NAWRA conference in Glasgow – 6 Sep 2024
Our next NAWRA conference will take place in-person on Friday 6 September 2024 at Renfield Training and Conference Centre, 260 Bath St, Glasgow G2 4JP.
Category: Members
NAWRA’s benefit changes chart – updated March 2024
NAWRA has produced a new benefit changes chart detailing all the changes since 2011 along with recent and forthcoming changes and analysis of the impact.
Agenda for NAWRA conference in Durham on 1 March 2024
NAWRA members will meet in Durham on 1 March 2024. Many thanks to Durham County Council Welfare Rights Service for hosting us. The agenda is now available.
Would you like to join the NAWRA committee?
The NAWRA committee directs the policy and general management of the affairs of NAWRA. It consists of representatives from each of the English regions plus two from London, two from Wales, two from Scotland and one from Northern Ireland. As a rep, the main requirement is to attend Committee meetings four times a year. These are held on Zoom and typically discuss: Communications and publicity Equality and diversity Policy and campaigns Finance Plans for future …
NAWRA’s response to the DWP’s consultation on proposed changes to the work capability assessment
NAWRA has responded to the DWP’s consultation on proposed changes to the work capability assessment. Read our response. Our final paragraph concludes – ‘In summary, NAWRA completely opposes all these proposals. The government should focus on genuine support which will take time, resources, and skill. If it goes ahead with any of these proposals that cut financial support to, and increase conditionality on, vulnerable claimants, then there is an extremely high risk of claimants’ health deteriorating with the associated risks …