Published: September 18, 2014
Autumn LCiL news
The LCiL Newsletter Autumn 2014 is hot off the press, containing articles on the Care Charge Petition, Independent review of Personal Independence Payment and a survey on how to improve the…
LCiL News
Published: September 16, 2014
Personal Independence Payment report
Last month Grapevine, LCiL’s information and advice service, jointly hosted a consultation event with Inclusion Scotland to hear what people’s experiences have been of claiming the replacement disability benefit Personal…
Published: August 29, 2014
Grapevine publications updates
The list of care agencies has been updated and expanded upon. If you would like an up to date copy, please contact Grapevine using one of the options below: Tel:…
Published: July 25, 2014
Have you been affected by sanctions?
Statistics from the UK Government’s Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) show a 65 per cent rise in the number of disabled people receiving sanctions for jobseeker’s allowance between 2009…
Published: July 24, 2014
Personal Independence Payment – A consultation event
PIP started to replace Disability Living Allowance (DLA) in April 2013. For many people affected it has been a stressful and worrying time. The first Independent Review of PIP has…
Published: June 12, 2014
Summer newsletter
The LCiL Newsletter Summer 2014 is hot off the press, containing articles on the successor to ILF, LCiL Champions birthday, SDS translation guide and many more interesting topics.
Published: June 6, 2014
Lothian Disability News Summer 2014
Lothian Disability News Summer 2014 is now available here. You can also download a copy from the Grapevine section of the E-library. In this edition you can find the latest disability…
Published: May 16, 2014
Training for personal assistants – new venue and dates
Spaces are available for the training for PAs course on 10th and 11th September in the new venue at the Recruitment Center in Fort Kinnaird and a second training for…