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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
Universal Credit Awareness Session - 25th April 2019
25 April 2019 - 09:30
This FREE half day training session updated for 2019 focuses on perhaps the most significant reform to Social Security since the inception of the Welfare State. It provides participants with an overview of which means tested benefits Universal Credit replaces, how entitlement is calculated, how it...PIP Awareness Session - 25th April 2019
25 April 2019 - 13:00
This half day training session updated for 2019 focuses on perhaps the most significant reform to non means tested benefits in a generation. It provides participants with an overview of both parts of PIP, how the benefit is claimed and assessed, how to best prepare to complete an application and...Universal Credit: Digital Coaching
29 April 2019 - 10:00
This fully interactive, multimedia course will train advisers in the key skills required to support clients digitally in preparing for, making and maintaining a Universal Credit account. It covers all aspects of digital support from online safety to coaching clients digitally. It will fully equip...Research and Referencing Skills for Advisers (NEW)
01 May 2019 - 10:00
This course is designed to provide advisers with the skills required to research and reference up to date information relating to social security benefits and welfare reform. It will cover both online and paper resources. This is a necessary skill required to ensure organisations meet the...Wiseradviser: Introduction to Providing Debt Advice
08 May 2019 - 09:30
This generalist level course is accredited with OCNNI at Level 3. It will help you understand the basic principles of money advice; explore the nature and extent of a debt problem and how to check your client’s liability.This course (or equivalent) is a prerequisite for attending other wiseradviser...Universal Credit: One Day Intensive Training for Advisers (NEW)
08 May 2019 - 10:00
Universal Credit has fundamentally changed the legacy means-tested benefits systems as we know it. This intensive in depth 1 day course, will identify which benefits Universal Credit replaces and which remain outside Universal Credit. It will explain the detailed rules of Universal Credit,...
Latest News
Advice NI Policy Newsletter April 2019
15 April 2019 - 17:01
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Media Briefing Paper: Welfare Reform Mitigations: Less than 1 year to cliff edge
08 April 2019 - 18:34
On 8th April 2019, Advice NI and NICVA facilitated a media morning to highlight the welfare reform mitigations cliff edge NI faces in one year. You can...Eviction crisis looms over welfare reform mitigation 'cliff edge'
08 April 2019 - 18:17
Advice NI and NICVA are warning that, with less than a year to go before Welfare Reform Mitigation runs out, thousands of vulnerable people across...
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