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Welfare Reform
The Northern Ireland (Welfare Reform) Act was given Royal Assent on 25th November 2015. This provides for significant changes to the benefits system.
Food Poverty
Food banks fulfil a vital role as they help to support people who find themselves or their families without food. Over the last few years particularly as a result of the economic downturn there has been a rapid growth of food banks providing emergency help and assistance to people across Northern Ireland. In order to help understand the rise in reliance of people on emergency food Advice NI has carried out research.
Upcoming Training
Using the Consumer Credit Act in Practice - (23rd May 2018)
23 May 2018 - 10:00
Following from the What is the Consumer Credit Act on-line learning (which is a pre-requisite), this discussion based, and practical day is designed to support your application of the theory and legislation related to the Consumer Credit Act. It will give you the opportunity to build on previous...Advice Pro Refresher Training (Bespoke)
24 May 2018 - 10:00
This one day training course provides an introduction to Advice Pro, a secure case managment application. Effective case management is an integral part of the advice provision process. The practical course is designed to provide advisers with a good understanding of the features and functionality...Advice Pro Training (Bespoke)
25 May 2018 - 10:00
This one day training course provides an introduction to Advice Pro, a secure case managment application. Effective case management is an integral part of the advice provision process. The practical course is designed to provide advisers with a good understanding of the features and functionality...Nutshell - Everything You Need to Know About Housing and Welfare Reform - (25th May 2018)
25 May 2018 - 10:00
This session will cover the key reforms to housing related benefit payments including; The “Bedroom tax” ; Changes to Support with Mortgage Interest Payments; What’s happening to Housing Benefit, Local Housing Allowance and Supported Accommodation; Changes to financial assistance for Rates; and...Nutshell: Everything You Need to Know About Employment Support in Welfare Reform
25 May 2018 - 13:00
This session will look at all of the key reforms to ESA including; time limiting of Contributions Based ESA; ESA for Young People; What ESA will look like within Universal Credit; Changes to the Work Related Activity Group; and ESA mandatory reconsiderations, sanctions and mitigations.NI Advice Standard Training: Online Portal Workshop Members Only
30 May 2018 - 10:00
This course is vitally important for members applying for the NI Advice Quality Standard (the Standard). Advice NI has developed a Quality Portal to make the application process easier. The portal will be used going forward for accreditation of the Standard. These interactive workshops are to...
Latest News
Advice NI highlights “fundamental flaw” in Universal Credit
14 May 2018 - 14:45
Advice NI states that there is a fundamental flaw which will inflict further damage in terms of public confidence in the Universal Credit system.Advice NI calls for Universal Credit claimants to have the choice to receive postal decisions
19 April 2018 - 15:27
Backing the “Keep Me Posted” campaign, Kevin Higgins, Head of Policy at Advice NI joined Judith Donovan CBE from Keep Me Posted to discuss the crucial...Understanding, Avoiding & Challenging Sanctions
16 April 2018 - 09:27
This “Understanding, Avoiding & Challenging Sanctions” Guide is designed to assist frontline generalist advisers in their work in supporting...
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