Child Poverty Action Group

Income maximisation for older people

Older people commonly do not claim all they are entitled to. This course gives you an introduction to pension credit and aims to help you with effective benefit checks to maximise income.

The course covers:

Income maximisation for older people

Introduction to benefits for student advisers

This one-day course equips advisers and frontline workers who are new to benefits with a basic knowledge of social security benefits, including universal credit and tax credits, and explains which ones further and higher education students can claim.

The course aims to give participants:

Introduction to benefits for student advisers

Introduction to benefits for student advisers

Introduction to benefits for student advisers

This one-day course equips advisers and frontline workers who are new to benefits with a basic knowledge of social security benefits, including universal credit and tax credits, and explains which ones further and higher education students can claim.

The course aims to give participants:

Introduction to child poverty and financial help for families

Many more children in Scotland will be living in poverty by 2020.  This half-day course looks at why this is and which families are likely to be most affected. Participants will be encouraged to consider the steps they can take in their own roles to prepare for the predicted increase in child poverty and make a practical difference to families.

The course covers:

Introduction to child poverty and financial help for families

Many more children in Scotland will be living in poverty by 2020.  This half-day course looks at why this is and which families are likely to be most affected. Participants will be encouraged to consider the steps they can take in their own roles to prepare for the predicted increase in child poverty and make a practical difference to families.

The course covers: