Campaigns
NAWRA’s call for advice to be a statutory duty
NAWRA is calling upon UK governments to introduce a statutory duty to provide social welfare advice, available equally to all who need it and free at the point of delivery.
Meetings
Slides from NAWRA conference in York on 5 Dec 2025
Thanks to everyone who came along to NAWRA’s conference in York last week, the speakers and workshop facilitators, and to Welfare Benefits Unit for hosting us. Slides from the conference sessions are now available in the members area of our website.
Meetings
NAWRA conference in York on 5 Dec 2025
Our next NAWRA conference will take place in-person on Friday 5 December 2025 at The Priory Street Centre, 15 Priory St, York YO1 6ET. (more…)
Members
Letter to Debbie Abrahams expressing NAWRA’s concern at number of ESA claimants failing to migrate
DWP statistics out last week revealed that 3% of ESA claimants were failing to migrate safely to universal credit. Alarmingly, this figure rises to 6% for those in receipt of ESA only. With NAWRA members highlighting cases where DWP were refusing to extend the deadline and terminating legacy benefits, despite their involvement, we have written to Chair of the Work Read more
Members
Employment support for disabled people: Access to Work case studies
NAWRA has responded to the Work and Pensions committee inquiry on Employment Support for Disabled People by sending in a series of Access to Work case studies that highlight the difficulties disabled people have both getting into and retaining work because of problems within the Access to Work process. This includes delays, failure to provide appropriate support, unnecessary bureaucracy, and a Read more