Thanks to everybody who came along to the NAWRA meeting at the National Glass Centre in Sunderland on Friday, and to Sunderland City Council’s welfare rights team for hosting us. Prof Ted Schrecker, Professor of Global Health Policy at Durham University, delivered the Phil Hanns memorial lecture on how neoliberalist Read more…
Many thanks to all those NAWRA members who contributed to the CPAG survey on reasons for food bank use. The response rate was fantastic, with more than 200 advisers filling in the survey. This formed the biggest part of a submission to Feeding Britain’s update report on behalf of twelve Read more…
Our next meeting will take place at the National Glass Centre in Sunderland on Friday 11 December 2015. Thanks to Sunderland City Council for hosting us. Our guest speakers will be Prof Ted Schrecker, Professor of Global Health Policy at Durham University and Dr David Webster from Glasgow University. There Read more…
NAWRA has been very concerned about the implementation of mandatory reconsideration (MR) for some time, particularly in light of the catastrophic drop in appeals and the effects on those who suffer from cognitive impairments. Consequently, in February this year we sent a survey to members and asked them to feedback Read more…
Our next NAWRA meeting will take place in Sunderland on Fri 11th Sep 2015. Thanks very much to members Sunderland City Council for hosting us at the civic centre. Our quarterly meetings are held around the country and include keynote speakers, workshops and a range of networking and professional development Read more…