City of Glasgow Meal

Bill Don had arranged for us to have a group lunch at the training restaurant in the City of Glasgow College.
It was very well done with service and cooking provided by the students.

Fiona McLeod MSP

Fiona McLeod MSP visited the group to talk about the proposed bills regarding Responsible Parking and Disabled Persons Parking Badges. The talk also continued touching on topics following on from last weeks speaker about the Welfare Reforms.

The visit was mentioned in the Kirkintilloch Herald LINK



Fiona McLeod MSP website

Murray Hearton : Citizens Advice Bureau

Murray Hearton : Citizens Advice Bureau

Mr Hearton gave a talk about the current and future welfare changes. He provided extremely useful details and information.

I have a recording of the talk that i will make available online and on usb drives for use with your home machines . Mr Hearton will be also be sending me an electronic version of the notes to print for anyone who was not able to be there.

A very useful talk. This information is incredibly important for our group and also to make others aware of its impact. There may be friends, neighbours and family that are not fully aware of the impact these reforms will have, it is important that we help others to not miss out.

Important phone number:
0300 1234510 and then ask for the Council Revenues and Benefits Team

UPDATE ( April 3rd ):
Mr Hearton checked and emailed this information;

"I have also now checked with the DWP about the reassessment for personal independence payments of people who have an indefinite award of DLA. The information we now have is that it is likely that those with an indefinite award (also known as lifetime award) and who are under 65 years of age will be reassessed later in the process.
The reassessments are to be done at random and every one under 65 years of age who is currently receiving DLA will have to go through the process. However people with time limited awards of the benefit will be reassessed first."