Welcome! EVOC thinkSpace on #WelfareReform. Alan Sinclair, Welfare Reform Manager City of Edinburgh Council.

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Welcome! EVOC thinkSpace on #WelfareReform

Alan Sinclair, Welfare Reform Manager City of Edinburgh Council

Working Groups Welfare Reform Strategic Planning Group Now: Welfare Reform Core Group, and Welfare Reform Partner’s Group Also, Welfare Reform Working Group Pay Day Lending Working Group

Discretionary Housing Payments Original DHP Policy Revised Policy in October 2013 Using Welfare Reform Team re: Bedroom Tax Trying to maximise payments of DHP

Advice Services Successful bid for SLAB funding: Advice Shop South West Outreach Project (SWOP) Cyrenians & EHAP RSLs Partnership Link HA Shelter Scotland

Scottish Welfare Fund Original Policy Changed Priorities early on Publicity Meeting timescales Maximising spend for Community Care Grants & Crisis Grants New Provider

Partnership Working DWP & JCP – National & Local NHS Lothian Employability Services Rent Redesign Service

Future Local Support Services Funding (LSSF) PIP DHP & SWF Universal Credit

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