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  • Apprentices Going Self-Employed: The first invoice is exciting. What comes next?

    Apprentices Going Self-Employed: The first invoice is exciting. What comes next?

    Social Delivery Manager Adam Matthews explores what can happen when an apprentice starts working for themselves. The first invoice is a milestone, but it can bring new questions about irregular income, receipts, tax and Universal Credit. Adam looks at why practical preparation matters, whatever type of work they take on.

  • Understanding the SR1 Form: Accessing Benefits Support Under Special Rules for End of Life

    Understanding the SR1 Form: Accessing Benefits Support Under Special Rules for End of Life

    We are delighted to celebrate a new collaboration between Society Matters and Tenovus Cancer Care. Our Social Delivery Manager, Adam Matthews, has worked with John Etheridge and Kirsten Sedgwick to produce an accessible and practical article about the SR1 form and financial support under the Special Rules for End of Life.

  • When Your Right to Live and Work Becomes Digital: The Human Challenge of eVisas

    When Your Right to Live and Work Becomes Digital: The Human Challenge of eVisas

    In this month’s article, Social Delivery Manager Adam Matthews looks at the UK’s move to eVisas, the challenges digital immigration status can create for some of the people who need to use it and the growing pressure on frontline staff supporting them. He explores what happens when a digital problem becomes a barrier to work,…