When benefit changes roll over from current system to universal credit, thousands of local people who are not only disabled, long term sick, unemployed be also individuals and families on a low income are going to be hit with a sudden, stressful, wave of problems.
Organisations such as the citizens advice bureau do such amazing work- when people can get an appointment, but they can't cope with the current workload and themselves, and other local support services are under funded, short staffed and over worked.
We have the opportunity to get a bank of up to 30 volunteers trained up with the latest and best Universal Credit support training.
All we need to do is raise enough to put the course on.
The course will be free to attend, and local community groups and campaigns will all be invited to send representatives to the training day.
The universal credit change over is going to cause an increase in poverty, food bank need, benefit sanctions and homelessness.
It's going to affect thousands of local people.
We need to be prepared to support them, each other and ourselves.
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DPAC Sheffield