Contents

• Personal Independence Payment Implementation (PIP) Update
• Access to Elected Office Fund
• Access to Work - advice and support to starting or keeping a job
• Tax Fraud involving a DP employer
• Real Time PAYE
• Skills for Care support for individual employers
  

Contents

• National Minimum wage increase
• www.direct.gov.uk now replaced
• Pensions legislation October 2012
• Shaping the future of the RNIB
• Welsh Framework for Action on Independent Living
  Equality and Human Rights Commission Updates
• The Rowan Organisation Needs You
• Changes to parental Leave
  

Contents

• Rowan on Facebook
• Caring for your future
• Personal Independence Payment
• Remploy
• Accomodation offset review
• Assistive Technology
• iCAN Experiences
• Phab-Marking more of life together
• Conwy and Denbighshire Open Day and Peer Support group
• CareMatch - Staffordshire
• Joint networking event for PA's and DP recipients
• Readers Writes
  

Contents

• What happens if my PA gets called to jury service
• Feeling stuck? Want to get more out of life?
• New qualifying period for unfair dismissal
• Fire safety in relation to employers liability insurance
• What is employer's liability insurance?
  

Contents

• Corrections
• Closure of Simplified PAYE Deduction Scheme
• Pension reform update
• DisabledGO and Direct Enquiries
• New Peer support in Conwy & Denbighshire
• Physiotherapy in Staffordshire
• Mark's Story
• Update on Ben's bowling progress
  

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