Preparing and appeal submission - adult disability payment

This course equips you with the knowledge and skills you need to prepare an effective submission. Using case studies, discussion and practice, you will gain confidence in making a good case for clients whose...

Universal credit for ill health and disability

This course looks at the universal credit (UC) rules that particularly affect ill or disabled people. It will equip you to advise clients who are claiming or need to claim UC, including the importance of the...

Understanding Economic Abuse

Whilst financial abuse has long been recognised as a form of domestic abuse, recent research has highlighted the overarching issue of economic abuse. With 96% of survivors of domestic abuse also reporting...

Scotland's Welfare Rights Conference

2024 will be a critical election year. What difference could it make to the future of social security, the lives of low-income families and the work of frontline advisers? Welfare Rights 2024 provides a unique...

Scotland's Welfare Rights Conference

Our annual face to face conference returns to the University of Strathclyde's Technology and Innovation Centre in Glasgow on Friday 7 June 2024About the conference:2024 will be a critical election year...

Scotland's Welfare Rights Conference

Our annual face to face conference returns to the University of Strathclyde's Technology and Innovation Centre in Glasgow on Friday 7 June 2024About the conference:2024 will be a critical election year...

Supporting Women Experiencing Domestic Abuse – Women’s Aid Who We Are and What W

Men’s violence against women is an epidemic that still exists in every area of Scotland despite over 50 years of women’s’ aid activism, supporting and believing women, providing refuges, safety planning...

Students and benefits - an update

Make sure you know how recent benefit changes are likely to affect students. This course is for advisers with a good working knowledge of the benefits system as it applies to students, and mainly updates...

Universal credit - managed migration

This course focuses on the transitional issues for claimants who are moving from legacy benefits and tax credits to universal credit (UC). It is expected that the majority of claimants in Scotland will be...

EXTRA DATE ADDED - Preparing an appeal submission - adult disability payment

This course equips you with the knowledge and skills you need to prepare an effective submission. Using case studies, discussion and practice, you will gain confidence in making a good case for clients whose...