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smokey18
smokey18 Scope Member Posts: 37 Contributor

Does anyone know of an organisation that provides 1 people. I am looking for support & advice on issues relating to a reduction made to my direct payment (impacting on the level of care I now receive) and my other issue relating to my disability/ benefit entitlements. I have tried Disability Law Service, but unfortunately they are full and not taking on anymore cases at the moment. I would really appreciate any suggestions that anyone can give me as these issues are having a detrimental affect on my mental, physical and emotional wellbeing on a daily basis.  

 

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  • delight2107
    delight2107 Community member Posts: 32 Connected

    Pro bono legal advice try university

  • ocean
    ocean Community member Posts: 18 Contributor

    Ocean:

    Hi these help with disability benefits "CLR "

    www.communitylegalreps.org

    Please check website out you can also do this on your mobile if there is no home computer.

    Go to "contact us" fill in name email address postal town and fill box in with your concerns

    Then click on "SEND FORM"

    Best of luck

  • Billiegoat
    Billiegoat Community member Posts: 6 Listener

    HI

    With the direct payment, you've probably had some kind of review of your needs and they ( local authority) have reduced it. That gives the impression that they have assessed your needs as changed. If you don't agree you can ask for them ( I assume local authority) to tell you how they've come to their decision.

    The only people I think might be able to at least advise or tell you where to get help would be an advocacy service which you could "google" for where you live.

    Hope that helps.

  • malvinmulch
    malvinmulch Community member Posts: 54 Contributor

    Try raising it with a local cllr, locally we forced a rethink of major cuts to carers direct payments by carers kicking up a royal stink to anyone who would listen (though they have been steadily tightening the rules on what it can be used for annoyingly and some of the rules are frankly just utterly stupid and driven by "public perception" and "optics")

  • smokey18
    smokey18 Scope Member Posts: 37 Contributor

    Thank you really appreciate your advice

  • malvinmulch
    malvinmulch Community member Posts: 54 Contributor

    You are very welcome

    Also check out this guide from mind -https://www.mind.org.uk/information-support/legal-rights/complaining-about-health-and-social-care/overview/

    All about how to complain about health and social care

    If the health and social care lot locally won't listen you can also go to the regulator - but see the list of advocacy organisations at the bottom of that page who can likely help and take the stress off you (plus they often know the technical terms to use that get people's attention - duty of care etc)

  • WhatThe
    WhatThe Community member, Scope Member Posts: 2,362 Championing

    ocean, when I googled CLR, it took me to an unsafe website.

  • Welli
    Welli Community member Posts: 14 Connected

    Hi just seen your post and if you have it all sorted that is great however, if you are still searching https://www.benefitsandwork.co.uk/ (please do not be confused with the title) help with benefits, direct payments are not included in the heading however, I am sure if they are not able to assist, they will be able to direct you to someone who can. Good luck.

  • smokey18
    smokey18 Scope Member Posts: 37 Contributor

    thank you very much

  • ocean
    ocean Community member Posts: 18 Contributor

    Ocean:

    Hi I actually punched in the website myself to double check the website h was still there before posting on here

    All the information is still there

    Blessings

  • smokey18
    smokey18 Scope Member Posts: 37 Contributor

    thanks for update appreciate it

  • ocean
    ocean Community member Posts: 18 Contributor

    ocean:

    From experience I find punching in the website myself, takes me straight there. Example-😊

    www. etc etc