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Welcome to the Independent Review
Service
for the Social Fund
website.
Our site is aimed
at those who have an interest in the Social Fund and its review process. It has
a wide range of information that will help frontline decision makers,
representatives, advisers and customers.
Please click here if you have any comments about your Social Fund
experience.
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Important Changes To The Discretionary Social Fund
Scheme
There have been a
number of significant changes to the discretionary Social Fund, particularly to
the crisis loan scheme and to considerations for repeat applications. We are
currently in the process of reviewing and updating the Commissioner's Advice to
Inspectors generally and in these areas specifically. In the meantime, our
recent Journal - Issue 40 Summer 2011 - covers the changes to the crisis loan
scheme and includes some case examples to illustrate the impact of those
changes. In the What's New
section on this website you will also find short articles on these and other
recent changes.
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Summer
2011 Journal
Our latest
Journal magazine is free to download: just click the link here:
Journal
40
The latest edition of the
Journal focuses on changes to the Crisis Loan scheme. The articles are
complemented with case examples in our "Digest of Decisions". We hope that you
find the Journal is a great way of accessing news and information about the
Social Fund.
For efficiency and
environmental reasons, the Journal is solely available in an electronic format.
We can notify you whenever future Journals are published. If you are interested
in this service, and are not already on our mailing list, please send your
details to info@irs-review.org.uk.
If you would like to read
previous editions of the Journal then please go to our publications and
leaflets page on this site.
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Social Fund Stakeholder meetings - Upcoming dates:
We offer occasional
meetings with our stakeholders, hosted by the Social Fund Commissioner and IRS
senior managers. These theatre-style meetings are aimed at professionals in the
welfare rights community who have a vested interest in how the Social Fund is
working to meet their client's needs.
These meetings are an
opportunity to give us feedback on the scheme and the service that the IRS
provides. It also gives delegates the chance to exchange information and ideas
with fellow professionals. The IRS provides up to date knowledge on changes to
Social Fund law and current issues affecting casework. Upcoming dates follow:
Cardiff 16th November 2011
Sunderland 14th March 2012
There are up to 150 spaces
at each meeting. We can generally offer up to 3 places per organisation. For
more information please contact the Independent Review Service Business Team:
: by email at
info@irs-review.org.uk
: or by telephoning Business Team on 0121 606
2222
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