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How to spot a scammer.
Heya folks! As there's a big online shopping day coming up and Christmas just around the corner, I thought I'd share some top tips to avoid those pesky scammers and keep you all a bit safer online. Email links. Scammers are getting very good at making emails look very official these days. But there's a few ways of making…
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CP Network: Wellbeing Workshops: Join us on Wednesday 20 November 6pm
Join us on Wednesday 13 November (next Wednesday) for the first session of our wellbeing workshops. Through real-life stories and practical examples, we’ll explore how thinking shapes our experience. Learn what makes us resourceful, creative, and capable of overcoming life’s challenges. Join us to discover how recognising…
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CPS (International Cerebral Palsy Society) is holding an Online Panel Event - 3 December 2024
ICPS (International Cerebral Palsy Society) is holding an Online Panel Event - 3 December 2024“Finding My Voice - Adolescents with Cerebral Palsy and the Challenges of Growing Up” To mark the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, ICPS is again teaming up with the World Health Organization to organise an online…
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Research participants needed
The University of Plymouth is conducting research into chest health in children with cerebral palsy. Poster description: Are you interested in supporting research in cerebral palsy? CHESTI-Conversations is a research study funded by the National Institute of Health and Care Research. We want to find the best ways to…
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Hi, my name is pisowifi!
Hello team, I have visited your website many times,The overall design of your website is very cute and attractive,https://100001.su/ And on your website I find all the content that I want to find and see on the Internet.Which is a source of great joy and happiness for me.And I want as many people as possible to benefit…
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whats everyone having for breakfast and lunch?
Since im not the only one obsessed with food and liking to get ideas thought would start this thread Im having brunch of bacon and eggs, anybody else having anything nice? ill have dinner later but no third meal
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ESA/PIP/SDP - Confused by new ESA letter.
I have a discussion ongoing in the PIP section where I was recently awarded PIP. Poppy helpfully mentioned I could also claim SDP. *Attached confusing ESA letter below for convenience. I was sent the SDP form automatically which was a great relief as I struggle with verbal communication, and I hate to have to resort to…
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DWP reviews and 'no duty of care'
I am going through a nightmare review of our UC benefits where they are questioning how Direct Payments are spent...anyway researching how disabled people are treated by the DWP ..it turns out the DWP has no duty of care towards the disabled or vulnerable...who knew...I just assumed it....this explains everything about how…
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How I Recovered My Lost Funds: A Lifesaving Experience with DIGITAL RESOLUTION SERVICES.
At first, everything seemed legitimate. The communication was smooth, professional, and convincing. I paid the required amount, and everything appeared to be progressing well. However, things soon took a turn. After the initial payment, I was constantly pressured to pay more, often under the guise of additional fees or…
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Farmers
so first they go after old peoples heating moneys then disabled people and now the farmers turn why did we vote the clowns
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Chronic Thoracic Pain
Hi all, First of all a big support to everyone suffering with the chronic pain, it is good to know that you are not alone as it can hit you hard that even the strongest can go down on the knees. I know none of us are medical experts but I am sure you feel that after visiting number of doctors close to a 3 digit figure you…
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Couples AET Threshold & LCWRA
Hello; this is my first post and there’s quite a lot of info so please bear with me! I have LCWRA and also in receipt of PIP daily living and in the ESA Support Group. My partner works 17hrs per week + any O/T if offered at £13 per hour (paid every 4 weeks) and he is also self employed @ 4 - 10hrs per week. He also cares…
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Hi, my name is Be_kind2000!
help please. I’m Sisters appointee & she is currently receiving ESA in the support group along with PIP and housing benefit… she has mental health issues ie borderline personality disorder & also suffers from severe asthma & fibromyalgia. However due to her mental illness she sometimes (a lot of times) acts impulsive and…
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Hi, my name is slofgirl!
Hi. Someone stole my identity stole my passport and got if fryedukently changed to there photo then took over my benefits sent me a fruedulent letted saying my esa had been stopped but it hadn't they changed the bank details n cloned my cards, n pretended to be me so they were getting my benefits and so they applied yo ger…
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How is your day going?
A cold start to the day brr, how's your day going? I'm longing for a coffee but got a sleeping cat draped over me, pinching my body heat.
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Pip
Hi my husband got awarded pip week later one payment went into the bank does the backdated payment come later
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Felt underscored on a descriptor, what do I do?
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Overrated or underrated
In this game you have to say whether you think the thing in the post above you is overrated or underrated and then post something of your own for the next person to judge. I will make the next post after this just to illustrate how to play. To start... TV Soaps.
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Mental health
One mental health worker I visited told me I have EUPD . I was also given medication to help anxiety too .
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Help!!! Lcwra confusion
Hello I have resently be awards Lcwra. But I'm not sure how it works. When I called UC the lady was very dismissive and just wait to see when it come. My sicknote is from 1st of September and my payment us the 12th if each month. My basic UC amount is based between the 6th-5th of the month. Does anyone know how to work out…
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Introduction and background information
Hi everyone, I am completely new here! A brief summary of my last few years will follow. My longterm partner and I have one daughter who is 18. She was fit, happy, healthy, doing very well at school until puberty. At 13, everything changed. She experienced horrendous pain along with chronic migraines and nausea. She and I…
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Tell us some boring news.
There's intrigue in the mundane and so today we're asking you to share: what is something boring you've done lately? Emptied the kitchen bin? Run out of teabags? Bought a clothes airer? Cleaned the oven? Tell us. I'll go: I walked to the shop to post a parcel, but I'd accidentally deleted the digital label they needed to…
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Newstyle ESA support group
HI everyone, I got my DWP letter today stating I had been placed in the support group for ESA after my assesment period started on the 27th September. It does state that I will remain on the assessment rate of £90.50 per week until the 27th December which is the date the 13 week assessment period should have ended. The…
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Counting sheep game: are Admin awake?
A variation of @66Mustang ' s famous counting gameHow many sheep can we count before Admin realise? We'll probably do well in the night time.....so starting from 1 & always adding the word 'sheep,' or the next person has to repeat the last number. Admin can restart the game if they're 'awake!' I'll start with1 sheep
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Pip reviews
where do you send the forms back to Belfast or Wolverhampton
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Universal credit help
So bit of a tricky one… my grandfather & grandmother passed away leaving their house to my father. However, he hadn’t realised that this would impact his universal credit. The plan was always that the deeds would go straight to my sister and not be in his name anyway, but the wills did not reflect this. The property is…
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TV or not TV
Hi folks, I've been thinking of putting the TV on ice, can't afford to renew the license this year. Most is rubbish anyway, but I'm pretty much housebound so socialising is very limited and the TV has been better than nothing. But it's now come to a toss-up between TV and food. Have any of you been in a similar situation…
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LCWRA
Hi Today I received a letter in my journal saying that u had been awarded LCWRA. My first sick note was handed in on the 7th of August and assessment was in October. I have been off sick since July with sick notes to cover that whole period. Would I be due any backpay of LCWRA? It says it can be backdated to when your sent…
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Hi, my name is virgolea! When will I receive my LCWRA?
Hi could anyone help please, I started receiving uc on 25th June this year my first fit note was from 11th July and I have just been awarded lcwra but I thought my 3 month period would of been june/July, july/August, august/September so thought I would get lcwra for september/October,october/november and november/December?…
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Hi, my name is Wayne from RelinkTherapy!
Registered with ACCPH as an Accredited Member & bound by a Code of Conduct, Wayne works with individuals as well as couples that are having issues which they would like resolved. Whether that be relationship issues and/or psychosexual themes, to help them understand and overcome the problems they face by helping them find…
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Cooking, or not. How do you eat?
Although PIP gave me 2 points as I cannot use a cooker. I still said that you do not need a cooker anyway. A meal might have been considered to be meat and two veg. But it's 2024, you can buy and choose to eat healthy or not without cooking the meat on the cooker. The majority of food these days is capable of going in the…
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Autism/Depression
I just wanted to ask anyone who has Autism. Do any of the people who have Autism get depression? Sorry for interrupting again.
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Pip award after change of circumstances
Hi, I'm hoping someone can help make a decision on appealing my latest pip award which they reviewed after I told them about a change of circumstances. So, my pip was up for renewal in spring of 2025. I was receiving enhanced for mobility and standard for daily living. I have been receiving them since 2020. I reported a…
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The films /movies that you can watch again thread
I love watching films and have a small selection. I also have Prime and have added a few things to that as well. For me it's the following, but will add as I recall more from a memory jog with other replies. Pretty Woman, Officer and a Gentleman, Terminator but sure I Hadden seen all of them. I watched the second one last…
