Good to see this thread here just took me a while to post. As we know people who are struggling can really struggle to access advice about money, housing, services and other helpful information.
It might be helpful to have a list of services and support that are available for people to access in Bristol. I will have a look as there are likely already resources like this, but if not I am happy to put together a small list of organisations I have used and then we can add to it as we go if people feel this would be helpful.
Caring in Bristol actually have a great survival handbook mainly aimed at homeless people but is very useful for this.
https://caringinbristol.co.uk/project/caring-handbook/
I'd also really recommend the North Bristol Advice centre if anyone has questions about money or benefits - http://www.northbristoladvice.org.uk/
There is also a really good guide on turn 2 us for claiming PIP:
https://www.turn2us.org.uk/Benefit-guides/Personal-Independence-Payment/What-is-PIP
If there are general questions around access to services and benefits/housing then I'd be happy to help if I can with the caveat that I'm not an expert though have some work and personal experience of both. Don't always drop into threads so feel free to PM.