Our Chair, Alan Markey (Coventry Independent Advice Service) has written NAWRA’s annual report 2021-22. Read it to find out more about our successful year of online conferences, consultation responses and plans for the future.
NAWRA members will meet on Zoom on 3 March 2022 (1.00pm-4.30pm) and 4 March 2022 (9.30am-1.00pm) We will be hearing from a wide variety of welfare rights practitioners and academics. Dr Michael Orton (Warwick University) will lead a participatory session on the work of the Commission for Social Security and Fran Bennett (Oxford University) will present her recent paper on the policy challenges posed by the design of Universal Credit. There will also be informative and useful sessions on Mind’s …
On 26 January 2022 the DWP announced that Citizens Advice in partnership with Citizens Advice Scotland will deliver the universal credit Help to Claim service from April 2022. While under the current contract face to face support is available, the new contract is limited to just telephony and digital channels. NAWRA believes that this is completely inappropriate for vulnerable people who are seeking help because they struggle with those channels. NAWRA is also concerned at the Minister’s comment that those …
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 Wales, two from Scotland, one from Northern Ireland and one nominated by CPAG. The committee meets at least four times a year on Zoom. The representatives of the English regions and Wales must be elected every two years at our AGM. Our conference online on …
NAWRA has submitted a response to the Scottish Government’s consultation on Adult Disability Payment regulations.
