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Feedback on using a care agency to cover for personal assistant holiday and illness
Have you ever used a care agency for cover when your personal assistant is off work? Or are you thinking about using a care agency for cover when your personal assistant is off work? We're creating a new webpage for the Scope website and would love to hear from you. If you'd be willing to help, please email…
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Accessibility at festivals research
Hello all. I am a Student at the University of Northampton and, as part of my final year dissertation project, I am conducting some research into accessibility at festivals and outdoor events for people with disabilities, specifically impacting mobility. This topic is important to me because, firstly, I am an avid…
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Research on transport accessibility - £60 paid
Project on transport accessibility issues, for people with visible and invisible disabilities. The interview will be talking about your experiences of using transport; they understand that this is likely to be pre-pandemic/pre-lockdown experiences. The project is for people who live in England or Scotland. The methods of…
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Exciting Research Project. Ulster University. Your Voice on Pain-Take Part
Help Us Shape the Future of Pain Research for Adults with Cerebral Palsy SCOPE CP is excited to collaborate with Rebecca Taylor, a postgraduate researcher at Ulster University, on a study aimed at understanding how pain affects adults with cerebral palsy (CP) compared to those without the condition. Rebecca's personal…
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Foster carers of children with moderate to severe learning disability
Hello, My name is Jesse and the University of Sussex is looking for foster carer's of children with moderate to severe learning disabilities to understand you experiences! This research is really important as the area is massively under-researched. Please contact me at jpdk20@sussex.ac.uk if you wish to get involved in the…
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Gov benefit rates April 2025
Hi everyone, thought you'd like to see this. It's from the House of Commons library. You can see the whole doc from this link: https://researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/CBP-10105/CBP-10105.pdf Take a look at Table 3, which shows how much they plan to increase UC: Basic UC goes up by the grand total of £7 per…
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Contacting MPs Outside Your Constituency
Hello, everyone. I was wondering how to go about contacting MPs outside your constituency. I have emailed Grahame Morris my concerns, but there are plenty MPs who are disability allies, who have spoken out against scapegoating of vulnerable people and concerns about reforms. Richard Burgon and Steve Darling for example.…
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Leigh day claim
hi I am new here just reading through and thought I would post Has anyone got any info about the class action Leigh day case or thoughts about when the government scheme will start for the ongoing and back payment of edp thanks
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N.I.M.BY. - is it ok for a neighbour to complain about a child with autism making noise?
Hello caught the early news this morning a piece on a little lad who has autism and has problems communicating. Means he screeches and hollers not my words but the neighbours who sent a note complaining about this. I am absolutely devastated for the family concerned. My heart goes out to them. As a child growing up in a…
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PUBLIC AUTHORITIES (Fraud, Error and Recovery) BILL - live debate
Live House of Commons - the second reading of this bill.
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esa and savings
i am getting contributory esa how much savings can i have? i have ms. if i go back to work part time do i keep my esa? how many hours can i work? trying to save for a holiday and i'm scared they will cut my esa.
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Feedback on information about mortgages and benefits
Do you claim benefits and want to find out if you can get a mortgage? Or do you already have a mortgage and want to find out if receiving benefits will affect your renewal? We're creating a new webpage for the Scope website and would love to hear from you. If you'd be willing to help, please email…
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Email your MP about proposed PIP changes
Is it ok if I post this Scopies? It's been arranged by the Organise network, they put up petitions to help working people, long-term disabled etc. This link gives an example letter for you to send to your MP, protesting about the proposed changes to PIP - ie the Gov plan to replace payments with vouchers. All you have to…
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Sticking together
As the Government debates over where to grasp back these 'Billions' to try and level out the Economy and leaving us all worrying about what this means for us.Tensions,emotions and opinions about politics are running high.We may disagree with each other entirely on our what we think or feel about a situation, a person or an…
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University Questionnaire
Hello! I'm currently doing research into accessibility on public transport, particularly looking at ramps on buses for my final year university project. If anyone has had any experience using a bus ramp, either yourself or to assist someone else, I've created a survey to find out more about people's experiences. The survey…
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How to avoid feeling blue on BLUE MONDAY, the most depressing day of the year!!
I have a cunning plan to avoid feeling depressed this BLUE MONDAY - January 20th (the third Monday in January). Perhaps you do too? Tomorrow is January 19th and I shall celebrate it again the following day! Simple. What will you be doing on Monday to avoid feeling depressed? Please keep it clean.
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Feedback on being an advocate
Have you been an advocate for a disabled friend or family member? Or has a disabled friend or family member asked you to be an advocate and you’re not sure if it is something you want to do? We're creating a new webpage for the Scope website and would love to hear from you. If you'd be willing to help, please email…
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Need of participants to fill out questionnaire to help towards final year study.
Hello, I am a final-year student at Loughborough University, currently working on my dissertation. This research paper focuses on the relationship between user interface (UI) design and ADHD, with the aim of identifying design strategies that can help children in the early stages of education. Specifically, I’m exploring…
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Feedback on information about personal assistants, care workers and support workers
Have you or your child had a personal assistant, care worker or support worker? Or are you looking for one? We're creating a new webpage for the Scope website and would love to hear from you. If you'd be willing to help, please email Content.Core@scope.org.uk. It would involve speaking to us about your experience and…
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Feedback on how benefits have been affected by moving home
Have you moved home in the last year or 2? Did moving home affect the benefits you were getting? We're creating a new webpage for the Scope website and would love to hear from you. If you'd be willing to help, please email Content.Core@scope.org.uk. It would involve speaking to us about your experience and giving us…
