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Disability Pride Event – Leeds
Scope Leeds Community Hub invites you to join us for an event to mark Disability Pride Month and celebrate our talented, resilient and diverse community 💜 Disability Pride Month is a time to celebrate disabled identity — and to shine a light on the barriers that still exist. This uplifting event brings people together to…
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Is your comment not showing up? This may be why.
To help keep our community safe and supportive, we’ve introduced a more careful keyword filter in line with the Online Safety Act 2023. This means that if a post contains certain flagged words, it won’t appear straight away, but instead it’ll be sent to our team for a quick review first. As we work 10am to 6pm, 7 days a…
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New Feedback Process: Help us improve the community
New Feedback Process: Help us improve the community We’re always working to make this community a safe, supportive, and welcoming space for everyone. Your feedback plays a big role in that. To make sure your thoughts are captured and reviewed efficiently, we’ve set up a new feedback form. This helps us manage suggestions,…
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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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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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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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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
Welcome We are a community connected by disability. Make friends, share experiences, get the advice you need and discuss what matters to you. Please note, you must be 18 or over to join and use the Scope online community. The online community is for peer-to-peer support and is not intended as a source of medical or…
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Free app to find toilet, parking and health facilities: Find Nearby
Hi everyone, My name is Callum and I’m the Glasgow-based founder of Find Nearby, a mobile app that helps people quickly find toilets, parking, benches, playparks, health locations and other useful places nearby. I’ve recently made several key accessibility, family and health searches completely free with no ads, including…
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Purpl launches new grant for disabled people
Hi everyone. Just thought I'd share this new grant offering from Purpl in case it's of interest to any of our community 😊 Purpl launches new grant offering £2,000 for disabled people to fund practical support and accessibility needs | Ethical Marketing News "A new grant is set to help disabled people meet essential…
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We'd like your feedback on how we handle reports
We've heard from some members that when they report a post or comment, they don't always feel their report has been acknowledged, understood, or handled in the way they expected. We take this feedback seriously and want to better understand your experience. We're looking for your thoughts on what you would like to happen…
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Fancy your chances on BBC's The Traitors! Are you to be trusted, or a traitor?!
Studio Lambert are looking for a diverse range of people to take part in the next series of the BBC1 multi-award-winning reality competition series The Traitors. The Traitors is a competition series built on strategy, suspicion and deception, filmed in the Scottish Highlands. A team of contestants will compete in a series…
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Free Inclusive Cycling Sessions in Sefton Park - 16 July
Sense, Greenbank, Aigburth Community Cycling Club and Wheels for All are celebrating the Tour de France by offering FREE community cycling sessions in Sefton Park for disabled people with complex needs, starting and finishing at Greenbank Sports Academy on Thursday 16th July. These will be taster sessions leading into more…
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Setting up a bank account as a nominee
I am nominee for my daughter, who lacks capacity, so I have set up a separate bank account in my own name to deal with her benefits. Can anyone please advise me as to whether this is an acceptable method. Thank you
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BEYOND DISABILITY-BIRCHWOOD PAINTERS PAST & PRESENT16 JULY-23RD JULY AYLESBURY
A shout out for THE BIRCHWOOD PAINTERS from Chesham Salutem home. An exhibition of their wonderful paintings since 2010. MON-THUR 9.30AM -9.30PM AND FRI 9.30AM -4.30PM SAT 9.30AM -1PM. QUEENS PARK ARTS CENTRE, AYLESBURY HP21 7RT. An incredible achievement and a story from nothing to something. "I feel validated"- Tina Sharp
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Looking for volunteers to review my research information (15 minutes)
Hello everyone, I hope you're all doing well. My name is Victoria, and I am a Public Health professional and a Doctor of Public Health (DrPH) researcher at Teesside University. I am currently developing a research study exploring the barriers and facilitators to cervical cancer screening for women who have experienced…
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Can we get bot protection on the site.
I've noticed an increased amount of AI bots posting, creating posts or lurking on the website. Its also been causing increased traffic to the website, with the guest amount into their 1000's at times which is why people are complaining of website issues. These bots are essentially DoS'ing the website. I think its time…