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Free Legal Advice In Crisis – a major 2013 conference in Manchester.
This is possibly the most important post of recent times on the GMWRAG site. Please take some time to read this. It affects all GMWRAG members and deserves your support. Advice services are in crisis… more →
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Using mental illness as an insult - Mick Philpott, Jon Snow & lunatics
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wrote 1 month ago: We’ve all done it: casually thrown around as insults terms related to mental illness. This eve … more →
When I came out of hospital, I thought I'd be focussing on getting better ...
wrote 1 month ago: Here are some tweets about the bumpy road I’ve been on since being discharged from hospital. I … more →
What does mental illness look like? Panorama & the Great Disability Scam
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wrote 3 months ago: Last night, BBC One’s Panorama presented a half hour documentary on the government’s Wor … more →
The public debate on welfare reform has been based on ignorance and prejudice
wrote 4 months ago: Last week there was a contentious vote in the House of Commons regarding welfare benefits. Much has … more →
Free Legal Advice In Crisis - a major 2013 conference in Manchester.
wrote 5 months ago: This is possibly the most important post of recent times on the GMWRAG site. Please take some time t … more →
Mental health & Atos: my doctor says I need to rest my brain, but Atos says I must jump through mental hoops
wrote 6 months ago: I’ve been feeling strange for a few days, building up from when the Atos letter dropped onto m … more →
ESA benefit changes - how will it affect me?
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wrote 8 months ago: I started writing on this topic and the post became too long, so I’m splitting it. I am one p … more →
The rising dependency on housing benefit by those in work
wrote 1 year ago: One of the remarkable things of an analysis of new housing benefit claimants between January 2010 in … more →
New vacancy advertised
wrote 1 year ago: A new vacancy from Manchester Citizens Advice has been posted onto the GMWRAG web site “Job Va … more →
Minutes of the January 2012 GMWRAG meeting in Stockport
wrote 1 year ago: The minutes of the GMWRAG meeting held in Stockport in January 2012 have been made available in (all … more →
There has been the tiniest bit of good news about legal aid cuts, but the uncertainty continues
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wrote 1 year ago: Whenever I have a chance, on radio or television, or in articles in local papers, I refer to The cre … more →
Turn2us Maximising Income Workshop - 9th December
wrote 1 year ago: Free places are available on a Maximising Income Workshop run by Turn2us. As well as looking at bene … more →
New contact details for Bolton Welfare Rights Service
wrote 1 year ago: Bolton WRS have just let us know that their first contact calls are now handled by Access Bolton. A … more →
Welfare Benefit changes and cuts to Legal Aid are creating a 'Perfect Storm'
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wrote 2 years ago: A report by Shelter and the Chartered Institute of Housing (CIH) highlights government plans to refo … more →
The hopes and fears for the Comprehensive Spending Review
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wrote 2 years ago: This week sees the announcement of the Comprehensive Spending Review, and I must admit that I await … more →
"Absolute diamonds" working in BHT's advice services
wrote 2 years ago: This is the text of an email I read this morning: “I have received help and assistance from bo … more →
Reflections on 25 Years at BHT
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wrote 2 years ago: I started working for BHT 25 years ago today. I hope you will forgive me for posting something more … more →
Putting housing back into homelessness
wrote 2 years ago: This is one of the favourite sayings of John Holmstrom, BHT’s Asistant Chief Executive. Like … more →
A Summary Of Benefit Changes – Newcastle Welfare Rights Service
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wrote 2 years ago: Clive Davis from Newcastle Welfare Rights has circulated an excellent chronological list of benefit … more →
