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Category Archives: Social policy

  • Winter Forum – December 2015

    Posted on December 15, 2015 by Diana Nicoll in Advice North Somerset, Social policy. Tagged Advice North Somerset, training, events, forum, universal credit, north somerset CAB, social policy

    Advice North Somerset has set up the Advice Forum, to provide networking and training opportunities to voluntary and community sector organisations that offer advice, guidance and information services to people…

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  • Council Tax Support – what has been your experience?

    Posted on December 15, 2015 by Diana Nicoll in Social policy.

    Have you got something to say about your experience of claiming Council Tax Support? We are helping North Somerset Council to gain a deeper understanding of the impact of Council…

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  • Understanding your Housing Benefit letter

    Posted on July 17, 2015 by Diana Nicoll in Advice North Somerset, Social policy. Tagged local advice, Advice North Somerset, advice, housing benefit, social policy

    Do you find Housing Benefit letters confusing? Understanding your letters about Housing Benefit can be difficult. Working with Advice North Somerset, North Somerset Council have made a guide to help…

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  • Summer Forum – July 2015

    Posted on July 15, 2015 by Diana Nicoll in Advice North Somerset, Social policy. Tagged forum, universal credit, north somerset CAB, social policy, Advice North Somerset, training, events

    Advice North Somerset has set up the Advice Forum, to provide networking and training opportunities to voluntary and community sector organisations that offer advice, guidance and information services to people…

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  • Welfare reform: Lessons learned

    Posted on June 5, 2015 by Diana Nicoll in Social policy, Advice sector news. Tagged universal credit, social policy, employment, DWP, job centres, benefits, welfare, welfare reforms, funding cuts

    The National Audit Office has requested that the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) will need to use the hard lessons that it has learned from the recent implementation of welfare…

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  • Research Seed Fund Success!

    Posted on May 13, 2015 by Diana Nicoll in Advice North Somerset, Social policy. Tagged social policy, council tax support, funding

    We’re very pleased to announce that Advice North Somerset’s Social Policy intern, Holly Young, has been awarded funding from the Citizens Advice Research Seed Fund to help her research project…

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  • North Somerset Advice Forum – April 2015

    Posted on May 5, 2015 by Diana Nicoll in Advice North Somerset, Social policy. Tagged universal credit, north somerset CAB, social policy, Advice North Somerset, training, events, forum

    Advice North Somerset has set up the Advice Forum, to provide networking and training opportunities to voluntary and community sector organisations that offer advice, guidance and information services to people…

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  • Social Enterprise in Action: Quids In!

    Posted on April 30, 2015 by Diana Nicoll in Finding advice, Social policy. Tagged financial capability, money management, health, debt, Quids in, social enterprise

    You, or your clients may have come across Quids In! Magazine which is a free financial inclusion magazine reaching more than 300,000 UK households every year. Quids In! is published by The Social Publishing…

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  • DIY justice?

    Posted on April 23, 2015 by Diana Nicoll in Advice sector news, Social policy, Finding advice. Tagged debt, benefits, advice

    Following the cuts to legal aid two years ago, increasing numbers of people find themselves without legal advice or representation when they are faced with a legal problem. In April…

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  • Impact of Benefits Sanctions

    Posted on April 22, 2015 by Diana Nicoll in Social policy. Tagged benefits, social policy, sanctions, tell us your story

    We have been asking for your stories so we can build evidence about how policies in North Somerset impact on you and the clients your work with. From the feedback we…

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