ACFA Welfare Benefits Updater Training

ACFA Welfare Benefits Updater Training

Date: 15th April 2026, 10am - 4.00pm

Location: Shelter, Brunswick Court, Brunswick Square, St. Pauls, Bristol BS2 8PE

Join us for the ACFA Welfare Benefits Updater Training. This popular in-person event will provide you with all the latest updates and information about welfare benefits.

Course Programme 2026

The ideal course to get you up to speed with what's been happening in the world of social security and what to expect in the coming months including:

Universal Credit

• The end of migration - what's worked and what problems remain
• April changes and others in the pipeline
• Case law update

Employment support - Get Britain Working and Pathways to Work

Right to reside - residual issues

Health and disability

• PIP and the Timms review
• Health assessments - problem areas and plans for the future
• Carer's allowance - overpayments and resulting changes
• Case law update

Pensioner benefits - changes and impacts

Other interesting updates and case law

This is an interactive course with plenty of opportunity to discuss tactics and problem cases.

Daphne brings decades of expertise to her training, drawing on her experience as an editor for Rightsnet, long-standing welfare rights adviser, and Vice-Chair of the National Association of Welfare Rights Advisers.