Letters you can send straight away
Choose what your letter is about below. You fill in a short form, we turn it into a properly set out letter and post it on paper to the recipient.
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Cancellations
- Cancel a subscriptionWorks for any subscription: streaming service, magazine, broadband, gym or service contract. You get a short, businesslike cancellation letter.
- Cancel a gym membershipGyms often ask for cancellation in writing and work with fixed notice periods. A posted letter puts your cancellation date beyond doubt.
- Cancel an insurance policyTo cancel an insurance policy you need your policy number. We put it into a correctly worded cancellation letter.
- End an energy contractUseful when you are moving home or switching supplier. Give your meter readings so the final bill can be produced straight away.
- Cancel private health insuranceTo cancel a private health or dental insurance policy you need your policy number and the date you want the cover to end.
- Cancel a phone or broadband contractFor mobile, broadband or TV. If you want to keep your phone number and move it to another provider, say so here.
Appeals & disputes
- Challenge a traffic fineFor challenging a traffic fine or notice. Quote the notice number and explain as concretely as possible why the fine is wrong.
- Challenge a parking ticketFor a parking charge notice from a private operator or a penalty charge notice from a council. Say where and when you parked and why the charge is wrong.
- Dispute an invoiceReceived an invoice that is not right? This letter formally disputes it and puts on record why you are not paying.
- Formal demand letter (letter before action)Has a business failed to do what it agreed? This letter puts them formally on notice and gives a final deadline. Setting out your complaint and giving a last chance to fix it is normally expected before you take a dispute further.
Renting & housing
- Ask for your deposit backNot getting your deposit back after the end of your tenancy? This letter formally requests the money and sets a deadline.
- Report disrepair to your landlordReporting problems in writing is an important step before you can take things further. This letter records what is wrong and the date you reported it.
- Challenge a rent increaseThink the proposed rent increase is too high, or that it was not properly notified? This letter objects in writing and in good time.
- Give notice to end your tenancyNotice to end a tenancy should be given in writing. This letter states your end date and asks for a joint check-out inspection.
Work & pay
- Resignation letterGive notice of resignation in writing. Short and businesslike: your last working day, and optionally a brief comment.
- Request your payslipsEmployees are entitled to an itemised pay statement. This letter requests your payslips formally and in writing.
- Claim your holiday entitlementTo ask for a statement of your holiday entitlement, or to ask for accrued but untaken holiday to be paid.
- Request a change to your hoursA request to change your hours or working pattern should be made in writing. This letter records your request and the date you want it to start.
- Workplace grievance letterIn a dispute at work it is important to put your position in writing. This letter sets out the situation in businesslike terms and proposes a resolution.
- Appeal against dismissalBeen dismissed and disagree with it? This letter objects promptly and in writing, and keeps your position open.
Health
- Complaint about a healthcare providerHealthcare providers are expected to have a complaints procedure and to respond to complaints. This letter puts your complaint on record and asks for a reply.
- Challenge a declined health insurance claimHas your claim been declined or only partly paid? This letter asks the insurer to reconsider, with your reasons set out.
- Request funding for a medicine or deviceFor medicines or devices that are not routinely funded, a written request with a clear clinical justification is usually needed.
- Change your GP, dentist or other providerMoving to a new GP practice, dentist or other provider? This letter tells them you are leaving and asks for your records to be transferred.
Council & government
- Complaint to the councilFor complaints about the local area, nuisance or council services. A written complaint has to be dealt with under the council's formal complaints procedure.
- Apply for a licence or permitFor an application you need or want to make in writing: set out what you want to do, where, and from when.
- Apply for a parking permitFor a resident's or visitor's permit. Your address and your vehicle registration are the key details.
- Request a wheelie binTo request, replace or add a bin for general waste, recycling, garden waste or food waste.