Scotland 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?
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?
Older people commonly do not claim all that they are entitled to.
This two-morning course provides
The welfare benefits system is complicated and confusing, both to claimants and those whose resp
Older people commonly do not claim all that they are entitled to.
This essential two-morning course is aimed at non-benefit staff and volunteers working with people for whom benefits are an issue.
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.
Carer support payment is a new Scottish benefit which replaces carer’s allowance in Scotland. This course will update you on the transfer from carer’s allowance to carer support payment.
Pension age disability payment (PADP) is replacing attendance allowance as the main disability benefit for people living in Scotland who have reached pension age.
This course provides an introduction to benefits delivered by Social Security Scotland.