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Accredited Training on Age Issues | 28/01/2010

Advantage - Accredited Training on Age Issues


Training events - January - May 2010

 
Advice Matters Spring 09 | 13/05/2009

  • Advice NI wins Aontas Star award

  • Law Centre launches encyclopaedia

  • Advice NI welcomes new members

  • Financial Ombudsman awareness event

  • Benefit & Policy News

  • Up and coming training and events

  • School Uniform policy triumph

 
Annual Report 2008 | 08/12/2008

Advice NI Annual Report 2008

 
Membership Profile Calendar 2007/8 | 08/12/2008

Membership ProfileReport highlights the essential services provided by our membership targeting need as it exists within deprived geographical areas and
within particular social groups across Northern Ireland.

 
Older Person Adviser Course Research Report | 07/12/2008

Advice NI undertook research as part of the needs analysis process of the Older Person Adviser Course to help inform its content and delivery prior to development. The main aim of the research was to identify 6 topic areas for inclusion in the course based on the training needs of those working with older people and the welfare needs of older people themselves. Information to advise the accreditation pathway and shape of the course was also sought. The research was conducted during August and September of 2008.

 
Advice Matters Spring 08 | 29/05/2008

Helping Migrant Workers get Financial Support
E-Quals Project Highly Commended
Benefit Uptake News
HRS Launch New Housing Manual
Social Policy

 
Advice Matters Winter 07/08 | 14/04/2008
Assembly urged to put older people & children
Celebration of Achievement
Wiseradviser training Launch
Opening Doors - the Women's Sector Perspective
Gingerbread launces Advice Pack
 
Membership Profile Calendar 2007/8 | 30/11/2007

Membership Profile Report highlights the essential services provided by our membership targeting need as it exists within deprived geographical areas and
within particular social groups across Northern Ireland.

 
Advice NI Annual Report 2007 | 20/11/2007
Advice NI Annual Report 2007
 
Advice NI Training Calendar 07 | 21/06/2007
Advice NI Training Calendar 07
 
Advice Matters Spring 07 | 30/05/2007
Advice Matters Spring 07
 
Advice NI response to CSA Consultation | 15/05/2007
 
Advice NI response to NILSC Consultation on Funding Code | 15/05/2007
 
Advice NI response to the Post Office Network consultation | 15/05/2007
 
Advice NI submission to Treasury Committee | 15/05/2007
 
Welfare Reform: Challenges, Choices and International Insight | 15/05/2007
Welfare Reform: Challenges, Choices and International Insight
 
Advice NI Housing Affordability eConsultation Report | 01/05/2007
 
Advice Matters Winter 06/07 | 20/04/2007
Advice Matters Winter 06/07
 
Affordable Homes Research Executive Summary 07 | 12/04/2007
Affordable Homes: Impacts of restricted access to affordable housing across tenure groups
 
Advice NI Annual Report 06 | 01/04/2007
 
Advice NI response to Draft Charges Scheme for Northern Ireland Water Ltd | 07/03/2007
Advice NI response to Draft Charges Scheme for Northern Ireland Water Ltd | March 07
 
Advice NI Response to NILSC Consultation Jan 07 | 22/01/2007
Advice NI response to the Northern Ireland Legal Services Commission (NILSC) consultation on

(1) guidance in respect of the principles of merits, costs and damages

(2) guidance in respect of judicial review proceedings

(3) guidance in respect of public law children’s cases

January 2007
 
Wiseradviser Money Advice Training Brochure | 18/01/2007
Wiseradviser Money Advice Training Brochure January 2007 - December 2007
 
Advice Matters Autumn 06 | 01/12/2006
Advice Matters Autumn 06
 
Advice Matters Summer 06 | 01/12/2006
Advice Matters Summer 06
 
Advice NI Response to Proposal for a Draft Water and Sewerage Services (NI) Order | 04/09/2006
Advice NI Response to the Proposal for a Draft Water and Sewerage Services (N.Ireland) Order 2006.
 
Advice NI Annual Training Programme 2006 | 22/08/2006
Calendar of training events for 2006.
 
Response to NILSC Consultation: Exposure Document | 30/06/2006
Response to NILSC Consultation: Exposure Document - Developing a Registration Scheme June 2006
 
Response to NILSC Consultation: Delivering Access to Justice | 09/06/2006
Response to NILSC Consultation: Delivering Access to Justice Through Publicly Funded Legal Services
 
Advice Services Alliance response to the DSD Advice and Information Strategy | 08/06/2006
The Advice Services Alliance(ASA)is made up of representatives of Advice NI, Citizens Advice and the Law Centre for Northern Ireland. Each of these organisations also responded to the Department for Social Development's Strategy on Advice and Information on an individual
basis. This document is the response made by the Advice Services Alliance.
 
Advice Matters Spring 06 | 02/06/2006
- Cautious welcome to DSD Strategy
- NVQ, Money Advice and Quality Assurance updates
- Members News
- Policy News
 
Advice Matters Winter 05/06 | 23/05/2006
DSD Strategy
 
Advice Matters Winter 05/06 | 16/05/2006
DSD Advice & Information Strategy Launced
Advice NI AGM & 10th Anniversary
 
Advice NI response to DSD consultation document | 24/04/2006
Advice NI response to DSD consultation document
‘A Strategy for Supporting Delivery of Voluntary Advice Services to the
Community’
 
Money Advice eBulletin 3rd Feb 06 | 06/03/2006
Money Advice issues relevant to Northern Ireland
 
Advice NI AGM 05 Workshop Feedback Paper | 05/03/2006
This briefing paper highlights the main issues raised at Advice NI's AGM workshops. testing this upload
 
DSD Advice & Information Strategy | 27/02/2006
Advice NI Briefing Paper on the DSD Advice & Information Strategy
 
Advice UK Money Advice Update-17th Feb06 | 17/02/2006
In this Bulletin:
1. British Gas helps to find £18.6 million of unclaimed benefits;
2. Personal Financial Research Centre website - www.pfrc.bris.ac.uk;
3. The Responsible Credit Network;
4. LSC Announce 1st winners in £6m Money Advice Pilot Project;
5. FSA Financial Healthcheck tool;
6. Secret Debts and relationship breakdown (BBC Online - 11th Feb).
 
Advice UK Money Advice Update-10th Feb06 | 10/02/2006
Money Advice Issues
 
Advice UK Money Advice Update-20th Jan06 | 20/01/2006
In this Bulletin:
1. Debt Advice Helpine pilot, Yorks and Glos;
2. Payment Protection Insurance;
3. LSC terminate all Specialist Support Contracts from July 2006;
4. New Wiseradviser training programme;
5. NTL;
6. Debt collectors to pursue CSA cash
7. Debt Advice agencies experience record numbers seeking advice;
8. The Debt Counsellors Annual UK Debt Survey 2006;
 
Annual Report 2005 | 19/01/2006
Advice NI Annual Report 2005
 
Money Advice eBulletin 18 Jan 06 | 18/01/2006
Advice NI Money Advice eBulletin 18 January 2006
 
Advice UK Money Advice Update-11th Jan06 | 11/01/2006
In this bulletin:
1. £300 for 15 mins work!
2. Advice UK outline our concerns with the £45m Financial Inclusion fund for Face to Face advice:
3. Latest Bank of England Lending Figures:figures in 1000’s):
4. SNP call for new powers to tackle debt: Change of address for Fleetwood Debt Collection Services:
5. IPA call for a body to “crack down on loan sharks” (from “Daily Telegraph” 3rd Jan 2006):
6. AUK pledges support for Egg campaign:
 
Advice UK Money Advice Update-21st Dec05 | 21/12/2005
In this Bulletin:
 Financial Ombudsman News:
 DWP Growth Fund:
 LSC Christmas awareness campaign
 Yes Car Credit:
 DTI Financial Inclusion Fund Website Update:
 FSA's Innovation Fund awards:
 New crackdown on aggressive selling and dodgy dealing:
 
Money Advice eBulletin 12 Dec 05 | 12/12/2005
Advice NI Money Advice eBulletin 12th December 2005
 
Annual Report 2004 | 05/12/2005
Advice NI Annual Report 2004
 
Money Advice eBulletin 5th Dec 05 | 05/12/2005
Advice NI Money Advice eBulletin 5th December 2005
 
Money Advice eBulletin 23 Nov 05 | 23/11/2005
Advice NI Money Advice eBulletin 23rd November 2005
 
Money Advice eBulletin 11 Nov 05 | 11/11/2005
Advice NI Money Advice eBulletin 11th November 2005
 
AiacNews Summer 2003 | 10/09/2005
Summer 2003
 
AiacNews Winter 03/04 | 10/09/2005
Winter 03/04
 
Tax Credit Overpayments: The Road to Recovery Jun 05 | 30/06/2005
The views and experiences of those who have been affected by Tax Credit overpayments.
 
test | 15/06/2005
test
 
AiacNews Spring 2003 | 12/04/2005
AiacNews Spring2003
 
Annual Report 2003 | 01/03/2005
Advice NI Annual Report 2003
 
Annual Report 2002 | 17/02/2005
Advice NI Annual Report 2002
 
Annual Report 2001 | 15/02/2005
Advice NI Annual Report 2001
 
Annual Report 2000 | 02/01/2005
Advice NI Annual Report 2000
 
Debt on Your Doorstep - Who's Responsible June 04 | 03/12/2004
The aim of this eConsultation, Debt on Your Doorstep; Who is Responsible? was to gather the views of Advice NI members on the issue of debt and look at the causes.
 
Annual Report 1998 | 01/12/2004
Advice NI Annual Report 1998
 
Domestic Water reform in Northern Ireland Oct 04 | 20/10/2004
“inadequate … indefensible … incomprehensible”
 
Rates Reform Oct 04 | 01/10/2004
Reform of the Domestic Rating System in Northern Ireland - Policy Paper
 
Financial Services and Markets Act Jul 04 | 02/07/2004
Advice NI welcomes clarification of the current legislative framework as it relates to the Financial Services and Markets Act.
 
SSA Benefit Take Up Strategy May 04 | 31/05/2004
Advice NI response to the Social Security Agency consultation document,‘Proposed Benefit Take-Up Strategy 2004 – 2005’
 
Response to Water Reform Jun 03 | 27/05/2004
AIAC understands that the existing infrastructure for water and sewerage services for Northern Ireland needs to be addressed.
 
Centralised Maternity Hospital for Belfast Jan 03 | 19/05/2004
Although the consultation document is entitled “A New Centralised Maternity Hospital for Belfast” the issue of a centralised maternity unit has Northern Ireland wide implications.
 
Benefit Payment by Automated Credit Transfer/Direct Debit Oct 03 | 03/05/2004
From April 2003, the payment of social security benefits and pensions by Automated
Credit Transfer (ACT) into a bank account or some other kind of account will become
the Social Security Agency’s preferred method of payment.
 
AdviceMatters Spring 04 | 01/05/2004
Spring 04
 
New deal for Disabled People (NDDP) Apr 02 | 02/04/2004
New Deal is a key part of the Government's Welfare to Work strategy. It has been
created to help unemployed people into work by closing the gap between the skills
employers want and the skills people can offer.
 
Tax Credits: Looking Back, Moving Forward March 2004 | 30/03/2004
This was an opportunity for Advice NI members to contribute their views and experiences on the issue of Tax Credits, how they impacted on their work, their clients and any suggestions for improvements to the Tax Credit system. The eConsultation ran from 1st March to 24th March 04 after which a report of the findings was sent to the Inland Revenue.
 
Social Security Fraud Act (NI) 2001 Jan 2002 | 26/03/2004
Social Security Fraud Act (NI) 2001
 
Targeting Grant Aid in Private Sector Housing Oct 03 | 26/03/2004
In June 2003, the Northern Ireland Housing Executive (the Housing Executive) published
a consultation document on targeting grant aid for private sector housing.
 
Northern Ireland Housing Executive Replacement Windows Oct 2001 | 10/03/2004
Northern Ireland Housing Executive Replacement Windows
 
Pension Credit - The First 60 Days Feb 04 | 26/02/2004
The Pension Credit - The First 60 Days, Advice NI's first eConsultation, ran from 3rd December 03 until the 17th December 03 and targeted advice workers.
 
Impact of Welfare Reform and Modernisation II Jun 2001 | 03/02/2004
Impact of Welfare Reform & Modernisation II
 
Impact of Welfare Reform and Modernisation I March 2001 | 05/01/2004
Impact of Welfare Reform & Modernisation I
 
National Insurance Principle Supplemental May 03 | 31/05/2003
Incapacity Benefit

Changes to forms and leaflets which have been shown to directly impact upon a claimant’s ability to qualify for benefit
 
National Insurance Principle May 03 | 15/05/2003
Increased National Insurance Contributions
The Contributory Principle:
‘On the Agenda’ or ‘In the Firing-line’?
 
Medical Assessments for Incapacity and Disability Benefits Jul 02 | 01/07/2002
AIAC Paper on Medical Assessments for Incapacity and Disability Benefits