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Benefit Freeze
The [Work & Pensions] Committee has compiled evidence that shows that ending the benefits freeze a year early, [in 2019], would lift 200,000 people out of poverty. Read the latest briefing paper on the benefit freeze from our policy team.
Kevin Higgins talks Welfare Reform mitigations on Sunday Politics
Our Head of Policy, Kevin Higgins, spoke with Mark Carruthers on Sunday Politics Northern Ireland about the looming March 2020 mitigations cliff edge.
Upcoming Training
Wiseradviser: Dealing with Rent Arrears
24 February 2020 - 10:00
Participants are expected to have completed the Generalist Level Money Advice training course Introduction to Providing Debt Advice or its equivalent before taking part in this training and had an opportunity to put that training into practice. The training will take place over 1 day. This...Free Universal Credit Awareness Session
28 February 2020 - 10:00
This FREE half day training session updated for 2020 focuses on perhaps the most significant reform to Social Security since the inception of the Welfare State. All of your questions on Universal Credit, how it will affect you and what you can do to prepare for it will be answered at this training...NEW: Child DLA and Carers' Benefits
06 March 2020 - 10:00
This full day course will provide advisers with the information required to aid claimants with all areas of Children’s DLA up to appeal, and Carers allowance. Learners will be guided through Children’s DLA forms and will be provided with the tools to utilise case law and guidance to produce...Wiseradviser: Advanced Mortgage Possessions
09 March 2020 - 10:00
This specialist level course will equip money advisers with the skills and knowledge of the action that they can take to stay an order for eviction. It will outline the mortgage repossession process and the steps that can be taken to avoid court action. This course is accredited with OCNNI at Level...Triage Skills for Advice
13 March 2020 - 10:00
In these times of contracting resources and increasing demand for services, advice services need to find ways to prioritise clients’ needs and advisers’ time. This short course addresses this in three main ways: • By identifying clients in emergency situations, those with less time sensitive issues...Safer Lone Working
20 March 2020 - 10:00
Offering help to people in a work situation, often in difficult circumstances, doesn’t have to mean taking risks. Feeling safe and well doesn’t just extend to face-to-face work with clients, it includes telephone interactions with them as well. This practical, interactive and engaging workshop...
Latest News
Register for the Advice NI AGM
19 February 2020 - 12:02
There is less than a week to go until our AGM which will take place on the 25th February 2020 at 9.30am in Riddel Hall, Stranmillis Belfast.EUSS Advice Clinic February 2020
06 February 2020 - 11:52
We are providing a FREE advice clinic in partnership with Belfast City Council to EU Citizens and family members who need to apply for the EU...Advice NI Policy Newsletter January 2020
28 January 2020 - 17:00
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