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Tag Archives: social policy

  • Winter Forum – December 2015

    Posted on December 15, 2015 by Diana Nicoll in Social policy, Advice North Somerset. 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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  • Advice North Somerset Second Conference

    Posted on October 21, 2015 by Diana Nicoll in Advice North Somerset. Tagged digital inclusion, social policy, conference, workshop, advice needs, referrals, event

    Many thanks to those who were able to attend the second Advice North Somerset Conference on 16th September. Over fifty people from 27 organisations attended and took advantage of the…

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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 Social policy, Advice North Somerset. 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 Advice sector news, Social policy. 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 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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  • Impact of Benefits Sanctions

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

    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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  • Researching Council Tax Support

    Posted on April 14, 2015 by Diana Nicoll in Advice North Somerset, Social policy. Tagged social policy, council tax support, research, survey, North Somerset

      We have launched a research project investigating the local Council Tax Support scheme. Before April 2013 Council Tax Benefit was a national benefit, meaning the rules were the same for…

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  • Advice North Somerset Forum – December 2014

    Posted on November 10, 2014 by Diana Nicoll in Training, Advice North Somerset. Tagged referrals, event, digital inclusion, forum, social policy, go4it, advice needs

    As a direct result of our Advice North Somerset Conference we have set up a Forum to take forward the issues raised. The focus of the Forum will be on…

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