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Notifications
I have the box ticked to get a notification in my account (not email) when someone “mentions” me. This used to include a direct mention i.e. @(name) but also if someone quoted me. Now it’s not doing it when someone quotes; only a direct mention. I find this is awkward because more often than not people quote my post but I…
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Naidex 2026 - Birmingham & Naidex South - Farnbourough
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Come and Join Our International Day of Disabled People Online Event!
Join us on 1 December for Scope’s 17th members event! Together, we’ll mark the International Day of Disabled People by celebrating the power of lived experience and the leadership of disabled people. Our speakers will share what transforming attitudes means within their own communities — exploring how disability intersects…
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Flu Vaccination Reminder This Winter💉😷
This is a reminder to protect yourself and those around you by getting your flu jab this autumn. The vaccine is free for people with learning disabilities and helps prevent severe illness, GP visits and hospitalisations. It's especially important for those with long-term conditions to stay healthy, even if they manage…
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Benefits
Hi Everyone, Im hoping to get some advice about benefits. Im claiming carers allowance as im a full time carer for my daughter, im getting carers allowance and universal credit. I've been diagnosed with fibromyalgia this year and I have depression, ive been told to claim pip and tell uc,but im not sure how or what to…
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Preparing for Emergencies and Catastrophes
World Mental Health Day this year was on October 10, as we were reminded on this forum by @Holly_Scope. The focus this year is: "The purpose of World Mental Health Day is to improve knowledge, raise awareness and mobilise efforts in support of mental health around the world. This year's theme – 'Mental health in…
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Has anyone contested the Assessors Report (pip review) prior to a decision being made?
Ive just had my pip review. Telephone consultation last Thursday. I requested a copy of my assessors report and it arrived today. Whilst she wrote alot of what I actually said when it came to choosing a descriptor for each task she didn't take any of it on board. Ive heard you have a small window to write and contest the…
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Single Work Capability Form WCA50 for UC and ESA launching 24th November
The DWP are launching a single form to assess work capability from the 24th November. This will replace the UC50 and ESA50, however, these forms are still going to be accepted for a significant period of time. They have done this to make things simpler and have changed the form to improve accessibility and make the wording…
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From Benefits and works
Reform UK declared war on PIP claimants and on advice agencies in a press conference last week, as they promised to slash the benefits bill by more than £9 billion a year. Amongst their plans are: stopping PIP for 80-90% of claimants with depression and/or anxiety, instead these claimants will be put on a fast track to…
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Government's Response to the Pathways to Work Consultation
Hi everyone. The government has published a response to the Pathways to Work Consultation. Please note that this doesn't set out any further plans for changes to the benefits system, it just breaks down the responses they received from the consultation. Nothing will be changing immediately. You can read the full response…
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As We Near World Mental Health Day – Tips For Looking After Our Mental Health 💆
Mental health and wellbeing are very close to my heart. Therefore as we approach World Mental Health day, I also wanted to reshare some tips from an earlier post for looking after our Mental Health which have been helpful for me personally. 💜 Looking after our mental health shouldn’t just be something we do when things are…
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Can we have a new board for Scotland's ADP please?
Hi, Just thought it would be handy to pull all the ADP stuff together and have a section for ADP which is going a different way from pip with regards how it's administered. Also the new carer's allowance in Scotland (which i forget the name of even though i'm on it!!) Make things easier to find for folks wanting info re…
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Free Wheelchair Skills Event at the Leeds Scope Hub 23 October
Experience Community are offering a free wheelchair skills taster session at the Scope Community Hub in Leeds. https://www.scope.org.uk/leeds-community-hub Drop-in any time between 10am - 3pm on Thursday 23rd of October to learn some skills and techniques for navigating the world in your chair. You can also speak to them…
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DWP providing voluntary help to people on LCWRA.
The DWP have just announced the redeployment of 1,000 specialist Jobcentre staff to help those on sickness benefits. These Jobcentre staff will provide voluntary help to people on Universal Credit with no requirement to look for work or engage with job help because of their condition. The work coaches – known as Pathways…
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Invite your MP to meet with Scope at party conferences.
4 in 5 Scope campaigners recently told us they do not feel MPs engage well with disabled people. Let’s change that. We’re attending political party conferences across the country to show MPs an updated version of our Local Disability Data Map. This shows disability statistics and quotes for each UK constituency. Like what…
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What are we going to do in 2029
It's looking like reform is going to win and however bad you think labours reforms are Reforms are going to be x3 worse (they want to cut welfare by 15 billion not 5) are we just doomed?
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Free Evri delivery donations! - Until 12 October - 👗 Make space, 👖 do good 🧢 and feel great! 💙
From 15 to 29 September, people across the UK can now donate items to Scope via Evri’s 10,000 ParcelShops and lockers. It’s a simple, free way for people to give to Scope without visiting a shop. And it has huge potential to bring in vital extra income for disability equality. How it works: Visit evri.com/scope to download…
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Overwhelmed by employing PA
Hi there, I'm wondering if anyone has any advice for adjusting to having a PA? I've had a PA (via direct payments) since like the beginning of the year. We increased our contact hours gradually to give me time to adjust, but I'm having a really hard time with it. It's support that I've needed for a long time now, but I…
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💜 Newly Transformed Scope Online Shop - And we've released our festive collection 🎄
We've recently made some changes to our online shop. 😊 So if you haven't had a browse for a little while, or weren't aware we had an online shop, you should definitely check it out and please spread the word! 💜 Every purchase made funds projects to help end disability inequality. If you're beginning to think about…
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Autumn Equinox 2025 🍂 September 22nd
Autumn Equinox 2025 Today, 22 September at 18.20 GMT, the autumn equinox marks the official end of summer. There are many different ways of defining when the seasons are changing. For example, some people prefer to go by the changes in nature like the weather, birds flying south, or leaves falling. Changes in the climate…
