Managed Migration to Universal Credit webinar

Advice for parents with disabled children aged 0-24 on what you are expected to do when you are selected for ‘managed migration’ and asked to move from legacy benefits such as income support, housing benefit and tax credits onto Universal Credit.

This webinar is aimed at families with disabled children in England, Wales and Scotland who have received a managed migration notice asking them to claim Universal Credit.

Universal Credit is a new benefit that is replacing the existing means tested benefits and tax credits – known as the legacy benefits. The process of moving existing legacy benefit claimants onto Universal Credit is known as managed migration. This process is now well underway with more than 60,000 claimants per month being asked to claim Universal Credit.

No-one is moved onto Universal Credit automatically. Instead, you will need to make a claim for Universal Credit and will have strict deadlines to do this by if you want to be eligible for transitional protection payments to make sure that you are not left worse off.

Delivered by benefits specialists from Contact’s Family Finance Team this webinar will look at:

· What you need to do if you receive a ‘managed migration notice’ telling you that your legacy benefits are ending and asking you to claim Universal Credit instead

· The strict deadlines for claiming Universal Credit if you want to be considered for transitional protection to make sure that you are not left worse off

· How transitional protection can be lost due to certain changes in circumstances and how it is eroded over time

· How to make a claim for Universal Credit and what the DWP will expect of you once you have lodged your claim

This workshop will be held on Zoom and will take place on Monday 12th August between 10 and 11.30 am. If you haven’t used Zoom before, don’t panic. All you need to do is click on the link that we will send you.

Practitioners/Professionals - We regret that due to high demand for places from parent/carers we are unable to offer a place on this workshop to practitioners, unless you are also the carer of a disabled child aged 0 to 24.

This workshop will be held on Zoom. We will give advice on how to install and use Zoom before the workshop is held, if you require this. If you prefer to not be visible or audible on screen that is fine by us.

For further info and support from Contact, please email info@contact.org.uk or see www.contact.org.uk

We are committed to offering workshops that are accessible to the widest audience possible. If you have any accessibility needs regarding this workshop, please contact training.admin@contact.org.uk as early as possible.