NAWRA meeting in Neath on Friday 6 Dec

Next meeting Our next meeting will be hosted by Neath Port Talbot Welfare Rights Service and will be held at The Gwyn Hall, Orchard Street, Neath, SA11 1DU on Friday 6th December 2013 from 9.30am until 4pm. Agenda In the evening after the meeting, you are invited to come along Read more…

Meeting in Edinburgh 13 Sept 2013

Thanks to everyonewho came along to our meeting at Edinburgh’s City Chambers on 13 Sept, and to the City of Edinburgh Council for hosting us. Minutes of the meeting and slides from the workshops are available in the members area.

NAWRA’s evidence for a review of the WCA

NAWRA has responded to Dr Paul Litchfield’s call for evidence for the fourth independent review of the Work Capability Assessment. You can read our submission here. Thanks to all the NAWRA members who got in touch to contribute and to Eri (Ceredigion CAB) and Daphne (Bristol City Council) for collating Read more…

DWP consultation on PIP mobility component: call for evidence

The Government are consulting further on the change from 50 metres (under DLA) to 20 metres (under PIP) as the distance for an award for a higher level Mobility. The consultation can be found here and the Rightsnet story on the consultation is here. Tom Messere, NAWRA rep for south Wales,  Read more…