"Taking large bites of the bureaucracy that fed them, for a time, recipients held hostage one of the most powerful agencies in the nation." ! #WelfareRights
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👉 Read our April 2026 newsletter https://loom.ly/7StDmmw
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#CHAI #CommunitySupport #AdviceServices #Housing #WelfareRights #DebtAdvice #Edinburgh #ThirdSector
Two people looking at a computer screen with information about benefits.
We have an in-house team that can advise on all things benefits and money 🪙
From making sure you are receiving the right benefits to accessing support with energy bills, they can help.
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#WelfareRights #Welfare #Income #CostOfLiving
Today is our last day of phone intake for 2025 📞
Our regular intake advice line re-opens at 9:30am Wednesday 14 January 2026. Alternatively, you can contact us through our website. Link in bio 🔗
#Centrelink #WelfareRightsCentre #SocialSecurity #WelfareRights #CLC
When ‘simplification’ meets disability, the calculator wins. Until a tribunal steps in. Welcome to MJ.
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#UniversalCredit #DisabilityRights #WelfareRights #UKPolitics #DWP #Carers #SocialSecurity #HumanRights #Kent #CostOfLiving
The front cover of our 2024-25 annual report.
Sharing our report for 2024-2025 👏
This report documents the achievements and impact of our services over the last year.
Read it on our website ⬇️
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#AnnualReport #Impact #SupportedEmployment #WelfareRights
Our Income Max lead pointing at a screen
Our Income Maximisation Lead gave our team a rundown of the changes expected after last month's Budget.
It is useful for our team of Employment Advisers to understand how these changes might affect the people who use our services.
#IncomeMaximisation #Budget2025 #WelfareRights #MinimumWage
Today is the International Day of People with Disability. Welfare Rights Centre works to support individuals living with disabilities to access the Disability Support Pension (DSP) to advance financial security.
#IDPwD #WelfareRights
We were thrilled to be invited to Ecstra Foundation’s Financial Wellbeing Summit 2025.
Our Centre Manager, Julie, joined sector leaders and advocates to explore how we can build financial wellbeing and resilience across Australia.
#financialwellbeing #ecstra #welfarerights
At a foodbank near you. 😢
The quiet anarchy of the volunteer who cannot be in the photo with the MP.
#poetry #foodbank #poverty #CeasefireNOW #welfarerights #politics #GazaCeasefire @teamlabouruk.bsky.social @plaidcymru.bsky.social @libdems.org.uk @socialistworker.bsky.social
The latest updates from our Income Maximisation team ⬇️
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#IncomeMaximisation #WelfareRights #Benefits #LivingWage
The latest updates from our Income Maximisation team ⬇️
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#IncomeMaximisation #WelfareRights #Benefits #LivingWage
🌍💚 Today is World Mental Health Day.
We know that worries about money, debt, or housing can have a huge impact on your mental wellbeing. You don’t have to face these challenges alone. 💬 If you need support, reach out to us.
#WorldMentalHealthDay #WelfareRights #DebtAdvice #HousingAdvice
Debbie Abrahams MP at the Child Poverty Action Group conference
I was delighted to address the @cpaguk.bsky.social conference in Manchester earlier this week. Lovely to catch up with @oldhamcouncil.bsky.social #WelfareRights workers too.
A Vision for Justice - Let's make it real.
#VisionForJustice #CLCA #WelfareRights #EconomicJustice
Welfare Rights Officer with @epilepsyscotland.bsky.social providing expert information, advice, practical assistance and advocacy on welfare benefits to people affected by epilepsy.
📍#Glasgow with travel
🗓️ 35hpw
💷£30,252 – £33,000
#Epilepsy #WelfareRights
Today is Wear it Purple Day – and we are celebrating at home and in the office!
We love the theme Bold Voices Bright Futures – Happy 15th Anniversary!
#WearItPurple #WelfareRights #Justice4All
Adviser (Welfare Rights & Debt) @chaiedinburgh.bsky.social - provide high quality advice & representation to individuals & families on income maximisation, welfare benefits and debt.
🕑Full time
💵£25,478 – £27,290
📍Edinburgh/Hybrid
🔗 tinyurl.com/3zejvujb
#advice #debt #welfarerights
You can watch our most recent Community Worker Training webinar recordings on our website.
Learn about different income support payments, who can access them, and watch them at a time that suits you.
#Centrelink #CommunityWorkers #SocialJustice #WelfareRights #Training #ProfessionalDevelopment
Join us this autumn for our annual Welfare Rights Conference
📅 Manchester: Wed 8 Oct
📅 London: Thu 23 Oct
A vital event for advisers navigating a time of renewed change in the benefits system.
Secure your tickets: bit.ly/4dH9gU8
#WelfareRights #WRConf25
Very interesting article on the use of AI in social security fraud investigations in Holland. #welfarerights
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This amendment requests that the second reading of the Universal Credit and PIP Bill does not go ahead.
#WelfareRights #PIP #UC
Over 100 charities are calling on Scottish MPs to oppose welfare cuts. How can we protect vulnerable communities? #WelfareRights
www.thenational.scot/news/25266779.100-charit...
A person filling out a form with a pen.
A reminder of the availability of the Job Start Payment
It's a one-off payment for young people and care leavers to help with the costs of starting a new job (other eligibility criteria apply).
Find out more information here: buff.ly/a6HOnCQ
#WelfareRights #IncomeMax #JobStart #NewStart
What a stunning venue #NAWRAconference
#Stockport
#WelfareRights
Follow and join The Rejoin EU Party.🇪🇺
#RejounEU
#FreedomOfMovement
#ErasmusScheme
#WelfareRights
#HumanRights
#BrexitDisaster
#FarageBrexitLies
#JohnsonBrexitLies
#BrexitWasAScam
#CHAI #WelfareRights #SouthsideEdinburgh #BenefitsAdvice #DebtSupport #CommunityMatters #EdinburghCharity #PersonCentredSupport #TheNationalLottery @
New CHAI Welfare Rights Project at Southside Community Centre!
We're excited to launch a new Welfare Rights Advice service based at Southside Community Centre in Edinburgh 🎉
Our adviser Neyve offers confidential, person-centred support to help people understand and navigate the UK benefits syste…
#CHAI #WelfareRights #WomenSupport #TraumaInformed #EdinburghServices #JusticeSupport #BenefitsAdvice #WillowService
The front peice of an old book, the text reads: SECOND EDITION. DIGEST OF DECISIONS RELATING TO THE POOR LAW OF SCOTLAND; Containing the Decisions given in all branches of Parochial Law by THE SUPREME COURT, WITH DECISIONS UNDER THE LANDS VALUATION, PUBLIC HEALTH, AND EDUCATION ACTS; WITH RELATIVE STATUTES. BY JOHN ALEXANDER REID, M.A., ADVOCATE ALSO, INDEX TO THE ACTS OF PARLIAMENT Contained in the Appendix, PREPARED BY ANDREW MACRORIE, INSPECTOR OF POOR, KILWINNING Edinburgh: PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY JAMES TURNER & CO., 9 LOTHIAN ROAD. MDCCCLXXXV.
Very pleased to find this in the random 'old books' section... #Victorian #welfarerights #History