A final reminder that the next NAWRA meeting will be held on Friday 3rd September 2004 at House 5, Council Chambers, Elmbank Street, Glasgow.

On the agenda is a speaker from the Social Security Advisory Committee on the work of the SSAC along with workshops on "Responding to SSAC consultations", "Evidence and the benefits decision-making process", "Tax Credit Issues" and "Incapacity Benefit Pilots".

For those of you arriving on Thursday night there will be a social event at ‘The Griffin’ pub and restaurant, 226 Bath Street, Glasgow from 6.30pm onwards.

Why not join us for what promises to be a great event? For memebership details click on http://www.rightsnet.org.uk/cgi-bin/publisher/display.cgi?1636-2104-18903+swopshop

Alan Markey
Chair of NAWRA Steering Group.

Could you let me know who is co-ordinating the workshop on the Incapacity Pilots ?
I doubt that there will be any body from Rhondda Cynon Taff/ Bridgend
Welfare Rights or CAB's able to attend the meeting. But, would like to give some information on what we see happening in this pilot area.
And ,hopefully, from the workshop get some feed back on what people are able to obtain as information in the other areas and nationally.
I suspect that, as is often the case, more information is given to outside agencies than when the locals try to obtain it.
Thanks

there's an agenda available to download from the nawra page ... says that Alison Murray from Rights Advice Scotland is running the IB pilot workshop

Thanks Shaun one day my brain will last all the way till Fridays!!