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Cut the Costs, Not the Comfort: Smart Energy Tips That Can Save You Money!
If you were to apply just the changes with a £ saving below, you could save around £313 a year! Heating spaces Did you know the recommended temperature during cold weather is 21°C (70°F) in main areas and 18°C (64°F) in other rooms such as your bedroom. However, if you were to turn it down by just 1°C when your room is…
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🔥 Stay Toasty for Less: Budget-Friendly Winter Readiness Guide 🔥
Over the coming weeks I'm going to be exploring a number of areas such-as keeping warm, cost savings, energy efficiency and support available. Heating spaces covers 65% of our overall energy use in the home so I’m going to begin by focusing on this area. Heat loss in the home There are 5 main places in which heat is lost:…
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Things you don’t realise were inaccessible until they become accessible
Although it’s only 40 miles from me, London has always felt out of bounds to me, like a big chunk of the country “written off” in my mind, because I can’t use public transport I had to go there last year, and I didn’t have a choice or alternative, so I drove in with my parents for support I’d heard a lot about driving in…
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Did you like your Christmas present
Did you like what you got for Christmas or have you already dumped it🎁😂
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POEM – New date New Year.
Poem – New date New Year. Well Christmas has been and gone, The end of another year All that pressure for one day We now spend the next few months Repaying all that debt. Is it really worth it Just for one day each year When you can have 364 Non-Christmas days. And is Every year. I wonder if you made a wish, or something…
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WCA - has been dragging on for ages
April 2024 - fill in a UC50 (know now it's a WCA50 but at the time was still a UC50) form to be reassessed from LCW as things got worse, even worse now. I was told in my UC journal it was received,wouldn't be processed "certain number a month " I got told :( Anyhow, get a WCA out of the blue over the weekend,was due to…
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What in life do you enjoy?
I am interested to know what others enjoy in life. As it seems to me that even people who are healthy and are financially stable to some degree and have family relationships are having issues,problems and uncertainty.
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Will it Snow
Will it snow for Christmas? What was your first or Worst White Christmas.❄️☃️
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Medical Driving License
Late June 2025 i completed the forms to renew my 1yr medical driving license which is something i've had to do every year for many years. As of today (1st Jan 2026) my new license still hasn't been processed. Its the same scenario year after year 5 months waiting for a new license, 6 months waiting, sometimes 7 or 8 months…
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Tkr
Had tkr in july 2025.i recieve pip standard rate for both.should i tell them my struggles with tkr.
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Public transport gives me anxiety.
so today I took the train with my brother to get a haircut, and my anxiety was so bad, I remember looking around scouting the area for my own survival etc. people nowadays scare me and especially with how rude people in the uk can be… When people look at you oddly walk past slowly etc it always puts me on edge. In general…
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Electricity blanket
How do I go about to claim a electronic blanket
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Recovering from Christmas! 🎄
Hello all, Does anyone else try to do all the things over Christmas and then pay for it in January? My husband is getting irritated that I'm so tired but we basically had 12 days of non-stop socialising, travelling and visiting people. I find it hard to explain how tiring I find it all even though it's enjoyable. I have MS…
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Best Energy Company
Which do you think is the best company. I'll start you off, we were moved from Scottish Energy to OVO. And since the move we were forced to have a smart meter installed,and everyday since the readings are wrong. We can use £8.50 one day and on looking on their website it says we've £12.50. Then during the week we will see…
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Life Without Carers?
I ended my Social Services care package many weeks ago (i won't go into reasons why) and so far i think i'm coping ok-ish. Housework is a problem, showering is a problem, taking my meds is a problem, and dressing is a problem too. Basically everything is a problem! The plus sides are i can do more than i thought i could do…
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I cope ok-ish with cold weather - less so hot weather.
Its early January and its cold. But for me my mind is never too far from thoughts of summer heatwaves. I'm not kidding when i say for the last few years i have had genuine concerns i wouldn't survive due to oppressive heat inside my home. The life saver for me was buying a portable Meaco aircon unit which is super…
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Happy New Year Everyone
Hi to all, Hope you All have a Great New Year 2026 have a Good One. I went for my Urodynamics test wednesday afternoon I was not happy my body decided to have Great Urgency and Servre Pain in my bladder i also felt faint while having the test done made me feel ill. They R going to Contact me in 4 weeks time to let me know…
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Horse riders with disabilities or health conditions
Hello everyone, I've been having a chat with a few people about horse riders who are disabled or have long term health conditions (invisible illnesses being the bane of their existence) and just wondered if we have any in these forums? My wife loves horse riding but struggles to do it with her health issues, our daughter…
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Why Do Some Landlords Still Reject ESA Letters Even When They’re Legit?
I’m posting this because I’m genuinely curious if others have faced the same confusion and resistance I did. I have an emotional support animal that helps me manage anxiety on a daily basis, and I had an ESA letter from a licensed therapist. Despite that, my landlord still challenged it and tried to pressure me about…
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Scared
I can remember from the age of Three years old being so unhappy crying all the time I remember feeling ugly alone terrified angry at the age of Three I suppose this time of year open up can of worms God I feel so scared so scared of exsisting no matter how I tried in life friendships relationships jobs they was and are so…
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Chemist
No matter how many times i tell my local chemist to stop sending me so many meds they continue to send them. I've even asked my GP to remove a long list of meds that are stuck on auto repeat without success. One example being GTN spray for unstable angina. One bottle should last over 2yrs but my chemist delivers me a…
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If you feel like you can't do this anymore, please read this.
Today is a difficult day for some people. It marks another year of no answers. Another year of pain and suffering and you feel like you are watching the years drift by. I know this because I feel exactly the same. I often dream about how great the world will be without me in it. I won't lie, what is happening to you is…
