NAWRA, Glasgow, Friday 3rd September 2010

Hi

The draft agenda for the next meeting of the National Association of Welfare Rights Advisers has been published on the NAWRA website (http://www.nawra.org.uk)  All workshops are confirmed but there may be late changes to guest speakers.

The meeting will take place at Nye Bevan House, Elmbank Street, Glasgow G2 4PF between 10am - 4pm.  Note that only NAWRA members are able to attend meetings but we are happy to sign up new members on the day or you can join via a link on our website.

The meeting looks set to be another essential event in the calendar, with sessions covering:

- benefit changes and developments in welfare reform
- media portrayals of benefit claimants and ‘fraud’
- appealing against benefit overpayment decisions
- powers of tribunals to consider ‘unappealed’ components in DLA/AA
- right to reside and retaining worker status

For those arriving in Glasgow on the Thursday evening there will be a social gathering at the Auctioneers Bar Diner, 6 North Court
Glasgow G1 2DP.  We will gather there from 7pm onwards.  Food will be available along with free wi-fi for those who can’t stop working!

For full details of the agenda, directions, maps, and accommodation details, visit http://www.nawra.org.uk and go to the meetings page.  Why not check out other stuff while you’re there including details of our new Twitter feed (https://twitter.com/NAWRA_UK)?

Hope to see you in Glasgow.

Best wishes,

Alan Markey
NAWRA chair

Hi

I am now very pleased to confirm that our guest speaker will be Margaret Curran, MP for Glasgow East, MSP for Glasgow Baillieston, and a member of the Work and Pensions Select Committee.

Margaret was first elected as an MSP at the inception of the Scottish Parliament in 1999 and has held the Glasgow Baillieston seat ever since. Before entering the Scottish Parliament she was a lecturer in community education at the University of Strathclyde and before that was a community worker.  She was elected MP for Glasgow East in 2010 and has recently been appointed to the Work and Pensions Select Committee.

An updated agenda can be downloaded from http://nawra.org.uk/schedule.htm

Hope to see you there!

Alan Markey
NAWRA chair