Hi, my name is LuciaMalta! Applying for road tax exemption.

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LuciaMalta
LuciaMalta Online Community Member Posts: 10 Listener
edited March 12 in Transport and travel

It's good to find you 😊. I have been disabled for very many years, made worse by a misdiagnosis in my teens. Now 70 years old and widowed, with no family, everything is becoming more difficult to cope with and I'm struggling with tasks which were never any bother before.

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  • Kimi87
    Kimi87 Online Community Member Posts: 6,166 Championing
    edited February 23

    Have you reached out to social services for a needs assessment?

    https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/social-care-and-support-guide/help-from-social-services-and-charities/getting-a-needs-assessment/

    Even if you don't need care, they can recommend & supply equipment and aids to help you with those tasks.

    Your GP surgery might also have a social prescriber.

    https://socialprescribingacademy.org.uk/what-is-social-prescribing/

    Sometimes it's also worth thinking of different ways of doing things, to find a method that is easier for you.

  • Bluebell21
    Bluebell21 Online Community Member, Scope Member Posts: 12,800 Championing

    Hello @LuciaMalta Welcome to the Community. I hope you enjoy your time on the forum. Any questions just ask.

    Have a look around and join in when you are ready.

    Take care.

  • LuciaMalta
    LuciaMalta Online Community Member Posts: 10 Listener

    Thank you, Kimmy87, I've had several needs assessments following discharges from hospital which were helpful at those times. I'm on the Enhanced PIP and live in a shared ownership Supported Living development so carers help with my numerous medications but only in the morning. It used to be 4 times daily but was so expensive, I worried constantly. None of us know how long we are going to live or how much care we might need in the future. Oh, for a crystal ball! I'd never heard of Social Prescribing but will have a look at the link, thanks.

  • luvpink
    luvpink Online Community Member Posts: 2,489 Championing

    @LuciaMalta

    Hi welcome to the community.

  • WhatThe
    WhatThe Online Community Member, Scope Member Posts: 4,281 Championing

    Hello LuciaMalta and welcome to Scope 🤗 I'm glad you found us

  • BarneyB
    BarneyB Online Community Member Posts: 3 Listener

    Welcome Mr

  • LuciaMalta
    LuciaMalta Online Community Member Posts: 10 Listener

    You are a really friendly group. I was feeling very alone and sad. Thank you x

  • luvpink
    luvpink Online Community Member Posts: 2,489 Championing
    https://forum.scope.org.uk/discussion/comment/987909#Comment_987909

    hi welcome BarneyB

  • LuciaMalta
    LuciaMalta Online Community Member Posts: 10 Listener

    Hi to everyone, I have recently swapped cars because my walker wouldn't fit into the previous car. The process of taxing a vehicle these days can all be done online if you pay but if you have a Blue Badge and are exempt, you MUST go physically to a Post Office with relevant documents. So you pay for road tax in order to drive your car to a P.O., then you can claim a refund. Dealing with disability itself and the ever-closing Post Office branches, this seems absurd. How on earth can this be fair?

  • OverlyAnxious
    OverlyAnxious Online Community Member Posts: 4,809 Championing
    https://forum.scope.org.uk/discussion/comment/995296#Comment_995296

    The problem with road tax exemption is that they need to change the tax class on your V5 logbook, and also confirm you have a Mobility benefits award in place. (Blue badge alone does not entitle anyone to free tax).

    It could never be done online instantly like paying for normal road tax. Though I think they could make an electronic form to fill in, and upload the necessary documents so you wouldn't have to drive to a post office.

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