Can we have a new board for Scotland's ADP please?

anisty
anisty Online Community Member Posts: 861 Championing
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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 these new benefits?

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  • Albus_Scope
    Albus_Scope Posts: 11,423 Scope Online Community Coordinator

    Thanks for the feedback @anisty I'll be sure to pass it on to the powers that be. 😊

  • poppy123456
    poppy123456 Online Community Member Posts: 64,463 Championing

    Wouldn't ADP come under the section for PIP/DLA and AA as they are all disability benefits.

    Carers allowance in Scotland is now called Carers Support Payment. We don't have a section on carers allowance itself either.

  • anisty
    anisty Online Community Member Posts: 861 Championing

    Well it could do but then it would be helpful to have it listed. When i went over to the board as my son is due to complete the transfer from pip to ADP this month and just wanted to see how others had found it - i could not find anything on ADP.

    Plus, i was put off starting a thread there as the board is full of posters understandably worried about potential changes to pip. As i don't think these changes will affect ADP, it did not seem appropriate for me to pop in there in the midsts of the panic!

    Ah - yes, thanks - Carer's support Payment!

    I wasn't actually thinking of a separate area for that as a standalone - i thought maybe it could be a 'Scottish section' where folks could discuss ADP or CSP specifically.

    As things currently are, i didn't find it too obvious where to look for or post about ADP. But that might just be me . . . .

  • lola20
    lola20 Online Community Member Posts: 1 Listener

    hi,

    I applied for ADP in Dec 24 and have called this morning to see whether any further information was required as I have a visit with my GP today. They told me a decision has been made but weren’t able to disclose what that decision is, they haven’t contacted my GP and my husband I both submitted a letter as supporting information. I’m thinking it was so quick that it will be a decline…. My claim is for anxiety and fibromyalgia

  • anisty
    anisty Online Community Member Posts: 861 Championing
    edited January 21

    Hmmm. I received notification a few months ago to say the transfer process for my son's move from pip to ADP had started and would complete in January.

    So - was expecting the first payment of ADP this month - but, no - still seems that my son is on pip.

    Maybe next month . . .

    Good luck to you @lola20 🤞

  • anisty
    anisty Online Community Member Posts: 861 Championing

    Well - mixed news: my son has transferred to ADP same payment.

    But his award will be reviewed in August 2025.

    Whereas his pip was november 2026 (pushed on a year due to covid)

    Still, there's no reason why he shouldn't qualify again so hopefully it will be plain sailing🤞

  • Jimm_Alumni
    Jimm_Alumni Scope alumni Posts: 5,713 Championing

    Hope it all goes well later this year @anisty Glad your son has at least finally been moved over to ADP.

  • anisty
    anisty Online Community Member Posts: 861 Championing

    It WAS plain sailing - much less stressful than pip. 8 weeks and he got 5 years award of double enhanced again.

    I still think a seperate board would work better for ADP as it's quite difficult to find ADP threads amongst all the pip ones!

  • Rosie_Scope
    Rosie_Scope Posts: 6,958 Scope Online Community Coordinator

    Hi @anisty, glad it was less stressful than the PIP process! I'll pass on your feedback about the separate category.

    In the meantime, we have a tag set for ADP and we try to be consistent in tagging any discussions that fit. There may be a few gaps here and there but hopefully most of them are there. You can view any discussions tagged as ADP using this link: https://forum.scope.org.uk/discussions?tagID=772

  • anisty
    anisty Online Community Member Posts: 861 Championing

    That tag is brilliant @Rosie_Scope - cheers!

  • anisty
    anisty Online Community Member Posts: 861 Championing

    @Rosie_Scope - i have scanned through a few threads on that link and i think they make a good case for a seperate ADP board!

    First - a few posts about ADP are unanswered altogether - i think this might be because members with knowledge of ADP have missed those posts.

    Also - other posts are cluttered with people saying they've never heard of ADP or advising the poster about PIP/starting to move the thread to a PIP discussion. This is just confusing.

    I think a board headed something like ADP (Scotland) would make things much clearer and help members from Scotland find and support each other.

  • Rosie_Scope
    Rosie_Scope Posts: 6,958 Scope Online Community Coordinator

    Thanks @anisty, I'll raise it with the team. I can't make any promises at the moment but we'll see what we can do ☺️

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