Calendar of CPAG Scotland courses 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           12-16         20-24            
An introduction to benefits and tax credits for disabled children and their families                     24     4  
Benefits overview                        11      
Benefits for ill or disabled people         29-30           5-6        
Housing benefit and rent arrears                           12  
Tax credits – the basics                      12        
Interviewing skills   11           26              
Negotiating skills           4                  
Training for trainers                        8-10          
Standard courses
  Jan Feb Mar April May June July Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar
AA/DLA - challenging decisions                           17  
Benefit support on bereavement                     10        
Benefits for carers                     27        
Benefits for children living away from home               20              
Benefits for people from abroad         20       4            
Benefits for people from Europe             9/10                
Benefits for young people               28              
Birth – employment rights and benefits     31                       31
Compensation for maladministration                           9  
DLA for children   26                       19  
Employment and support allowance   8 13 22       22 16 15 4 5 22   12
Finding your way around the law       4                       5
Getting the most for your client    7                       5  
Housing benefit overpayments     6                        19
Housing benefit problem areas                  18            
  Jan Feb Mar April May June July Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar
Industrial injuries benefits            20                  
Mental health – incapacity benefits and DLA             3                
Moving into work – disabled people     12     12                  
Moving into work – lone parents          8                    
Paying for care                 2            
Representing at appeal tribunals           12-13         20-21        
Revised PCA test for employment and support allowance             1       4        
Taking on the social fund                   16          
Tax credits – overpayments and challenging decisions  15               25       13    
Experienced courses
  Jan Feb Mar April May June July Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar
Appeals to the commissioners                 11            
Benefits update    28             12         26  
DLA appeals – case law and tactics                 21              
Incapacity for work appeals – case law and tactics           5                  
Local housing allowance                   28          
Overpayments and recovery of benefit         7                    
Overpayments of benefit – a legal update        29                  22    
Role of the appeals representative     27                        26
Tax credits – calculating awards                         15    
Tax credits – case law and tactics       24                      
The new tribunal rules                       3 28   3+4
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Benefits for students courses
Introduction to benefits for student advisers       30- -1         30-31          
Students and benefits – eligibility         8                     
Students and benefits – treatment of income         9                    
Students and benefits – an update           16           2      

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