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Sign up for homelessness and temporary accommodation housing rights for refugees course
About the workshops The course aims to give you the basic knowledge and skills needed to deal with key issues for people dealing with homelessness and living in temporary accommodation. The course will be delivered online. You will be required to watch a 30-minute introductory video before each...
Welcome to our new trustees
At the same time, we extend our deepest gratitude to our departing trustees - Vanessa Davies, Raymond Sheehy, Abiodun Olatokun, and Savita Narain. Their dedication, insights, and tireless efforts have been instrumental in Advicenow's growth and success over the years. We wish them all the very best...
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Sign up for our course on benefits and housing rights for care leavers
About the course The course aims to give participants the basic knowledge and skills needed to deal with key benefits and housing issues. It will consist of two workshops and it will be delivered in English. We are particularly keen to invite participants who are community volunteers, members of a...
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Advicenow, Roma Support Group and Centre for Child & Family Justice submit evidence to the Child Poverty Taskforce
In February 2025, Roma Support Group , Advicenow and Centre for Child & Family Justice submitted evidence to the Child Poverty Taskforce , drawing their attention to the connection between rising poverty in the UK and rising numbers of children in care. Our focus was on Roma children, drawing...
Home Office reverts to 28-day move on period for new refugees
The move-on period refers to the time after someone is granted refugee status or humanitarian protection, before they are evicted from asylum accommodation - in which they need to find alternative accommodation, and secure benefits payments or start a job. Since December 2024, following sustained...
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Community forums on health, homelessness and vulnerability
With the support of Trust for London, Law for Life is excited to announce two online community forums focusing on the intersections between health, homelessness and vulnerability. The forums will be a space for community groups, health and legal practitioners to share their experiences and practical...
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How public legal education can help bring about legal change for benefit claimants
Back in 2017, Law for Life staff noticed an unusual trend. We had started to hear from users of our PIP appeal guide that they had been contacted by phone by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) and offered lower disability benefit awards than they thought they were entitled to, if they...
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Writing to Yvette Cooper MP
Law for Life has written to the Shadow Home Secretary, Yvette Cooper MP along with a coalition of women's housing groups, to raise serious concerns over Part 3 of the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill and urge the Labour Party to stand against it in Parliament. Part 3 of the Bill gives...
