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Hi all
I'm finding this site alittle hard to navigate, I wanted to post in the housing part to ask a question 🤔Â
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How can I join Social Housing with my disability ?
Hi I am new here and need some advice how do I go about housing I am disabled and currently private rent I would like to go social housing. Would I be a priority in my local Brough?. I would need housing accessible with no steps what is the process.Â
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Advice On Living With Partner
At the moment I'm in a 2 bedroom house with 1 dependant and am on LCWRA and Housing Benefit as well as the usual UC and Child Tax Credits. I'm wanting to live with my partner as I'm needing support around the house however we're unsure as to whether we'd be able to whilst I'm unable to work. My partner earns a good wage (I…
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Digital Hearing Aids
I’m wondering if anyone else has digits NHS hearing aids. I booked a repair due to one hearing aid echoing. That was on Wednesday they told me they couldn’t do that at my appointment so put me on a waiting list which turns out to be 30 weeks long. I also had the person try to sort out the hearing aid shoes, which they…
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Hi, my name is stix! Can I use Tyreweld on a mobility scooter's tyres?
Can I use Tyreweld on a mobility scooter's tyres?
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Daughter moving back to area - how to find her a home
Hi, I’m looking for advice on ways to help my daughter. Any help or pointers would be great. Apologies for length but background may help.
She has a physical health diagnosis and past mental health diagnoses. She receives
maximum PIP and other benefits as it is considered she cannot work. She is
private renting with a…
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Which scooter okay for pavements and can bring in/out of house easily?
Hello! I would like advise regarding getting a mobility scooter for shops/pavement use, but that's also easy to lift up a step into a terraced house or put in its small front garden. I was looking at folding scooters but have been told these are not good for pavements and I should consider 4mph scooters that can be…
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sensory toys
hello i want to buy some activity and sensory toys for my autistic twin children when i check in the online it is quite expensive.any help please?
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Any ideas on how to get my bathroom refitted cheaply?
Hi all, I’m new here so I hope you understand.. I’m brightboy. That’s a mix of I’m from Brighton & I’m an ol guy. My question started from 2015 while up dating our bathroom from a bath and sink to a shower because I was falling out of the bath. My wife was out when I received a phone call from a hospital near by. I was I…
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Mobility car
I am about to choose a mobility car but I can't reach the peddles in any new cars I'm a little stuck as I've been driving a older car that I can reach the peddles in but mobility advisor asked had I thought of hand controls but I'm a little worried about having them would the change be hard to get used toÂ
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What's stopping people self-identifying as carers?
New figures published from the 2021 Census show a decline in the number of individuals identifying as unpaid carers for friends or family since 2011. But, why? This quote from a BBC article about the census finding, illustrates the surprise Katie - wife to husband Mark with Motor Neurone Disease - had upon realising her…
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Does PIP and LCWRA matter when on housing list?
Hello. Im receiving PIP and LCWRA. My private tenancy agreement ended a year ago. Landlord, wasn't bothered to come around with new one so the time went by. Today he came down and asked me to consider rent increase and let him know how much I can agree to pay from next month. He then said that we will put new agreement…
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Disability support animals
***Trigger Warning: Cancer*** Hello, is this the right place to talk about my sick disability support animal? ADMIN - please feel free to move my post if there’s somewhere more appropriate - The only other place was families - my animals are my family as I’m Vegan, but I thought more people would see them more as an ‘aid’…
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How long does a DFG take to process?
How long does a DFG take to process?
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Looking for support with NHS continuing healthcare
Hello Everyone, I am being moved to NHS continuing healthcare from adult social care direct payments. The checklist, decision meeting etc have all happened and they have phoned to say I have been approved for full CHC funding. I have also been told this is a good thing and the right outcome by all involved. I am now…
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home adaptations
hello, my sibling has CP and is a wheelchair user. she is being cared for by my elderly parents who have both retired. if anything happened to my parents i worry what would happen to her, so id like to make home adaptations so that our home is accessable. if nothing else, it will be an easier place for them to visit. i…
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New to asking for help, what can help / what do I need?
Hi, I have muddled through with long term health conditions for a long time and have finally got enough courage to ask for help. At the moment my partner and my family have had to do a lot of the housework / cooking / shopping for me so that I can just about manage to look after myself. How do I work out if there are any…
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Hi, my name is PollyPick! Problem with property company. Was refused permission for a stairlift
I'm in a bit of a dilemma with my back against the wall - a Property Company is trying to buy me and my son off as well as add a gag order so that I cannot say what they are about - it's not about the money they offer (it isn't much anyway to bother with) BUT its the principle of it - my legal team are now reluctant to go…
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Why do I have to become homeless and penniless
My rent is £430 pm more than the local HB rate (I live in London where rents are really high, I moved in 10 years ago, it's only recently that I had to give up work) I applied for DHP but they turned me down, I have some savings which I'm using to make up the difference, I spoke to my local council but they said they can't…
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Housing adaptions: Electronic sliding door for bathroom? (urgent advice needed)
Hi everyone, I'm going to view a house in a couple of days & the biggest accessibility hurdle will be the bathroom. I'm trying to work out what the cheapest ways to be to adapt to make it accessible would be, so I know how much I could bid. From the floor plan, it looks like there would just be enough room to drive the…
