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Hi, my name is moods! I’m trying to decide on a 3 wheel mobility scooter
I’m trying to decide on a 3 wheel mobility scooter-green power or veleco? TIA
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lived in my housing association flat for 23 years & been trying to buy it but they keep refusing me
I’ve lived in my housing association flat for 23 years and been trying to buy it ever since with accent group but they keep refusing me can I contest this?
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Inaccessible Housing and Temporary Carer
Hi, I currently live with my dad, I am 24F and I am physically disabled due to an accident last year. Since then I've been using crutches and a wheelchair to move around. I also struggle with mental health disorders such as PTSD, DID, Anorexia, Anxiety and Depression. They're suspecting an autoimmune disease too. I…
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Is using a self propelled wheel chair more beneficial physically than using an electric buggy?
Hi I was just wondering if anyone knows whether a self propelled wheel chair is more beneficial physically than using an electric buggy. If I go out in my wheelchair will it help with my general fitness. I'm partially disabled and cannot walk far at all and I have recently undergone a major heart operation so am desperate…
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Leg amputated - have to go home and struggle in unsuitable housing
Hi I’m new on here and need some help, I’ve recently had to have my leg amputated and won’t be able to get in my council flat but my council say I will have to go home and struggle until I get a suitable place via a bidding system
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how to help my family move out of London
Hello Everyone,I'm joining to find out how to help my family move out of London.Any advice?🤔Thanks👍
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Hi, I'm Shene! We were turned down for a bigger house, and it's affecting the kids. What can we do?
Hi everyone iam sorry my English not very well but I need advice and help i have 4 children they are 12 and 8 and 6 and 3 years old boy and girls my small one has a hirschsprung disease he had 5 times surgery Iam living in a house which has a 2 small bedrooms 1 for my kids 1 for me and my husband i applied for 3 bed room…
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I am on housing benefit and recieve ESA. I just got a letter from council saying I owe rent
I am worried sick. Why do letters like this always arrive on Saturdays when you can't do anything about it until Monday?! I am on ESA and PIP (high rate for both PIP parts) due to MH conditions and arthritis. I get full HB and last month I got the usual benefit calculation letter from the council I get every few months/few…
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daily care and wet room adaptation
not sure if this is place to put this but i have just been offered a one bed on medical grounds with option for wet room adjustment. I already have one bed first floor and need ground but hey ho. asked for 2 bedroom for live in carer but they said no and just offered 1st floor with lift and wet room. what is having wet…
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Hi, my name is cavin! I recently started a driving school in Gateshead
Recently I start a driving school in Gateshead. And we also provide courses all over the northeast of the UK. we are the best driving lesson providers. If you check our website and you realize that our school how much famous.
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Housing Association account suspended. I'll be in a single tenancy. How will this affect rehousing?
Hi. So I recieved an email from Housi g Association and my account has been suspended due to split tenancy....be cause my ex is still on there...we are going to go in to single tenancy so it's just me on there...how ever will that effect my application as being adequately housed even though I'm moving on medical basis?
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Hi, my name is alison2001! I need to change my address on my blue badge
I need to change my address on my blue badge please [removed by moderator - personal information]
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Can my housing association tell me not to go over door threshold in my powerchair?
Hi there, I have a bit of a strange one. I moved to a
housing association property last year, sadly both the front and back entrances
are not level and I need to use wedges or ramps to get in and out of the
property in my powerchair. My OT is great, she's been
working with the housing association and local authority to…
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Need to be reassessed for housing by council
After a car accident I have fibromyalgia, chronic pain, multiple muscle and joint pains, torn ligaments in my knees, lower back and feet. I had an OT assessment who said I need a ground floor property as I'm upstairs and my building has no lift. So after the OT assessment last year my local council have placed me into band…
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I use the NHS manual wheelchair. Would an Active User Wheelchair be better?
Hi! I have the manual wheelchair issued by the NHS. I got it a couple of days ago and it's not bad. I use crutches around the house and the chair when I'm out and about. I find that the chair is quite big, and a little heavy. I was thinking about an active user wheelchair, but they are so expensive, so I'd have to save. Do…
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Buying a mobility scooter
Hi i'm thinking of buying a mobility scooter as i'm starting to struggle to walk longer distance but very afraid of getting scammed! Has anyone had any dealings with keepmovingcare.com and mobilitygiant.co.uk? They seem to be the best and have the scooters I'd like.
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Hi, my name is lottie286! Is there a grant to help pay for motobility?
Hi, could really do with some help. we have an old car that has just failed it's MOT, needing hundreds to get fixed. Because the car is over 15 years old and costing more every year to repair, we think Motobility car would be best, as we had it some 7 years ago. But we cant afford the £300 pounds a mouth out of my PIP.…
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Hi, my name is POGGYFLOSS! I'd like some assistance in dealing with mobility problems
HI ,JOINED IN TO GET SOME ASSISTANCE IN DEALING WITH MOBILITY PROBLEMS
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Housework help
HiLooking for some info and advice.I am a carer to my wife who apart from physical disabilities has got severe mental health problems.I myself have disabilities that leave me exhausted and do not allow me to do very much physical housework, we get benefits like PIP, but we also take a lot of herbal supplements, which are…
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Housing benefit and pip
hi hi all just asking if anyone knows if I’m on pip and esa do my daughters who live with me and who do work have to pay towards rent or council tax ?
