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New Funding to Support Independent Living for Older and Disabled People
£50 million boost to help more people live independently at home The government has announced an extra £50 million for the Disabled Facilities Grant (DFG) in 2025–26, helping around 5,000 more older and disabled people adapt their homes so they can live safely and independently. The funding supports vital home improvements…
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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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⚡️Staying Warm This Winter: Key Financial Support Schemes⚡️
We’re now a month into the Winter Season. It’s no secret that the cost of keeping warm is substantially high, unaffordable for many individuals and families. I have summarised some Financial Support available from a number of places for low-income households. You may have heard of some of these already. Automatically…
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Co-parenting with disabilities - at a wits end with trying to get support.
Hi everyone. I am CeeJae and I live in Somerset UK and my son lives in Devon with his dad full time and I have him twice a month overnight. Bit of background about me: I have epilepsy (that is stopping me from driving currently), arthritis, fibromyalgia, autism, and healing from trauma, including postpartum psychosis. My…
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Joining the care profession
I want to join the care profession. I read opportunities but they want experience. Other than caring for my mother the past 10 years after her acquiring a TBI. & a brain tumour. Aiding her recovery in many ways. How can I get experience to progress to gaining certificates please ?
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FMS + Chronic Daily Headaches
I hope this is the correct forum! I'm looking for a bit of advice, I know people aren't doctors on here but maybe someone has been through or is going through what I have for the last 30 years. I'm wanting to get a second opinion from a different GP, but I want to make sure I have the correct information first. I have been…
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Humour
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Queuing Post's
How long are your post's queued for?..I'm still getting queued after thirteen days. By the time my post or reply has gone onto the thread, the moment is lost. I say lost, sometimes it doesn't appear at all.
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Can you remember..
Put your pictures or thoughts of what you can remember..Like Adverts for Beer at Home means Davenports or toys or anything from your past. My first one is this: Old bus ticket machine
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Boiler service
Did you know you can get a free boiler update from your local council which includes a free service every year,and they will send an engineer out for you,you might have to contribute towards the repair.
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Think you've got it hard
Think you've got it hard?..Then read this.. https://www.ldnlondon.org/put-her-away-life-for-people-with-learning-disabilities-in-the-1960s/
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Boiler error, no warm water or heating
Hello, I really hope someone here can help me. Our boiler stopped a couple days ago and displays an Error. Now we have no heating or warm water. Due to my disabilities I am a vulnerable person (mobility issue, autism moderate support needs, ME, Fibro, etc). I am due my first UC payment end of the month but it's too late to…
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Grocery deliveries
It is a lifesaver that supermarkets deliver groceries now. Does anyone know which supermarkets will deliver in bags? I know there a conflict between being green and helping a person living with disabilities get groceries but I did think that exceptions would be made. Unloading a couple of crates isn't doable. Putting…
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The New Normal?
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/jan/29/somerset-fight-against-flooding-emergency-pumps-river-parrett
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PUBLIC PLACES
I find it very difficult to use public transport, especially buses and trains, because of my health and disabilities. Bus drivers need to know and learn about different types of disabilities, especially hidden disabilities. I find it very difficult doing my general shopping in supermarkets, because of my health and…
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Loss of Balance
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Rehoming
I live in Bamber Bridge and im looking to rehome a dog, but I cant find any tehoming kennels near me
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Dheeraj Sudan & Meenu Hinduja-How to get GP letters or reports for benefit
Hi Everyone, I'm Meenu and my husband Dheeraj , run a business. I’m currently applying for appealing a benefits claim and I’ve been told that a GP letter or medical report could help support my case. I just wanted to ask — how did you go about getting a GP letter for benefits? Regards Dheeraj and Meenu {removed surnames to…
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Wheelchair User Getting a cat
Hi. i am a wheelchair user and am thinking of getting a cat. I have a few concerns. Eg: being able to reach and fill the food bowl and also fill and empty the litter tray. Can anyone tell me if they are in a similar position to me and if so what do they do or use to make this possible. Thanks
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Keeping social once retired?
It’s still a few years off for me (health willing), but I’m starting to worry about staying socially connected once I retire. Most of my friends from work have moved on, and those roles have been filled by people just out of university, which makes it increasingly hard to relate. I don’t have much of a friendship circle at…
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Pharmacy technicians in the GP practice
Having this forum makes an enormous difference to my stress levels. I appreciate being able to put my thoughts here and hearing back from anyone who wants to chip in. Pharmacy technicians have a whole list of tasks in a GP practice nowadays. Ours, for example, changes your medication without asking or telling you. When you…
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General help
hi all out of work since November2025 had to leave after 18 years as my walking and balance had got worse applied for pip in November 2024 refused asked them to re look at it refused now waiting for a tribunal I have spastic gait have had this all my life just worse now as getting older in any way trying to stay positive…
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Really Not Happy
Hi to all, I was supposed to be having botox on 17th of febuary now not happening because of my A1c test for blood sugar is 1 point over so now i have to wait to have another test before i can have the cytoscopy and botox but i am still bleeding constantly into my urine bag and doctors/hosp is doing nothing about it at all…
