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MichyB
MichyB Online Community Member Posts: 7 Listener
edited February 2022 in Cerebral Palsy Network
Please assist. Desperately looking for community centre, stimulation centres, socialization, carers or outings for 35 yr old mentally & physically disabled young adult. Has Ataxic Cerebral Palsy.
In Wakefield, Yorkshire area. 

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  • MichyB
    MichyB Online Community Member Posts: 7 Listener
    Thank you for advice. However, desperately looking for accessible wheelchair rental in Tingley,  Stanley area. Can I approach council without a fixed address?? 
  • Richard_Scope
    Richard_Scope Posts: 3,777 Cerebral Palsy Network
    edited February 2022
    Hi @MichyB
    Thanks for your posts. 

    Is the disabled person homeless and in need of mobility equipment, like a wheelchair? I would advise that you make contact with Wakefield Adult Social Care Team by emailing social_care_direct@wakefield.gov.uk or calling 0345 8 503 503
    It is important to get a full needs assessment.
  • MichyB
    MichyB Online Community Member Posts: 7 Listener
    Richard_Scope.  Thank you Richard for advise. Yes  very much needs mobility equip & assessment. It is my adult daughter. We are homeless. Most important to find accessible rental. I have been looking & looking. Have applied over & over again for private rentals. Always to be denied. Situations now desperate. We need our own home & Postal code in order to get assessment, mobility equip, transport, benefits, etc.. 
    Have approached Citizens Advice, but no joy there either. Where are all the bungalow rentals??? 
  • Richard_Scope
    Richard_Scope Posts: 3,777 Cerebral Palsy Network
    @MichyB have you made contact with the department that I mentioned?
  • Tori_Scope
    Tori_Scope Scope Posts: 12,468 Championing
    I've sent you an email from community@scope.org.uk @MichyB :) Please do keep an eye out for it if you can.
  • MichyB
    MichyB Online Community Member Posts: 7 Listener
    Hi Richard,.  Thank you. Called this morning. Waiting for someone to get back to me? Will let you know. Thank you again
  • MichyB
    MichyB Online Community Member Posts: 7 Listener
    Hi Tory. Please send me any documentation required in order to fill in our contact details. If not required can I post personal info here?
  • Alex_Alumni
    Alex_Alumni Scope alumni Posts: 7,538 Championing
    Hi @MichyB not to worry, you can reply to the email that @Tori_Scope sent you yesterday with those details, it's community@scope.org.uk 

    We tend to avoid sharing personal information directly on the forum to help keep all our members safe online :) 

    If you've got any questions still, please do ask and we'll help as best we can.
  • Richard_Scope
    Richard_Scope Posts: 3,777 Cerebral Palsy Network
    @MichyB please do not post your personal information here. @Tori_Scope has access to your email address. 
  • janer1967
    janer1967 Online Community Member Posts: 21,922 Championing
    Have you tried to contact shelter they help with homeless 
  • Richard_Scope
    Richard_Scope Posts: 3,777 Cerebral Palsy Network
    Hi @MichyB
    How are you and your daughter? Did Wakefield Adult Social Care provide you with a needs assessment?
  • MichyB
    MichyB Online Community Member Posts: 7 Listener
    Hi Richard,.   No joy yet. However we are now in Harrogate. No longer Wakefield. We have been housed in a homeless shelter. Cannot find a private landlord to accept wheelchairs. Council also have a housing problem. 
    Have written to MP's, to no avail. A 63 yr old widow, caring for a profoundly disabled adult daughter, housed in a Hostel catering for alcoholics & drug addicts, should not be allowed. 
    Life is untenable
  • Richard_Scope
    Richard_Scope Posts: 3,777 Cerebral Palsy Network
    Hi @MichyB
    That must be enormously stressful for you. Have you been assigned a social worker at all?

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