Calendar of courses in London January 2008 – March 2009

  Jan Feb Mar April May June July Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar
Introductory courses
An introduction to welfare rights 14-18         2-6       6-10     12-16      
Benefits for non-benefit advisers         22-23           26-27        
Incapacity and disability benefits           30- -1               21-22    
Interviewing skills    8                              
Update course for experienced advisers
Social security and tax credits law update   5       27               3  
Life events
  Jan Feb Mar April May June July Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar
Birth: employment rights and benefits when a child is born                   2          
Benefit support on bereavement                 18            
Tax credits
Tax credits: the basics                 19            
Child tax credit and working tax credit           25         13        
Calculating tax credits           26         14        
Tax credits: overpayments       21             5        
Tax credits: compliance and appeals       22             6        
Pension credit
  Jan Feb Mar April May June July Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar
An introduction to pension credit             2                
Pension credit SEMINAR             3                
Benefit administration
Claims, backdating and challenging decisions         29         29            
Overpayments and recovery of benefit       30         30            
Advising people with disabilities and their carers
AA/DLA – revisions, supersessions and appeals         15-16               11-12     
Claiming DLA for children   11     14                   24
DLA: case law and tactics SEMINAR     10     17                 31
Community care and social security           23                 23  
Benefits for carers of sick and disabled people 21         24               24  
Mental health: claiming DLA       11               28       18
Incapacity for work and welfare reform
  Jan Feb Mar April May June July Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar
The 'revised PCA' test for ESA         8   15     13+21     27    
Employment support allowance 30     23   18 22   16+24 1+13 5 2 14 12  
Incapacity for work appeals: case law and tactics SEMINAR             14                
Industrial injury benefits          20                    
New Deal
The New Deal and 'welfare to work' for claimants                     17        
Advising young people
Benefits and financial support; looked-after children and their families (formerly Benefits and the Children's Act)           19         3        
Benefits for young people           20         4        
Advising students
  Jan Feb Mar April May June July Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar
Students and benefits – eligibility and definitions       12           8           11
Students and benefits – treatment of student income     13           9           12
Students and benefits: update for experienced advisers     14           10           13
Students and debt     11-12                        
Advising people from abroad
EC law and social security          7          15              
Immigration law and social security            11-12         24-25        
Right to reside and habitual residence          13          21          
Fraud
Fraud and social security 22        9                    
Housing
  Jan Feb Mar April May June July Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar
Council tax: protecting vulnerable taxpayers              11                
Local Housing Allowance       17         25            
Housing costs explained                 23            
Housing benefit – the problem areas    7          4               4
Housing benefit appeal tribunals                     12        
Money advice
Dealing with debt 23-24           7-8           26-27    
Voluntary bankruptcy – what it means for clients           9           8      
Outline of bankruptcy procedure and responding to proceedings           9           8      
Social fund
Taking on the discretionary social fund                     11        
Campaigning skills
Benefit take-up campaigns                       18        
Training skills
  Jan Feb Mar April May June July Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar
Presentation skills                      10        
Training for welfare rights trainers     3-5       15-17             9-11  
Challenging decisions and preparing for appeals
Compensation for maladministration SEMINAR                       9      
Finding your way around the law 31             9           19    
Taking cases to the commissioners   1               10                   20    
Human rights and social security      6                        
Judicial review: social security and tax credits   28         21              25  
Representing at appeal tribunals     19-20             23-24         19-20
Role of the appeal representative           16                  
The new tribunal rules NEW                     21        
Lawyers' courses

Separation, maintenance and settlement

         28           22          
Welfare benefits update       28           22          
Conference
CPAG's annual rights conference                 4            
  Jan Feb Mar 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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