Meetings
Agenda for NAWRA conference in Durham on 1 March 2024
NAWRA members will meet in Durham on 1 March 2024. Many thanks to Durham County Council Welfare Rights Service for hosting us. The agenda is now available.
Committee
Would you like to join the NAWRA committee?
The NAWRA committee directs the policy and general management of the affairs of NAWRA. It consists of representatives from each of the English regions plus two from London, two from Wales, two from Scotland and one from Northern Ireland. As a rep, the main requirement is to attend Committee meetings Read more…
Members
NAWRA’s response to the DWP’s consultation on proposed changes to the work capability assessment
NAWRA has responded to the DWP’s consultation on proposed changes to the work capability assessment. Read our response. Our final paragraph concludes – ‘In summary, NAWRA completely opposes all these proposals. The government should focus on genuine support which will take time, resources, and skill. If it goes ahead with Read more…
Members
Pensions and benefits training
NAWRA is holding a one-day ‘Benefits and Pensions‘ training course free to NAWRA members. About the training course Pensions can have a complex relationship with benefits and, at this time of increasing financial pressure, we are seeing more people making use of them as a resource outside a regular retirement Read more…
Members
Work and Pensions Committee inquiry into safeguarding vulnerable claimants
NAWRA has responded to the Work and Pensions Committee inquiry into safeguarding vulnerable claimants. Thanks very much to all members who contributed and to Daphne Hall (rightsnet) for drafting the submission.