NAWRA members were saddened to hear of the deaths of Andy Campbell and Rob Jenkins recently. Andy Campbell joined Greenwich Welfare Rights Service over 10 years ago. Having originally trained as a social worker, his passion for maximising clients’ incomes weaved through his social work and he then turned his hand to direct welfare rights work, initially at Kent County Council before coming to Greenwich. He had a finely tuned sense of justice …
The Commission on Social Security has worked with the charity On Road Media on a research project about how to talk about social security effectively. The report has some interesting insights and useful tips on messages that work to boost support for a stronger social security system. Read the report
Online workshops 2pm on Wednesday 12th October 2022 – FULL – watch a recording of the session 2pm on Thursday 17th November 2022 – FULL With so much working from home, it is easy to feel isolated and lacking the support that you need. But help is there! Come and find out how easy it is to get support from your nationwide welfare rights family via the rightsnet discussion forum who will provide not just answers to all your queries …
Tool up – online training on using rightsnet tools 12 Oct and 17 Nov 2022 Read more »
NAWRA members met in Bristol on 9 Sep 2022. Slides and notes from the conference are available in the members area. All members are welcome to attend our conferences for free. If you would like to offer to host a conference, give a presentation or facilitate a workshop at a future conference then please get in touch.
Thanks to everyone who came along to NAWRA’s conference in Durham last week, and to Durham County Council welfare rights team for hosting us. Slides from the conference sessions are now available in the members area of our website. NAWRA meets twice a year in-person and twice a year on Zoom. Read more about our future conferences.
