Making sense of Housing Benefit letters
Improving the process for claimants Do you … Support people to claim Housing Benefit? Spend lots of time looking at Housing Benefit award letters? Find the letters confusing? The Council…
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The Big Advice Survey has launched – Get involved and tell YOUR story!
Why do the survey? There have been unprecedented changes to the Social Welfare Law (SWL) advice world, with legal aid cuts, welfare reform and approximately 60% more cuts on their way.…
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Focus on: Wellbeing at the For All Healthy Living Centre
Healthy Connections Feeling anxious, stressed or low? Would you like to find ways to connect with people and activities in your area? Want to build your confidence and improve your…
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Finding advice: Co-operative Family Legal Services
If your client needs legal advice for a family matter, one option is to refer them to The Co-operative Legal Services Family Department (CLS). They offer a wide range of…
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Universal Credit roll-out in North Somerset
Universal Credit is a new benefit that will gradually replace these six existing means-tested benefits and tax credits: Income-related Jobseeker’s Allowance, Income-related Employment Support Allowance, Income Support, Housing Benefit, Child…
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Go4IT Scheme: First Round
Lottery scheme for public access IT to help with online benefit claims Applications are now open for organisations to receive IT hardware to support for members of the public with…
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Focus on: WE Care & Repair
WE Care & Repair is an award winning Home Improvement Agency helping people over 60 and disabled people of any age to continue living independently. As a local not-for-profit organisation…
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Advice North Somerset First Conference – video
We are delighted to publish the video from our Annual Conference which gives a good introduction to Advice North Somerset and our purpose. You can view it here.
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Finding advice: Guide to welfare schemes from North Somerset Council
Do you work with people who are experiencing financial difficulties? There may be support from North Somerset Council’s two local welfare schemes for North Somerset residents. Discretionary Housing Payments (DHP) A…
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Advice North Somerset Forum – December 2014
As a direct result of our Advice North Somerset Conference we have set up a Forum to take forward the issues raised. The focus of the Forum will be on…
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