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
  

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
  

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
  

• 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
  

• 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
  

• 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
  

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

• 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
  

• 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

• 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