Library - Publications List
SECTION ONE
The following are the information leaflets and simple factsheets produced by WWRAS, free for you to download. If you are unable to download you can order them from us. Currently there is no charge.
We welcome comments on our Publications. Please email us at info@wwras.org.uk with your suggestions.
LEAFLETS
Here are the leaflets and simple factsheets produced by Warwickshire Welfare Rights Advice Service. They are available to view by clicking onto the title, and can be downloaded.
- Pb0 PUBLICATIONS LIST
The list of the following publications
Date: April 2009
- Pb7 RESIDENTIAL CARE FACTSHEETS
Guides to the benefit implication of different Residential/Nursing Care Homes situations
- Factsheet 1: Permanent Residential or Nursing Care Home
- Factsheet 2: Temporary stays in Residential or Nursing Care Home
Date: April 2010
- Factsheet 1: Permanent Residential or Nursing Care Home
- Pb8 ILL? CLAIMING BENEFITS?
User-friendly guide to completing the Personal Capability Assessment questionnaire [for claims first made/deemed to be made prior to 27/10/2008
Date: April 2009 (checked April 2010)
- Pb8ESA ILL? CLAIMING BENEFITS?
User-friendly guide to completing the Limited Work Capability Assessment questionnaire for Employment and Support Allowance
Date: April 2010
- Pb9 BENEFITS IF YOU ARE LOOKING AFTER SOMEONE ELSE'S CHILD
Written in conjunction with Warwickshire County Council Children's Services, this is an essential guide to the benefits / Tax Credit position (and related issues and problems) when people take on the care of a child as part of a private fostering arrangement
Date: April 2010
- Pb10 THE BENEFIT SYSTEM AND YOUR CHILD
Simple guide to benefits for children (aged 0-15 with special needs/disabilities)
Date: April 2010
- Pb11 THE BENEFIT SYSTEM AND DISABLED YOUNG PEOPLE
A guide to benefits for young people (aged 16 and above) with special needs/disabilities
[for claims made prior to 27/10/2008]
Date: April 2010/li>
- Pb11ESA THE BENEFIT SYSTEM AND DISABLED YOUNG PEOPLE (ESA)
A guide to benefits for young people (aged 16 and above) with special needs/disabilities
[for claims made from 27/10/2008]
Date: April 2010
- Pb12 WHAT AM I ENTITLED TO?
A guide to benefits for adults (aged 16-65) with a disability, long-term illness or special needs
Date: April 2010
- Pb12A WORK, LEARNING DISABILITY AND BENEFITS
A brief guide to benefits when working for people with learning disabilities
Date: April 2010
- Pb13 55 PLUS
Outline of benefits for people aged 55 or over
Date: April 2010
- Pb14 WORKING, VOLUNTEERING AND BENEFITS
A guide for disabled people to the benefit implications of working or volunteering
Date: April 2010
- Pb15 USERS OF RESPITE CARE
The effect on Attendance Allowance/Disability Living Allowance when temporarily in NHS funded accommodation
Date: April 2010
- Pb16 LOCAL HOUSING ALLOWANCES - EXPLAINED
The introduction of 'Local Housing Allowances' will affect most private tenants who claim Housing Benefit. This leaflet gives you the run down of what LHAs are, and how they work
Date: April 2010
- Pb18 ATTENDANCE ALLOWANCE - THE QUALIFYING RULES
A simple list of the main qualifying rules and what they mean
Date: April 2010
- Pb19 DISABILITY LIVING ALLOWANCE FOR PEOPLE 16+
- THE QUALIFYING RULES
A simple list of the main qualifying rules for both the Care and Mobility Components
Date: April 2010
- Pb19A DISABILITY LIVING ALLOWANCE FOR CHILDREN UNDER 16 - THE QUALIFYING RULES
A simple list of the main qualifying rules for both the Care and Mobility Components for children under 16
Date: April 2010
- Pb20 REFUSED INCAPACITY BENEFIT AND YOU INTEND TO APPEAL - WHAT TO CLAIM
This is for clients, to advise them what to claim when their Incapacity Benefit is suspended pending an Incapacity Benefit appeal
Date: April 2010
- Pb20ESA REFUSED EMPLOYMENT AND SUPPORT ALLOWANCE (ESA) AND YOU WANT TO APPEAL - WHAT TO CLAIM
This is for clients, to advise them what to claim when their ESA is suspended pending an ESA appeal
Date: October 2010
- Pb22 QUICK GUIDE TO BENEFITS FOR CARERS
A simple guide to what can be claimed specifically by carers
Date: April 2010
- Pb25 EXTRA HELP IF YOU ARE AGED 65 & OVER
A simple guide to the range of allowances available to people - men or women - when they reach 65, to supplement or complement state and occupational pensions
Date: April 2010
- Pb28 WHAT TO EXPECT
A users guide to attending a medical for a Personal Capability Assessment when deemed unfit for work (for those who fall under the pre-October 2008 rules)
Date: April 2010
- Pb29 A RISKY BUSINESS!
The dangers to disabled people - and their carers - of asking for a review of their Attendance Allowance/Disability Living Allowance claim
Date: April 2010
- Pb30 FOSTER CARERS AND SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITS
Details the effect on benefits of foster caring, especially the impact of a fee-based scheme
Date: April 2010
- Pb32 LIVING TOGETHER AS PARTNERS [CO-HABITATION]
The facts not the myth about what constitutes co-habitation and advises what to do if challenged
Date: April 2010
- Pb33 CARERS ALLOWANCE AND OLDER CARERS
Explains how older carers can now benefit from claiming Carers Allowance
Date: April 2010
- Pb34 ADOPTION AND BENEFITS
Brief but comprehensive summary of the effect on benefits of adopting a child
Date: April 2010
- Pb35 COUNCIL TAX, DISABLED PEOPLE & THEIR CARERS
How disabled people and carers can significantly reduce their Council Tax bill. This leaflet shines a light on an area poorly publicised and therefore poorly taken up
Date: October 2009 (checked April 2010)
- Pb36 BENEFITS AND LEAVING LOCAL AUTHORITY CARE
Some care leavers can claim benefits, some cannot. This leaflet outlines who can claim and which benefits.
Date: October 2009 (checked April 2010)
- Pb38 MEETING HEALTH COSTS
Easy guide to the various ways to meet prescription costs
Date: April 2009 (checked April 2010)
- Pb55 NHS FULLY-FUNDED CONTINUING HEALTHCARE & YOUR BENEFITS
Outlines the impact on Social Security benefits for people receiving continuing healthcare funding from the NHS, either in their own homes or in a Residential Care or Nursing Home
Date: April 2010
- Pb73 THE NEW EMPLOYMENT & SUPPORT ALLOWANCE: A CLAIMANT'S GUIDE
Date: April 2010
- Pb75 LEAVING YOUTH CUSTODY? BENEFITS - A BRIEF GUIDE
A guide to the benefits available to 16 - 18 year olds leaving youth custody, covering the main options and including relevant local contact numbers
Date: April 2010
- Pb76 PREGNANCY or YOUNG PARENTS AND BENEFITS - A QUICK GUIDE
Simple guide to benefits that can be claimed when pregnant or had the baby
Date: April 2010
- Pb77 AGED UNDER 16 PREGNANT or HAD A BABY? BENEFITS AND TAX CREDITS
Deals with the peculiar benefits position of girls aged under 16 who are pregnant or have just had a baby
Date: April 2010
- Pb78 PENSION AGE IS CHANGING!
Equalisation of pension ages for women has meant many benefits are now affected. This leaflet outlines what is now meant by pension age, which benefits are affected and how
Date: April 2010
FACTSHEETS
The following are simple factsheets ideal for the public.
- Pb40 APPEALING AGAINST A DECISION
Date: October 2009 (checked April 2010)
- Pb41 ATTENDANCE ALLOWANCE
Date: April 2010
- Pb42 BEREAVEMENT BENEFIT
Date: April 2010
- Pb43 CARERS ALLOWANCE
Date: April 2010
- Pb44 CARERS PREMIUM
Date: April 2010
- Pb45 CHILD TAX CREDIT
Date: April 2010
- Pb46 CLAIMING CARERS ALLOWANCE ON A RETIREMENT PENSION
Date: April 2010
- Pb47 COUNCIL TAX BENEFIT
Date: April 2010
- Pb48 COUNCIL TAX BENEFIT - DISABILITY REDUCTION
Date: April 2009 (checked April 2010)
- Pb49 COUNCIL TAX DISCOUNTS - CARERS DISCOUNTS
Date: April 2009 (checked April 2010)
- Pb50 COUNCIL TAX DISCOUNTS - SEVERE MENTAL IMPAIRMENT
Date: April 2009 (checked April 2010)
- Pb52 DISABILITY LIVING ALLOWANCE
Date: April 2010
- Pb53 DISABILITY LIVING ALLOWANCE/ATTENDANCE ALLOWANCE - HOSPITAL AND RESPITE CARE
Date: October 2009 (checked April 2010)
- Pb54 EARNINGS AND BENEFITS
Date: April 2008
- Pb56 HELP WITH HEALTH COSTS
Date: April 2009 (checked April 2010)
- Pb57 HOUSING BENEFIT
Date: April 2010
- Pb58 INCAPACITY FOR WORK
(When benefit is interrupted or changes)
Date: April 2009 (checked April 2010)
- Pb59 INCAPACITY BENEFIT
Date: April 2010
- Pb61 INCOME SUPPORT
Date: April 2010
- Pb62 INDUSTRIAL INJURIES DISABLEMENT BENEFIT
Date: October 2009 (checked April 2010)
- Pb63 MATERNITY, PATERNITY AND ADOPTION BENEFITS
Date: April 2010
- Pb64 PERMITTED WORK
Date: April 2010
- Pb65 SOCIAL FUND (DISCRETIONARY)
Date: April 2010
- Pb66 SOCIAL FUND (REGULATED)
Date: October 2009 (checked April 2010)
- Pb67 VOLUNTARY WORK AND BENEFITS
Date: April 2009 (checked April 2010)
- Pb68 PENSION CREDIT
Date: April 2010
- Pb69 WORKING TAX CREDIT
Date: April 2009 (checked April 2010)
- Pb70 INDEPENDENT LIVING FUND
Date: April 2009 (checked April 2010)
- Pb71 UNEMPLOYED JOBSEEKERS ALLOWANCE
Date: April 2009 (checked April 2010)
- Pb72 MOTABILITY
Date: April 2009 (checked April 2010)
