Thanks to everyone who came along to NAWRA’s autumn 2023 conference on Zoom last week. Slides and video from the conference sessions are now available in the members area of our website. Not a member? Find out more about joining
NAWRA will meet on Zoom on Wed 13 Sep 2023 (1.00pm – 4.00pm) and Thurs 14 Sep 2023 (9.30am – 1.00pm). Meetings are free to attend and open to all members. Not a member? Find out more about joining. Read the agenda. Booking information has been sent to NAWRA members by email. NAWRA meets quarterly, either online or in-person. Would you like to host a NAWRA meeting?
Calling all NAWRA members in Scotland – could you be a rep on the NAWRA committee? Our current rep Craig Samuel at City of Edinburgh Council is stepping down after many years service so we now have two vacancies on the Committee for Scottish reps. As a rep, the main requirement is to attend Committee meetings which are held four times a year and last up to two hours. These are held virtually and typically discuss – Communications and publicity …
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Since our last update in April 2023, NAWRA has met with officials again to look at how the process for issuing UC50s can be improved and be made more reliable. DWP advise us that it transpires that when a claimant submits a fitnote a ‘to-do’ is autmatically created for them. Currently this to-do is not populated but they realise that this is the ideal place to put information about what a UC50 is, the WCA process, when to expect the …
NAWRA is holding a free to NAWRA members, one-day ‘Attendance Allowance: The Case Law’ training course which is designed to examine the case law which has developed surrounding the disability-related qualifying conditions for this benefit. Dates and locations The event will be held at the following venues in England in an attempt to give our members the best opportunity of attending. Manchester: Thursday 20th July 2023 at Garden Court North Chambers, 3rd Floor Blackfriars House, Parsonage, Manchester M3 2JA. Wolverhampton: …
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