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🔥 Stay Toasty for Less: Budget-Friendly Winter Readiness Guide 🔥
Over the coming weeks I'm going to be exploring a number of areas such-as keeping warm, cost savings, energy efficiency and support available. Heating spaces covers 65% of our overall energy use in the home so I’m going to begin by focusing on this area. Heat loss in the home There are 5 main places in which heat is lost:…
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Cut the Costs, Not the Comfort: Smart Energy Tips That Can Save You Money!
If you were to apply just the changes with a £ saving below, you could save around £313 a year! Heating spaces Did you know the recommended temperature during cold weather is 21°C (70°F) in main areas and 18°C (64°F) in other rooms such as your bedroom. However, if you were to turn it down by just 1°C when your room is…
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Disability History Month - Sarah Gordy
As Disability history month comes to a close, I thought we would end it on a high by celebrating Sarah Gordy. Sarah Gordy is a professional British actress, dancer and model who has Down syndrome. She was September 1976 in London. She is a pioneering figure in the arts and is widely recognized for her advocacy for disabled…
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What are your Christmas Traditions?
Does anybody have their Christmas traditions? I'm curious if anyone has anything quirky that they do? One of my favourite family traditions is as much Christmas Chocolate as we want for breakfast, Christmas Pajamas, and a glass of Bucks Fizz at some point during the day. It's the one day a year I ever drink it and I don't…
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Help us to organise the advice and support section on Scope's website.
We are looking for people to take part in an activity which will be used to organise the advice and support section on Scope's website. The activity should take 10 to 15 minutes. People who complete the activity can enter their email address to be entered in a prize draw for a £40 gift voucher. It is not a test and there…
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Interview with Zach Eagling. Pride of Britain Winner 2025
Introduction. Sara Edwards and Lucy Hindmarch from the CP Network recently interviewed Zach Eagling, an inspiring fourteen-year-old who lives with cerebral palsy and epilepsy. Zach's journey began during the COVID-19 lockdown, when, motivated by Captain Tom Moore, he undertook a remarkable fundraising challenge. At just…
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PIP Review
How does PIP review work and what happens? I have PIP award until December 2026 but in my original award letter it says I will be contacted after December 2025 and I’ve heard that I should expect a letter from them with a review form. This will be my first time, unsure what happens. Any advice or knowledge about this…
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Pip - Have I passed the review?
I had a text saying my review is complete, i call the automated telephone number and it says im getting another payment in January aswell as the December payment, does this mean I have passed the review? Many thanks
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What are you watching on Youtube right now?
I'm watching Phil v. Den Watts #1 EastEnders, 2003. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Vu2yzL-Vbc
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Chocolate discussion
I need to find a new source of Chocolate - not Cadburys - that's not the same as it used to be and recent price hikes have really put me off the brand. Has anyone got any alternatives that still use the same ingredients (milk and cocoa solids) ?
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When do your Christmas decs go up?
In the immortal words of Maria Carey, it's tiiiiiime! I love the lights and decorations of Christmas, so I'm always eager to get the decs up but I do like to wait until December rolls around. Sometimes I feel like Christmas doesn't feel as special if things start too early! This year I'm all about bringing in the cheer…
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Merry Xmas
To my scope family thankyou to everyone who's put up with me this year yes I have had panics fear worries the works ive done over 8 thousand posts !!! Hand on my heart is couldn't have done this on my own so to those who aren't on here luvpink bluebell Santosha poppy kimi many more and nightcity who really took time when I…
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EastEnders starting now!
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Noisy Neighbour
Christmas Eve 23:50pm and my neighbour has just arrived home with guests. Doors slamming, loud laughter and chat, music blaring. Its a sheltered complex we live in and i really wish i could be sheltered from my neighbour's noise.
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Posts Vanishing
My posts seem to vanish
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UC
Payment not gone in due on 27th I dont have a journel god heart beating triggerd really bad anxiety got two hours till I can call my daughters dog had hiccups I feel shaky really overwelmed I hate this life always worrying always never ends
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Mp
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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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As We Near World Mental Health Day – Tips For Looking After Our Mental Health 💆
Mental health and wellbeing are very close to my heart. Therefore as we approach World Mental Health day, I also wanted to reshare some tips from an earlier post for looking after our Mental Health which have been helpful for me personally. 💜 Looking after our mental health shouldn’t just be something we do when things are…
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Locked out of UC journal - someone changed phone number
Missed a call from the DWP today, just after receiving a text saying `Your mobile number has been updated. Call us if you did not request this.` I definitely didn't request it. Tried to log into my UC journal but the confirmation code is now sent to someone else's number, so I can't get the access code to my journal and…
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If you close an account - tell the DWP!!
Just had a compliance interview because it's flagged up on their computer that I told them I have one account, when they have on file I have two. I don't it was closed in January, but I didn't tell them it was closed, so they've had to go through the checks that I am still eligible for UC and I wasn't over the 6000 savings…
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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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🎄😄Would You Rather - Christmas Edition😄🎄
As it is Christmas Eve, I thought we could play a festive version of Would Your Rather!😄🎄 Starting off… Would you rather open presents first thing In the morning or wait until after lunch?
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Dec 21 winter soltice: Celebrate our dark side?
This year I've decided to use the darkest day of the year - the Winter Solstice on Dec 21 - to celebrate my dark side. I spent my first 30 years holding in my dark side, followed by another 30 years learning to embrace my dark side. I've gone against the current in doing this as we live in a world that is often hell-bent…
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Come to My virtual house for christmas!
Hi! My name is Emma. Due to family issues, this year ill be alone at Christmas. Christmas can be a very lonely and isolating time if you don't have a family or a place to come home. Why not join me here for my "virtual Christmas" Anyone can join me, we stay just in this chat. People of all faiths and backgrounds are…
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foraging
I have been foraging to save money and accidentally discovered it is great for therapy too. I just wanted to share it in case i spark any other people to give it a try. I have struggled to get out of the house and i can't be around people but foraging gives me a way to get out and do something without people. As much as i…
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PIP cancelled
I had been granted enhanced PIP until may 2026. I got sent form ad review which I sent in. I have now received a letter saying PIP been cancelled from now and I also have to take my motability car back. Without this vehicle I can't leave the house and form sent back in time. Its got me really worried as Without it will be…
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Autumn statement 2025: How the budget will affect disabled people
The government has announced its latest Budget, which outlines its plans for the economy, including changes to taxation and spending. Some of the measures included in the Budget have previously been announced. Scope will be analysing Budget documents over the coming days to identify the full impacts for disabled…
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Pip tribunal
How to prepare for a pip tribunal
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Be grateful for what we have right now
I like to wish everybody merry Christmas stay safe God bless you
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Winter Solstice - Shortest Day ❄️
Today is the Winter Solstice. So while there are still some long dark nights to come, we have reached the peak! In London, the shortest day lasts just 7 hours 49 minutes and 42 seconds. But from now on the days will start getting longer again and the nights will get shorter. The difference in daylight hours happens due to…
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Winter Word Snake ❄️
Just like the other word snake games, but with wintery or Christmassy words! I'll post a word, then the next person posts a word starting with the last letter of the previous word. Example: If posted "Holly", the next person's word must start with a Y. Yule log Then the next person's word must start with G. And so on!…
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Christmas Letter Game 🌟
Let's see how this one goes, inspired by the 5 letter game! I'll start us off with a Christmassy word, and the next person must make a sentence from all the letters in the word. The longer the word, the more challenging it'll be, so just keep that in mind! If you're up for an extra challenge, try and make the sentence…
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Word Association Game
I think it's fun how some of our threads can go from topic to topic and end up somewhere completely different. If I write a word, the next poster writes the first word that comes into their heads- keeping it as clean as per any forum rules. So if I put dog, someone might say cat or walk. And so on....... First word is Cake
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Types of Meditation
@Rosie_Scope and @Kookee and I were talking about meditation in another thread, and I suggested that I start this thread so people can talk about the different types of meditation they've done. Just a disclaimer here that I am simply a meditation consumer - not an expert or advocate or therapist or specialist or anything…
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Cheap Xmas Veg
Hi everyone, quick fly-by tonight but wanted to let you all know they're doing cheap Xmas veg again in the supermarkets. Started today and will last until Xmas Eve, so a good time to stock up if you can. It's only the veg you'd get for a Xmas lunch, but better than nothing as 5p for big bags of everything. Round here Aldi…
