Paperweight is a lifeline for people overwhelmed by officialdom - from navigating debt and benefits to handling social care complexities, legal issues, or bureaucratic roadblocks - standing alongside those who feel lost in the system. The dedicated team provides expert guidance, with clear, compassionate support, empowering people to regain control of their lives.

When you are feeling isolated, stressed and vulnerable, and you just can’t cope, the simplest administrative tasks feel insurmountable and the daily practicalities take a back seat; often leading to unwelcome, additional pressure and intrusion in this increasingly bureaucratic and impersonal world.

The Paperweight Trust can help. A registered charity set up in 2010, we offer a free service, cross communally and across London and our hubs across the UK. Paperweight deal with bureaucracy, welfare and benefits, correspondence with banks & building societies, form filling, councils, utilities, bills, probate, insurance, divorce and legal issues.

We maintain a proactive approach to debt management and household expenditure and will intervene with creditors stabilising precarious situations. We will act as advocate and help review and complete documents and if necessary, draft in expert opinion in a range of matters.

Paperweight offers time, guidance, confidentiality, experience and a good deal of common sense. We will steer our clients towards independence and give them the confidence to carry on with their lives.