NAWRA has responded to the call for evidence in the first independent review of PIP assessment. Read our response. Thanks very much to all members who got in touch to tell us about their experience of advising PIP claimants. We received over 100 responses, all of which helped inform our submission. The evidence we have submitted is particularly strong as Read more…
Here’s some advance notice of our next NAWRA meeting, kindly hosted by Glasgow City Council’s Welfare Rights and Money Advice Service. Venue: Renfield Centre, 260 Bath Street, Glasgow G2 4JP Date: Friday 12th September 2014 Time: 10am-4pm (registration from 9.30am) Our guest speaker will be Dr David Webster of Glasgow University. David is currently involved in research which introduces a Read more…
A key element of NAWRAs objectives is to seek to influence government proposals and existing legislation by utilising the expertise of our members. So that we can feed in to the first review of Personal Independence Payment assessment we need your data on how well this has been working (or not working). To make it easier to get your feedback, Read more…
We held a successful meeting in Stockton-on-Tees in June 2014. Many thanks to all members who came along. Minutes from the meeting and slides from the guest speakers and workshops are available now in our members’ area. Our next meeting will be held in Glasgow on 12 Sept 2014. More details soon…
NAWRA has identified an issue with clients being incorrectly turned down for, or being discouraged from claiming, free school meals. We believe this issue to be widespread following a random check of 11 council websites of whom 7 were showing incorrect criteria. Children are eligibla for free school meals if a parent receives any of the following: Income Support Income-based Read more…