2016 Belfast Festival of Learning Event

Welfare Reform: The Basics - free public ½ day training course

Monday 7 March 2016, 1.30-4.30

This course offers you a chance to increase your knowledge of welfare reform.

This 1/2 day course offers everyone a chance to increase their knowledge of Welfare Reform. It will primarily cover Universal Credit (UC) and Personal Independence Payment (PIP), summarising these benefits and illustrating the significant changes involved. However, it will also include other changes associated with Welfare Reform, including Contributory ESA changes, 'bedroom tax,' the benefit cap and a lot more besides. This course will be specifically designed to for the lay person to help them make sense of the benefit changes that are to occur over the coming months and years. The training will be provided within a training room close to the center Belfast (situated close to the central library in Belfast) and tea, coffee and biscuits will be provided.

Venue: Law Centre (NI), 124 Donegall Street, Belfast BT1 2GY

Application forms available at: www.lawcentreni.org/application-forms/short-form.html

Applications should be returned to Law Centre (NI) 124 Donegall Street, Belfast, BT1 2GY by Thursday 3 March 2016 by Fax on 028 9023 6340 or by email at:

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This course is free

20 places available