CPAG Welfare Benefits Training - calendar of courses

Calendar of courses in London April 2010 – March 2011

	April	May	June	July	Aug	Sept	Oct	Nov	Dec	Jan	Feb	Mar
Introductory courses
An introduction to welfare rights		17-21					4-8			10-14
Bankruptcy and other insolvency procedures			7						6
Benefits for ill or disabled people			29-30							27-28
Benefits for non-benefit advisers			15-16					25-26
Benefit take-up campaigns		11				17
Dealing with debt				12-13						24-25
Housing benefit and rent arrears							15
Looked-after children, their carers and families			17					18
Outline of bankruptcy procedure and responding to proceedings			8						7
Taking on the discretionary social fund								10
Training for welfare rights trainers							12-14
Standard courses
	April	May	June	July	Aug	Sept	Oct	Nov	Dec	Jan	Feb	Mar
AA/DLA – revisions, supersessions and appeals		13-14							9-10
Benefits for carers of sick and disabled people				16							2
Benefit support on bereavement						28
Benefits for young people			18					19
Birth: benefits, tax credits and other financial help						23
Calculating tax credits			10					12
Child support: liability and enforcement										18
Child tax credit and working tax credit			9					11
Claiming DLA for children						14
Claims, backdating and challenging decisions	26					20
Community care and social security				15							1
Compensation for maladministration SEMINAR									8
Employment and support allowance	27						1
	April	May	June	July	Aug	Sept	Oct	Nov	Dec	Jan	Feb	Mar
Help with mortgage and other payments						22
Housing benefit – the problem areas								4
Immigration law and social security		26-27							1-2		8-9
Mental health:claiming benefits for ill or disabled people							19
Moving into work – disabled people				19
Moving into work – lone parents										21
Overpayments and recovery of benefits	27					21
Pension credit: an introduction				7
Pension credit SEMINAR				8
Prisoners and benefits										26
	April	May	June	July	Aug	Sept	Oct	Nov	Dec	Jan	Feb	Mar
Representing at First-tier Tribunals							20-21					23-24
Right to reside and habitual residence	28						11
Separation, maintenance and settlement	29						18
Students and benefits – eligibility and definitions								1				9
Students and benefits – treatment of student income								2				10
Students and debt						6-7
The local housing allowance and rent restrictions						15
The New Deal and 'welfare to work' for claimants										19
The work capability assessment SEMINAR		25						30
Using legislation and case law				6						20
Welfare benefits update	29						18
Experienced courses
	April	May	June	July	Aug	Sept	Oct	Nov	Dec	Jan	Feb	Mar
Challenging tribunal decisions				20							16
DLA: case law and tactics SEMINAR								17
Incapacity for work/limited capability for work appeals: case law and tactics SEMINAR			23
Judicial review: social security and tax credits				14							11
Rights of EU/EEA nationals			24									16
Social security and tax credits law update			22								15
Students and benefits – an update for experienced advisers								3				11
Students and debt – tactics for experienced advisers						27						7
Tax credits problems		5						24
Human rights and social security – possible challenges												17
Tribunal rules			14					16
Conference
CPAG annual rights conference						9
	April	May	June	July	Aug	Sept	Oct	Nov	Dec	Jan	Feb	Mar

For details of training in Scotland, see CPAG training in Scotland pages.

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