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Safeguarding: What to do if you are concerned about someone
Keeping our members safe At Scope, keeping our online community members safe is our top priority. This guide will help you understand what a safeguarding concern is and what to do if you're worried about someone. What is a safeguarding concern? In our online community, we can't see body language or hear tone of voice. We…
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New life for CASCAIDr
Belinda Schwehr (pictured here), the founder of its original parent company, CASCAIDr the charity, is heading up a new management team. CASCAIDr CIC has been approved Following the sad demise of online legal advice charity CASCAIDr, I’m happy to be able to report that CASCAIDr CIC has now been approved by the Community…
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CASCAIDr Conversations: Podcasts on Principles! Social Care in England and Wales
CASCAIDr Conversations: Podcasts on Principles! At CASCAIDr, we know how the world of adult social care can seem impenetrably surreal – and how the reality is often very different from the rhetoric. We think people could do with a refresher on the underlying principles, which come from a set of rules called ‘public law’.…
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Adult protection order
social work called said any violence they will call 999 i'm scared. they make it sound like i'm violent or a threat of violence it sounded like a threat should i be scared. i am
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Being at risk of homelessness
I had a meeting this week with adult social services. It came as a huge shock to learn that I am not actually in supported accommodation anymore. I was when I moved in, I haven't moved. Social services discontinued that set up with my carer. I was then changed onto Direct Payment employing the same person who had been…
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About supporting living
hi I need advice please thank you. I live in support living and I have adhd learning difficulties and borderline and I suffer from depression and anxiety. This is my second supporting living I nearly been for two years . The first time after moving to the support living I been bullied by staff and people who lives with me…
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A question about housing benefit/element (As living with someone)
Hello all. I posted somewhere else about my current living situation, I am technically homeless, but my distant family have put me up in their spare room. However, they are on pension credit and they are worried that it will affect their housing benefit and council tax reduction. However, I am also on Universal Credit and…
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Local Authority
Hi. I’m posting this to get some information and make aware of my brother’s situation. My younger brother, Peter 52, has been wheelchair bound for thirty years due to a stroke. He only has the use of his right arm and leg but has full capacity. Peter has resided with his mum, Rita 85, for thirty years. She made herself an…
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equipment
hi i would like some advice about getting a seat and grab bar in my bathroom do i just contact my local council or do i have to apply for a grant?
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Rent Help On Uc!
Hello everyone good evening I wonder if someone could help me with a question ive got. Myself and my family are looking to rent a property but my dad wants to pay our rent. Me and my mum are on universal credit but my dad works full time and has lots of savings. My parents are divorced and my dad won't be living with…
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Can I get help with rehousing?
hi everyone & good evening
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Household items
I live in a homeless hostel but hopefully moving some time in the next few months, problem is I don’t think I will be able to furnish a home without some sort of assistance, any ideas?
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Hi, I'm AuDHD. I have a question about leaving my parents' home
Hi everyone. I currently live with my parents, who are elderly (I'm 45). Mum has a lot of serious health conditions that are getting worse (she gets AA and blue badge). Dad recently had a heart issue that required surgery and a pacemaker. I'm autistic, and have all the other neurodivergent things like ADHD and Dyslexia…
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Wheelchair
Can anyone recommend a lightweight self propelled wheelchair?
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Housing benefits help
First time posting my daughter wants her own house and to live independently she gets dla and pip will she get help with rent can she get housing benefits ?
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Would this be considered Priority housing
would being in a domestic violence relationship and wanting to leave and having a disability a high priority for social housing? what will happen if I put that on my application. Im scared of going into emergency accommodation, how quick should waiting list be if you’re high priority?
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Hi, my name is hayleyasharna! struggling to afford new flooring, can I get help from anywhere?
Hi I'm a single mum on pip and uc and I'm struggling to afford new flooring my living room and bedroom flooring are ruined and have pieces missing where the concrete is l, is there any help at all I can please get, as its getting me down now
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Rent payments directly to landlord
Each council probably have their own process here, but I will tell you about mine anyway. I noted in my journal, that I wished the rent portion of my upcoming UC award to go directly to my landlord, the local council. An agent replied the next day asking for my tenant reference number, which I provided. Today an agent…
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Grants or loans for roof repair
hi, I wonder if anyone has any advice or experience in being able to get a grant or loan for a roof replacement? I’m a single, disable mum with a teenage daughter. I can’t work and ex has suddenly stopped paying maintenance and seemingly dropped off the planet, so I can’t get a loan. I own the house with a mortgage, so…
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UC and Mortgage payments
Hello community, I lost my work three months ago and I am paying mortgage. I checked that I am eligible to UC only given that my capital is below £6000. My monthly mortgage is about £900 / month. If I claim UC and if successful, who pays the lender, DWP or myself. A friend told me that DWP directly pays his rent to the…
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Wheelchair and mobility scooter storage
Hi, I have been told by my council I cannot have my wheelchair and my husbands mobility scooter where it has been for the past 3 years in the common area in our block of flats even though they are totally not in the way of the doors or access to get out in any way. They have said we need to bring them upstairs to our flat…
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Advice please me and my dog are gonna be homeless
hi every one cut a long story straight me and my husband have not been getting along for months now . He feels I use him for food and lifts to appointments he says I do nothing for him and my love isn’t enough . I don’t use him I appreciate I don’t work I can’t I’m not well he’s my husband he shouldn’t mind taking me to…
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Universal Credit (inc T-Protection) & housing benefit/element
Hello all, I posted in another topic regarding my migration from JSA to UC and it seems that my transition is going smoothly and I should get the right amount (phew). That ampunt is just over £1000 and includes the TP, but no housing element as I haven't previously needed it. I thought it would be better to create a new…
