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"Directions" Issue 51 Winter 2011

Contents

  • Corrections
  • Legislation
  • Parental leave extended
  • Disabled Sport
  • Reminder to Service Users who have Personal Assistants on variable employment contracts
  • Volunteering
  • Personal Assistant support group Warwickshire
  • Free home eye tests
  • The Association for Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus (ASBAH) will become SHINE
  • Reader writes

"Directions" Issue 50 Autumn 2011

Contents

  • Corrections
  • Legislation
  • Cheque books here to stay
  • National Minimum Wage reminder
  • Pension Reforms
  • Features
  • Staffordshire - Funding for PA Training
  • PAs now able to join Unison
  • The Family Fund
  • Nottinghamshire Direct Payments and Personal Budgets Support Service
  • Nottinghamshire Peer Support Groups
  • Save money on utility bills
  • Research Project
  • Reader Writes

"Directions" Issue 49 Summer 2011

Contents

  • Corrections
  • National minimum wage increases 2011
  • New legislation in Wales regarding consenting to direct payments
  • Enlightening and inspirational Youtube
  • National Rail & National Express discounts
  • Costa Supported Holidays in Spain
  • TV analogue switch over to digital
  • Disability Football
  • The Rowan Organisation's gift policy
  • Reader writes

"Directions" Issue 48 Spring 2011

Contents
  • Corrections
  • Making the 2011 Census accessible
  • Fit for work
  • Government scraps default retirement age
  • Benefit increases for 2011 to 2012
  • Accessible Home
  • Time out for carers
  • ‘The Broken of Britain'
  • Readers writes

"Directions" Issue 47 Winter 2010

CONTENTS
  • Corrections
  • Legislation
  • National minimum wage increase
  • New Equality Act 2010
  • Unclaimed benefits
  • Update to Accessible Weekends article
  • Keep warm this winter
  • Later life info for Gay people
  • Reader writes

"Directions" Issue 46 Autumn 2010

 

  • Corrections
  • Safeguarding update
  • HMRC's Tax and NI penalties
  • Advertise your PA vacancies on our website
  • Accessible weekends in London
  • Funding for students
  • Accessible travel and leisure
  • Readers Writes

"Directions" Issue 45 Summer 2010

Contents

  • Corrections
  • Legislation
  • Care first careers funding
  • Holiday and holiday pay
  • Features
  • Could you be a magistrate?
  • Warwickshire News
  • Inclusive sport for disabled people
  • Breaks for carers website
  • A Rough Guide to Accessible Britain
  • Reader writes



 

"Directions" Issue 44 Spring 2010

Contents
  • Corrections
  • Legislation
  • Office of National Statistics
  • Provisional benefit rates for 2010
  • Safeguarding Update
  • Features
  • The Rowan gains two awards
  • The Welsh Office Opening
  • Learn how to use the internet
  • Open Minds Group
  • The Bond Hotel
  • Accessible Cinema
  • Reader writes

"Directions" Issue 43 Winter 2009

  • Corrections
  • Direct payments user's £35,000 tax demand
  • Staffordshire's successful open day
  • The Disabled Photographers Society
  • The National Theatre - Touch Tours
  • Warm Front Grant
  • Voice UK, workshops
  • Reader writes
  • Membership of the Rowan Organisation

"Directions" Issue 42 Autumn 2009

  • National Minimum Wage Increase
  • New laws on safeguarding children and vulnerable adults
  • FAQs: Employing Young People
  • Accessible Days out in UK Forests
  • Rowan's new Welsh Office
  • Staffordshire Celebrations
  • Accessible Property Register
  • Membership of the Rowan Organisation

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