Renovator 2 Plus and the benefits system

Renovator 2 Plus has extra functionality when compared to "traditional" Renovator and the new Renovator 2.  The program asks some extra questions which enable it to calculate entitlement to "passporting" benefits such as Guarantee Pension Credit, Universal Credit, pension age Housing Benefit and in some areas Council Tax Reduction/Support.

This course looks at those passporting benefits and how they work and then goes on to work through some typical case examples of customers on low incomes who are missing out on a passporting benefit.  Identifying this entitlement, once claimed successfully, not only means that customers will no longer have to work through a further DFG means-test but they will also be better off.

Course delivery

The course will be delivered using the Zoom platform. Although you can download and run the Zoom application, you can simply run Zoom in a browser window if you wish. There will be:

• On screen powerpoint presentation
• Short "polls" to confirm understanding
• Open discussion

Attendees will also be provided with a .PDF Course Text comprising the powerpoint presentation combined with extensive course notes. This will be emailed to the attendees prior to the event. (Please note: where the Zoom app is not installed, individual browser setting can, in some instances, prevent visibility of pop-up polls.)

Course structure and content

The course will be delivered as one 1.5 hour long session. It will consider applicants, "relevant persons", "passporting", children and young people (there is no means-test if the works are for the benefit of children or young people), and the "benefits family".

Who will deliver the course

The course tutor will be our experienced trainer and consultant Clive Martin. Clive offers a humorous and often irreverent approach to what could be seen as a rather dry subject.

Cost

£52 (+ VAT) per attendee. Bookings are for specific dates and times. Confirmation of the dates and times of the Zoom webinars will also be emailed to attendees, the email to include a download link to training notes in .pdf format, and instructions on how to access the webinars.