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Christmas Scavenger Hunt 2024
Join our 2024 Christmas Scavenger Hunt! Work together to complete the Community Christmas Scavenger Hunt. How it works We share a list of Christmas-themed items for you to find. You find and snap a photo of each item from the list and share it with the community. Once you've found and shared a photo of at least one item in…
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Official thread: ‘Get Britain Working’ White Paper released Tuesday 26th November
thought I’d get this thread started early as I’ll imagine the papers will be publishing significant leaks later tonight From the sounds of things upcoming welfare reforms (such as wca and pip) won’t be covered in this white paper (at least in major detail) - past quotes from the gov suggest welfare reform reveal launch…
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What Is Your Favourite Christmas Food?
It's the most wonderful time of the year….FOR FOOD!!! Lets talk about the iconic christmas dinner.. Do you have the traditional turkey? Gammon? Beef? Or maybe a vegan/veggie alternative? We have a lot of family coming around this year so I'm cooking all 4 in my house! Wish me luck!! What about the side dishes? Do you keep…
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What Is Your Favourite Christmas Song?
Christmas is a week today and Christmas songs are being played everywhere! Traditional carols to more modern pop hits, there's a Christmas song out there for everyone. Do you find yourself singing and dancing along in your living room to All I Want for Christmas Is You? Or maybe you prefer the more classic hymns such as…
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Preparing For Christmas Celebrations With Disabled Children
For some disabled children and their families, Christmas can be quite an overwhelming experience. Changes to the environment, routine and social expectations can mean that Christmas may be a confusing and challenging time. Christmas can be an overstimulating time of year and lead to sensory overload for some children. Lack…
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Scopes official press statement regarding the Get Britain Working white paper.
James Taylor, Director of Strategy at Scope; “There is much that is positive about this White Paper. The Connect to Work scheme and a desire to enhance the role of employers are both promising developments.“But we still know there’s still a huge amount of anxiety about what changes the government is planning to make to the…
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National Chocolate Covered Anything Day
Who knew this was a thing! For all you chocolate lovers out there! National Chocolate Covered Anything Day is today - 16th December. Today you can dip and/or drizzle your favorite foods in every kind of chocolate imaginable. Who's going to indulge and take advantage of this day, I think I might, any excuse to have…
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Find the Christmas Elf!
Get ready for some festive fun, everyone! Candy and Cane, our mischievous Christmas elves, are hiding in posts all around our online community, and we need YOUR help to find them. This is Candy This is Cane Here’s how it works: Keep an eye out for images of Candy and Cane as you explore the community. When you spot an elf,…
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Find the Humbug Elf!
Ugh, it’s that time of year again. Humbette and Humbert, our two insufferably mischievous Humbug elves, have decided to cause chaos by hiding in posts all over the community. Naturally, we need you to help us get rid of them. This is Humbette This is Humbert Here’s what you need to do: 1. Search through posts to find…
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Research participants needed!
The University of Sheffield is looking for physically disabled people about their cervical screening experiences. Please see click on the poster attached for more information. *** The above post has been moderated and checked by the Scope Community Team. Our website contains links to third parties’ websites for your…
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Neurological conditions and access to sport
Sheffield Hallam University Sport and Physical Activity Research Centre is conducting research in playing sports with adults of neurological conditions. Please see the flyer attached for more information about the study: Email: A.Abiodun@shu.ac.uk to participate
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Best (or worst) Christmas gifts
What’s the most unforgettable Christmas gift you’ve ever received? It could be the best, the worst, the most meaningful, the silliest—just the one that stands out the most!
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Is it worth challenging the length of an award?
Going off the assesors report I would only get a 2 year award before review yet she has ticked that it's likely I will have a functiontial restriction at the time of review and ticked that I have a mental intellectual or cognitive impairment and will need additional support to comply with future claims... (I have Autism)…
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A to Z to tv
lets have a game A to Z to tv old new just A to Z to tv a Angels,,,,,,,,,,,
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PIP Tribunal Statement of Reasons
I've just received my statement of reasons. It seems to me that any issue they acknowledge can be brushed off as "convenience" or "outwith the scope of this activity". The one thing that's jumped out at me is that they said I batch cook three days a week, which isn't true. I said one, sometimes two days a week. Is this…
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Move From ESA
Hi, I have been on ESA for years and last week switched over to Universal Credit. I just recieved a message in the journal asking for a fit note as 'you have not yet had a Work Capability Assessment outcome for your health condition'. I had an assessment back in Feb/March and was moved into the Support Group so does anyone…
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What's for tea tonight!
I have jacket potatoes in the oven, cant wait im starving.
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Energy
Does anyone get times of energy or decided to change something decided I'd paint my bathroom black and gold !! My daughter said your regret it also I'm not good at painting half way through hate it and can't be bothered
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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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Word association game
How's everyone on this miserable Friday? Hope you're all okay and looking forward to the weekend. :) The word association game If I say 'sky' you could reply with 'blue'. If I say 'cat' you might say 'mouse'. Anything goes, just keep it clean! ;)
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Confused. Com
Good moaning fellow warriors. I've had a meeting with my care coordinator psychologist and support worker the other day. Who told me I'd never had previous psychology never been sectioned and. Never been in secondary care prior. I find it hard to communicate in meeting s so my responses to defending myself are . I've found…
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Hi, my name is zam12345!DWP wont give me another WCA after 3 years,any advice would be appreciated.
Hi all hope you're all well. I'm new here and need some advice I was working part time in 2019 and due to my mental health I had to leave but while I was working I was given a assessment for capability to work I was given the short one which does not pay extra but since then my health has worsened mentally and physically…
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The person below me
Make a guess about the next poster, the next poster responds to your guess answering if it's true or false and then makes their own guess about the next poster. For example: Poster 1- The poster below me hates cheese Poster 2- False, I love it and eat it every day! The person below me likes dancing
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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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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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Hi, my name is harrynt! - my council will not accept my certificate of entitlement to DLA
hi i am having problems trying to get a certificate of entitlement to DLA my existing certificate serial no [removed by moderator] higher rate of mobility it states it is an indefinate period, my council will not accept this can you please help [Removed by moderator] thank you
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The five letter game
So here's a new fun game for you all to try out. I've picked five letters. The next person has to make a sentence using just the five letters. Like this... T C B G F Next person replies with something like "This Could Be Great Fun" Then they leave another five letters. Got it? The first five letters are... W Y I M K
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Do you believe....
Resurrecting this one.. The eyes are the windows to the soul…
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PIP application timeline and outcome
Hey all I just thought I would run through my personal timeline regarding my recent application for PIP. I know it helped me along the way knowing about other peoples timeline and what to expect. I appreciate all cases are different and timelines maybe shorter or longer. 24th April 2024 - Applied on the phone and gave…
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Do you believe in ghosts ?
Have any of you ever seen a ghost ? Please post any views on ghosts - whether you are a believer or not. Why, for example, are there not ghost birds and insects everywhere ?
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Uc - council tax refund
Hi, I recieve universal credit and have savings over £6000. I got a council tax refund and presumed it was classed as a backpayment and reported it as such. Now I am being made aware this is not the case and I now have to go into the job centre and provide evidence. It says on my journal that wrong or incorrect information…
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Name an animal using the last letter of the previous post
Since the other thread about food and drink is doing so well, here is another one! All you have to do is name an animal which starts with the last letter of the previous post. For example: * Person 1- Cat (ends with T) * Person 2- Tortoise (ends with E) * Person 3- Elephant (ends with T) I'll start. Dog!
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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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What's your favourite part of Christmas?
Hi everyone! Just wondered what your favourite part of Christmas is? 🎄 For me… it's the films. I absolutely LOVE the Grinch! 🙊 I'd love to know what you're all looking forward to over the holidays! Best wishes, Holly.
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Substantial risk
Will they be reassessing people who get lwcra under substantial risk
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Universal credit and payment protection
Recent migration to uc I have been awarded lcwra so this is replacing carers ellement this month, so I was expecting my transitional protection to be reduced bu the difference between the two elements (£217.88) I have just recieved my statement and they have reduced my payment protection by the full lcwra amount (£416.19)…
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Are Fightback4Justice worth using at tribunal?
Hi all I was wondering if I could get some advice please? I have been on standard PIP daily living (10 points) & mobility (8 points) with my long covid and recently was given my autism diagnosis, after waiting several years for it. I have several complex issues with autism which I could deal with (just about) when I had a…
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Hi, pip back payment for who exactly
I just want to know who is getting this back pay? I have pip for years with 12 points but not sure if I am entitled to extra payments or not.
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Scared
I'm so scared of the unknown been 14 months of fight or flight mode desperately trying to look for plan B there is none I am unable to fit into society obviously if I knew I could work well would be prefect it's the fact that I know I would go few days then literally I wouldn't be able to go back it's hard to explain I'm…
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Can I ask for a re assessment
hi all I recently had my asd assessment and I’m not happy, can I ask to be re referred before getting the outcome? I know the long wait so don’t want to delay anymore than 8 have to by waiting
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Ellen clifford
Trying to look for any information on judicial hearing? Any outcomes
