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.
Make sure you know how recent benefit changes are likely to affect students.
This two-morning course provides a practical and tactical look at working with people with mental health diagnoses to help secure full entitlement to benefits, and to help avoid some of the p
Older people commonly do not claim all that they are entitled to.
This course provides a practical and tactical look at working with people with mental health diagnoses to help secure full entitlement to benefits and avoid some of the pitfalls of the system.
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 course explains in detail which students can claim universal credit and how student funding affects the amount they get.
Pension age disability payment (PADP) is replacing attendance allowance as the main disability benefit for people living in Scotland who have reached pension age.
Many advisers work with students in both further and higher education.