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Beware of scams and misleading headlines! No new cost of living payments are planned for this year
Hi everyone, We've had a few posts now asking whether there are new cost of living payments coming out. The amount advertised is usually between £450 - £750. Sometimes they are reporting it is a cost of living payment, sometimes it is advertised as a 'boost' to specific benefits. These are not true. There are no new cost…
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Participants needed!
Are you physically disabled? If so, please consider taking time to be a participant for this research project. Attached is a QR code which will ask you some questions and if you are eligible and happy to be interviewed that would be appreciated to contribute to physically disabled daily lives. Thank you for your…
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Loneliness Awareness Week 9 to 15 June 2025
This years theme is all about reducing the stigma around this natural human emotion.
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Commonly used acronyms on the community.
Here on the community, many people will use acronyms when talking about various benefits, or conditions. I thought it could be useful to list many that are most commonly used. If you see any that aren't on the list, please feel free to mention them and we can add them to the list. AA - Attendance Allowance AP - Assessment…
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Scam texts from DWP making the rounds - be careful!
Hi everyone! A couple of us on the online community team have received some worrying scam texts lately, so we just wanted to warn you all. This is the message I've had through: The text reads: "Please note that after deliberation by the government, it has been decided that the Living allowance from 2023 to 2024 will be…
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Scope community accessibility statement
Scope’s commitment to website accessibility We are committed to making our website (www.forum.scope.org.uk) as accessible as possible. It is tested every 6 months. We want everyone to be able to use our site no matter what their impairments are, or what technologies they use. This is part of our An Equal Future strategy We…
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How-to guide: Mobile device or tablet
Creating an account To post on the online community, you will need to register an account through the Register page. You can reach this page through a few different ways: Select the Enter icon in the top right corner of the screen, this will look like a tall rectangle with an arrow entering from its left side. This will…
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Introducing Scope's online community
What is Scope’s online community? Scope’s online community is a safe and welcoming online space where disabled people and their families can talk about the things that matter to them. Our members can browse our categories and create discussions or post comments to ask questions, make friends and share their experiences.…
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How-to guide: Desktop PC
Creating an account To post on the online community, you will need to register an account through the Register page. You can reach this page through a few different ways: Select the Register button in the top right corner of the screen. This will open the Register page. On the Home, Recent Discussions or Categories page,…
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Reporting content
Reporting content Sometimes you'll read something that you think breaks our online community house rules and shouldn't be allowed on the online community, or perhaps you just think the Online Community Team should be told about it. To report content that concerns you: Scroll down to the reaction bar (at the bottom of the…
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Online Community House rules
House rules Our vision is to give disabled people the opportunity to connect with and support each other. The online community is a place for you to: make friends share your experiences get the information you need have open discussion about issues that matter to you The online community is not intended as a source of…
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Scope Petition Handed in at Downing Street Today.
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British Power Hockey League finale!
Come along and watch the very best power hockey players Britain has to offer in what promises to be a fast-paced finale weekend for the 2025 British Power Hockey League! Cardiff City Foundation, Marton Furness (near Middlesbrough), and two team from Greenbank in Liverpool (the Bears and the Spartans) will face off to see…
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Refused advance UC
hi I payed off my remaking advance of £299 on my payday 6/6/25 in order to be able to apply for another one which I did but only to be told No!! because you’ve paid of a “large” amount we won’t issue you another advance today!! I explained I paid off the £299 as I needed more than that amount to buy a new bed & matress for…
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Using The Community
I wonder how many members take the time to read the thread Using the community. It has some useful information and informs members how to use the community, how to engage and how to keep up with important information. It tells members what they have to do get different ranks and how this converts into time you have to edit…
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Backdated benefit cap
Hi does anybody know if they back date you the benefit cap when awarded lower capability? My first fit note was submitted on the 21st Feb no gaps had my assessment yesterday went really well I think and someone's told me they can backdated this but IV not seen anything about this many thanks DD
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We need to carry on, not give up campaigning. Never give up to retain our welfare rights
My understanding is that we are at the 2nd Stage of consultation: green paper of the Welfare Reform Act. You can still write to your MP: Google ''FindyourMP UK'', and write to the media, be it TV, radio, social media, or the press. You may think all is lost, or not, but this not the time to succumb to cynicism and apathy.…
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Lasting Power of Attorney - Finances & Property - Advocacy
This is a really hard for me to write 😔 I am at rock bottom and I’m scraping the sides of the barrel. I have struggled with both Mental and Physical Disabilities ever since my first breath. It’s fair to say that my life has been like the Himalayan Mountain Range and for the last five years I’ve been stuck on the Hilary…
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Labour dominated Work and Pensions committee calls for Green Paper delay says WPC
Labour dominated Work and Pensions committee calls for Green Paper delay PUBLISHED: 22 MAY 2025 from our friends at B&W The influential, Labour dominated Commons Work and Pensions committee (WPC) has written to the government calling for it to delay any changes to personal independence payment (PIP) eligibility and…
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Malicious neighbours reporting me
Good morning everyone, I’m going through a really stressful time as I’ve got a neighbour who is stalking me when I stay at my partners house. She has been caught bragging about having reported me. Calling me ‘a silly little b’ and ‘I won’t be so happy when I’ve got no money.’ So the insinuations are obvious. I don’t know…
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Personal Independent payment, does carer's allowance get backpaid?
Hi I am applied for personal independent payment and is on hearing i am not going to hearing and have been told by hmcts that i could take minimum 6month is this true or has anyone got any earlier date than 6month? Cheers
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Rent Increase in April is being taken from my Transitional Amount.
Hi everyone, I am so lost. I do hope you can help me please. I migrated over to U/C in November from Housing Benefit and ESA. I received the Transitional Amount so as I was no worse off. My rent increased in April and they have taken the rent increase amount, the difference between last years and this years rent, from the…
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Government
I'm so sorry if I have upset anyone with my last post
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Attention Moderators, Technical Problems Affecting Forum Use
I need to flag several technical issues I’ve been experiencing recently, as they’re starting to interfere with my ability to engage in discussions effectively. Yesterday, after replying to a post in the Adult Children Still Living at Home thread, an unexplained blank comment box with my username appeared beneath my…
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Spam on the community
Good afternoon, A big thank you to everyone who reported the spam posts today, your support in keeping the community safe is truly appreciated. We experienced a few issues on the site this morning, including disappearing navigation bars, but everything should (mostly) be back to normal. We’ll continue to monitor things…
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MS Awareness Week 2025
MS Awareness Week 2025 28 April to 4 May marks Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Awareness week. MS affects over 150,000 people in the UK, but like many conditions, it's not always easy to talk about it. That's why this year's theme is 'MS Conversations'. Many different MS charities and organisations are coming together to encourage…
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Uc50 wait time
Hi I’ve been giving fit notes to uc since end of nov ( uc period is 10th to the 9th each month ) I applied for Pip in Dec and was awarded standard on both components in March 25. I got a UC 50 form sent to me in Feb and returned it mid March but have heard nothing since ( I’ve phoned and they say it’s with case manager ..)…
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Unable to respond/Post on threads
Dear Scope Admin, I believe others may have already reported this, but I wanted to highlight that the forum appears to have completely crashed. Comment boxes are no longer visible, and the “quote” function doesn’t seem to work when trying to reply to other members’ posts. After some trial and error, the only action I was…
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Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (EDS) & Hypermobility Spectrum Disorders (HSD) Awareness Month
May is EDS & HSD awareness month. What does it mean to me? I had had problems since being a teenager (tho my Mum later told me she'd taken me to our GP when I was about 9; his diagnosis 'growing pains'). I don't think I thought much about the problems I had as they were just a part of me tho my Mum said don't mention these…
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Research Project on Music Listening and Psychosis
(Please delete if not appropriate) My name is Mark Rowles. I am a PhD student at the Royal College of Music in London conducting a project which explores the role of music listening in the lives of individuals who experience psychosis. I also have experience of caring for a loved one who has experienced psychosis for many…
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Advice and support about nurse training at university with disabilities
Hi, Looking for some help and advice …so I want to become a nurse with no qualifications. I am currently receiving UC and PIP. I feel as if I have all the odds stacked against me… I will be about 55 when I qualify I have ADHD/autism a bad back arthritis in my hip and the start of arthritis in my hands. Am I being…
