Investigating Pension Credit delays

    Greater Manchester Law Centre (GMLC) and NAWRA are investigating delays to Pension Credit applications. Thanks to everyone who responded to the survey we sent out last month asking for information on your recent experiences with the Pension Credit service. The findings of the survey along with recommendations are available in the full report and this summary. The survey Read more…

Notes, slides and video from our winter conference

Thanks to everyone who came along to NAWRA’s winter conference on Zoom last week. Notes, slides and video from the conference sessions are now available in the members area of our website. NAWRA meets four times a year either on Zoom or in person. Our next conference will take place on 10 March 2023 at Northway Community Centre in Oxford.

NAWRA conference on Zoom 7 & 8 December 2022

NAWRA members will meet on Zoom on Wednesday 7 December 2022 (1.00pm-4.00pm) and Thursday 8 December 2022 (9.30am-1.00pm) Read the agenda We will be hearing from a wide variety of welfare rights practitioners and academics and all members are invited to come along. There’s also an online social event on the evening of Wed 7 Dec for you to meet Read more…

Talking about social security effectively: new research

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

Benefit uprating and Bereavement Support Payment

NAWRA is concerned that bereavement support payment has not been uprated in line with all the other benefits and tax credits, and in fact has not been uprated since it was introduced in 2017. This is because it was introduced under the Pensions Act 2014 which does not require uprating. On 24 Nov 2022, NAWRA wrote to Stephen Timms in Read more…