CPAG Welfare Benefits Training - calendar of courses

Calendar of courses in London January 2010 – March 2011

	Jan	Feb	Mar	April	May	June	July	Aug	Sept	Oct	Nov	Dec	Jan	Feb	Mar
Introductory courses
An introduction to welfare rights	11-15				17-21					4-8			10-14
Bankruptcy and other insolvency procedures						7						6
Benefits for ill or disabled people	27-28					29-30							27-28
Benefits for non-benefit advisers		8-9				15-16					25-26
Benefit take-up campaigns					11				17
Dealing with debt	25-26						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		1-3								12-14
Standard courses
	Jan	Feb	Mar	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		5					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		4					15							1
Compensation for maladministration SEMINAR												8
Employment and support allowance			1	27						1
	Jan	Feb	Mar	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		10-11			26-27							1-2		8-9
Mental health:claiming benefits for ill or disabled people			18							19
Moving into work – disabled people							19
Moving into work – lone parents	21												21
Overpayments and recovery of benefits				27					21
Pension credit: an introduction							7
Pension credit SEMINAR							8
Prisoners and benefits													26
	Jan	Feb	Mar	April	May	June	July	Aug	Sept	Oct	Nov	Dec	Jan	Feb	Mar
Representing at First-tier Tribunals			22-23							20-21					23-24
Right to reside and habitual residence				28						11
Separation, maintenance and settlement				29						18
Students and benefits – eligibility and definitions			10								1				9
Students and benefits – treatment of student income			11								2				10
Students and debt			15-16						6-7
The local housing allowance and rent restrictions									15
The New Deal and 'welfare to work' for claimants	20												19
The work capability assessment SEMINAR					25						30
Using legislation and case law	19						6						20
Welfare benefits update				29						18
Experienced courses
	Jan	Feb	Mar	April	May	June	July	Aug	Sept	Oct	Nov	Dec	Jan	Feb	Mar
Challenging tribunal decisions		23					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		25					14							11
Rights of EU/EEA nationals			24			24									16
Social security and tax credits law update		24				22								15
Students and benefits – an update for experienced advisers			12								3				11
Students and debt – tactics for experienced advisers			8						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
	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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