Annual report 2013-14

Our annual report, approved by the AGM at Sheffield on 28th February 2014, includes highlights from the year, our recent policy work and information about the committee. It can be downloaded here. The AGM also approved our finance report. Those interested in the numbers can download the figures here.

Agenda for London meeting now available

We now have our finalised agenda for our meeting in London on 9 March 2012. Taking place at Amnesty’s Human Rights Action Centre in Shoreditch, London on 9 March 2012, we’re delighted to welcome our keynote speaker Baroness Tanni Grey Thompson who will offer her perspective on the government’s welfare Read more…

Next NAWRA meeting, London, 9th March 2012

NAWRA returns to London on 9 March 2012 for our AGM and quarterly meeting. The meeting will take place at Amnesty International UK, The Human Rights Action Centre, 17-25 New Inn Yard, London EC2A 3EA (see: http://tinyurl.com/6l8fplv) Further details will be announced as soon as we have them. However, you Read more…

Access to benefits for people who are unable to work because of mental illness

We’re delighted that Dr Ruth Tindley has agreed to make her PhD thesis available to NAWRA members. Available from the Members area, the thesis examines the difficulties which people with mental health conditions may experience in establishing and maintaining entitlement to the social security benefits which underwrite incapacity for work.