Contact | Welfare Benefits Unit
Our budget day biscuit stash is in place and we're ready for the Autumn Statement.
We'll digest it all so you don't have to, sign up to our mailing list and get our Budget Special direct to your mailbox.
www.welfare-benefits-unit.org.uk/contact/
#AutumnStatement
#BudgetDay
#Budget
#WelfareBenefits
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We're looking forward to seeing you all in a very festive York!
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A celebration cake in the style of a Welfare Benefits Unit Advisers Guide to Benefits which says thank you for everything
Yesterday we said goodbye to our three outgoing trustees in style, and as we often do at the Welfare Benefits Unit, we said it with cake!
#TrusteesWeek
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A WBU Advisers Guide to Benefits is in the foreground. The blurred background shows cake decorating equipment, rolled out teal icing which is the same colour as the front of the Guide and a white cake.
Since we started working from home, we are used to seeing our Advisers Guide in unusual places and it's a valuable resource for welfare advice in lots of locations. However, we think this might be the first time it's supported cake decorating!
Check back tomorrow to see what the outcome was...
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A younger black man is in conversation with an older white man who has his back to the camera, set against a green backdrop. The text "Proudly supporting #AdviceSaves" is displayed at the top of the image and the weblink advice.org.uk/advicesaves at the bottom of the image.
Advice saves lives, but only if we invest in our workforce.
Support AdviceUK's campaign to raise awareness of the need to recruit, train and retain the next generation of advisers through a National Advice Workforce Strategy.
Because without advisers, there is no advice.
#AdviceSaves #AdviceWorks
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YouTube video by AdviceUK
Advice Saves 2025 AdviceUK Film
Watch this powerful film from AdviceUK. It shows the positive impact advice services can have on lives around the country and is part of Advice Saves, a national campaign highlighting the life-changing impact of the advice services we support everyday.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=03NU...
#AdviceSaves
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Big Ben
#AdviceWeek is here!
We joined AdviceUK at the launch of their Advice Works report yesterday at the House of Commons. The report highlights the life-changing impact of advice services across the UK and calls for a much-needed National Workforce Strategy for the advice sector.
#AdviceSaves
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The Local Welfare Safety Net project is a @lbfew.bsky.social funded collaboration of advice and research partners in York. This co-produced event will collect vital evidence about how best to support those in need of additional financial assistance so please come along and share your thoughts.
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Trustees
1-2 days per quarter, with online meetings
Voluntary
Weβre keen to add skills and expertise in
-Financial, legal or HR
-Marketing, digital or similar
-Welfare benefits system and welfare rights advice or lived experience
www.welfare-benefits-unit.org.uk/about-us/work-with-us/
Are you looking for your next volunteer opportunity?
You could be one of our new trustees!
If you connect with our values and share our passion for quality advice, apply today:
www.welfare-benefits-unit.org.uk/about-us/wor...
#CharityJobs
#CharityTrustee
#Volunteering
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The bill to restrict access to Personal Independence Payment and reduce entitlement to Universal Credit for some disabled claimants had its first reading today.
publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/cbi...
#UniversalCredit
#PersonalIndependencePayment
#WelfareReform
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Nine million pensioners to receive Winter Fuel Payments this winter
Everyone over the State Pension age in England and Wales with an income of, or below, Β£35,000 a year will benefit from a Winter Fuel Payment this winter.
The government have announced that having introduced means-testing the Winter Fuel Payment last winter, eligibility will be expanded to pensioners with incomes under Β£35,000 from this winter.
#WinterFuelPayment
#DWP
www.gov.uk/government/n...
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An packing box which has been opened to show the new Advisers Guide to Benefits, alongside a copy fo the Rates Card and Training Programme
We love an exciting delivery!
If you have already ordered your 2025-26 Advisers Guide to Benefits, you'll receive your copy in the next few days...
If you haven't got your order in yet, you can order online now
www.welfare-benefits-unit.org.uk/publications...
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Resources | Welfare Benefits Unit
Our latest News in (not so) Brief looking at yesterday's Green Paper is now available to view on our website: www.welfare-benefits-unit.org.uk/resources/
Sign up to our mailing list to get the next one straight to your inbox...
#GreenPaper
#WelfareReform
#DisabilityBenefits
#PIP
#UniversalCredit
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LinkedIn
This link will take you to a page thatβs not on LinkedIn
We'll be working through the new green paper and share updates in our New in Brief and Benefits Bulletin. May sure you're on our mailing list to get a detailed overview delivered direct to your inbox: www.welfare-benefits-unit.org.uk/contact/
#Welfare
#WelfareReform
#PIP
#UC
#DisabilityBenefits
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There's just one week left to get your application in to be our new Chief Executive!
Download your application pack now: www.welfare-benefits-unit.org.uk/about-us/wor...
#CharityJob
#WelfareCharity
#AdviceSector
#ChiefExecutive
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Chief Executive
22.5 hours
NJC 32-35, Β£41,511 β Β£44,711 (pro rata)
Permanent
Hybrid, two days a week in York-based office
Leadership, financial planning, stakeholder relationship building
https://www.welfare-benefits-unit.org.uk/about-us/work-with-us/
Are you ready for a new challenge? Why not apply to be our next Chief Executive...
#CharityJob
#WelfareCharity
#AdviceSector
#ChiefExecutive
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ICYMI: DWP commits to addressing all underpayments of the transitional SDP element by August 2025
www.rightsnet.org.uk/now/post/61293
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2025-26 Advisers Guide to Benefits cover next to the text "pre-order your copy today" and the link www.welfare-benefits-unit.org.uk/publications/advisers-guide/
While our welfare experts are busy updating our excellent Advisers Guide to Benefits 2025/26, you can pre-order your copy here: www.welfare-benefits-unit.org.uk/publications...
#WelfareBenefits
#WelfareAdvice
#BenefitsAdvisers
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And now sorted!
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Contact | Welfare Benefits Unit
We are experiencing issues with our phone lines today. If you need to contact us, please email or complete our web form: www.welfare-benefits-unit.org.uk/contact/
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Cold Weather Payment
Cold Weather Payment - what you'll get, eligibility and how to find out if your area is due a payment
Baby, it's cold outside... and inside too.
If you receive certain means-tested benefits, you may qualify for a Cold Weather Payment of Β£25 if it is cold enough for long enough.
Check your postcode here: coldweatherpayments.dwp.gov.uk/search.php
#WelfareBenefits
#BenefitsAdvice
#ColdWeatherPayment
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We are open for advisers from North Yorkshire and York
www.welfare-benefits-unit.org.uk/advice/
Happy New Year!
Our Advice Line is now open again after our Christmas break, so if you work with the public in North Yorkshire or York and have a benefit query you'd like advice on, contact our advice line today: www.welfare-benefits-unit.org.uk/advice/advic...
#WelfareAdvice
#WelfareBenefits
02.01.2025 09:43 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
A selection of Christmas baubles hangs on a Christmas tree. Next to it, the text says: WBU Advice Line will close at 5pm on Modnay 23 December and reopen at 9am Thursday 2 January. Merrcy Christmas from everyone at WBU. We look forward to seeing you in the new year.
We will be closing for Christmas at 5pm on Monday 23 December and reopening on Thursday 2 January at 9am.
Merry Christmas from everyone at WBU!
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Cartoon speech bubble which says "very well organised and informative".
Are you looking for that special something for the welfare adviser in your life? Look no further than our training programme - now with extra dates for our fab three-day Introduction to Benefits course!
www.welfare-benefits-unit.org.uk/training/cur...
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Welfare Benefits Unit
Hello Bluesky!
Here at WBU our team of friendly experts provide welfare advice to those who work with members of the public within North Yorkshire and York, as well as training and consultancy services nationally.
Have a look at how we can help you help your clients: www.welfare-benefits-unit.org.uk
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Companion blog to the Journal of Social Policy, Social Policy & Society, and the Journal of International & Comparative Social Policy, published by Cambridge University Press for the Social Policy Association.
Womenβs legal rights charity supporting women facing Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) in England & Wales since 1975. Campaigns for equality, justice & safety in the law for all women.
rightsofwomen.org.uk
We are the national body for Law Centres: non-profit practices defending the rights of people who cannot afford a lawyer.
π https://www.lawcentres.org.uk/
Chair of Yorkshire Philosophical Society and the Welfare Benefits Unit. Opinions are entirely my own.
Providing mental health, primary care and community-based healthcare in Hull, East Riding and Whitby, and specialist services throughout the UK.
Supporting London's East End community since 1975. We believe nobody should be excluded from legal representation just because they are poor, vulnerable or lack education.
The UKβs leading provider of training, publications and best-selling funding sources for the charity sector β helping you to help others.
BAILII (www.bailii.org) provides FREE online access to case law, legislation, and other legal materials from the United Kingdom, England and Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Europe, and several other jurisdictions.
The UK membership organisation for 'working together to improve the lives of people in debt'. https://malg.org.uk/
Barrister at Garden Court North Chambers - housing, homelessness, social security, protest, prisons, judicial review
https://gcnchambers.co.uk/barrister/alexander-mccoll/
Leverhulme Trust funded project on Council Tax debt collection and civic enforcement. Run by Cardiff University (Prof. Crispian Fuller, Theo Temple and Dr Alex Baker) and Cambridge University (Prof. Mia Gray).
We are an independent charity providing free, confidential advice and information you can trustβwhen you really need it. We campaign on the issues that affect us all and work to build a fairer society for everyone.
https://www.westminstercab.org.uk/
Addressing homelessness, addiction, mental health & the criminal justice system by involving those who have direct experience toΒ improve services.
More than just an information and signposting service for adults with Learning Disabilities, their families and carers in Calderdale. A Cloverleaf Advocacy service.
The national charity for people experiencing homelessness in Britain. We help individuals out of homelessness, and campaign for the changes needed to solve it altogether.
www.crisis.org.uk
Professor and Director of the Work and Equalities Institute, Alliance Manchester Business School, Manchester University.
Helping you with life's legal problems.
Formerly known as Law For Life, Advicenow.
Professor of Social Policy, University of Glasgow
Welfare conditionality, gender, women, Universal Credit, social security, disability benefits, devolution, migrant essential workers, labour migration
She/her
Bringing vital experience of the social security system across all four countries of the UK. Funded by @nuffieldfoundation.org
We are a team of six universities, two policy partners and an Experts by Experience panel. https://safetynets.study/