Introduction to welfare benefits
The welfare benefits system is complicated and confusing, both to claimants and those whose resp
The welfare benefits system is complicated and confusing, both to claimants and those whose resp
Personal independence payment (PIP) is a disability welfare benefit run by the Department for Work and Pensions. It is aimed at those starting a PIP claim aged between 16 to pension age.
Many young people who have been ‘looked after’ by the local authority are affected by special social security rules.
A period spent in prison – on remand or serving a sentence – can have far-reaching consequences for social security benefit entitlement, both for the person in prison and for their family.
This two-morning course provides
This two-morning course is aimed at those supporting women fleeing from domestic abuse.
‘Kinship care’ is the situation in which a child goes to live with a member of their extended family or with a family friend. This course looks at benefit issues that arise for kinship carers.
This course provides an overview of benefit support for families in Scotland from pregnancy to school age.