referrals. 

Contact Details 

Phone Rachel 07823 349989 or Laura 07525 667966. 

Email: selbystaywell@hortonhousing.co.uk

A simple solution to wasting less and saving more! Selby Community Fridge is a sociable place where ANY member of the community can donate, collect or exchange surplus perishable food. We aim to both reduce food waste and provide a space where all locals can share food, support, skills, recipes and more! 

This is more than a fridge - it is a communal hub, connecting us to our Community, to nutritious food and our environmental impact. 

Make sure you follow @SelbyCommunityFridge on Facebook and Instagram to find our most up-to-date information! 

Please don't hesitate to contact us should you have any queries! Please call 01757 291 111 

Warm & Well in North Yorkshire is a partnership project bringing together organisations from the public, private and charity sector with the aim of reducing the number of cold homes, cold people and cold deaths within North Yorkshire. By working together, the project aims to reach communities and households across North Yorkshire.

The project is managed by North Yorkshire Citizens Advice and Law Centre, and funded by North Yorkshire Council, as part of the Seasonal Health Strategic Partnership.

Aim to provide relief of financial hardship among people living within the Selby District, by providing such persons or groups with goods and services which they could not otherwise afford through lack of means.

The Wilf Ward Family Trust is a charity that was established in 1986 by Wilf and Phyllis Ward. It was founded on the principles of providing support, accommodation and respite to disabled and vulnerable people and their families.