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Universal Credit Act 2025 - Latest Updates (05.03.26)
The Universal Credit Act 2025 aims to rebalance Universal Credit by encouraging employment for those who can work and targeting support for those with severe health conditions. It takes effect from 6 April 2026. The Act ensures that the four rates of the Universal Credit standard allowance will rise above inflation from…
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Autism Acceptance Month April 2026
This month, we're supporting Autism Acceptance Month and we hope you'll join us! Autism is a lifelong neurodivergence that is characterised by different ways of thinking, feeling, and communicating. Social & Sensory Experience: Socialising can be confusing or exhausting, and busy environments can lead to sensory overload.…
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Scope Bingo and other games - How would you prefer to play?
Morning lovely community members ☺️ We've been having a think about new games we could introduce which might be fun for us all, and maybe looking at some more interactive games like Bingo, or a Quiz. We want to get your views and preferences on how we go about this. If it's something you'd be interested in, we'd love your…
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Purpl launches new grant for disabled people
Hi everyone. Just thought I'd share this new grant offering from Purpl in case it's of interest to any of our community 😊 Purpl launches new grant offering £2,000 for disabled people to fund practical support and accessibility needs | Ethical Marketing News "A new grant is set to help disabled people meet essential…
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🚨 Call to Action - Flexible working consultation 💼
The Government are looking at ways to make it easier to use flexible working. Flexible working can mean changing your hours, like working your contracted hours over fewer, longer days. Or your work location, like working from home instead of an office. Disabled people have told us flexible working helps them to enter, stay…
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Share your experiences today to shape the future of PIP
Minister Stephen Timms, and an independent steering group, are looking at how well PIP currently works. And how it could be improved. This is called the Timms Review. The Timms Review team have launched an opportunity for you to share your experience of the PIP process directly with them. One thing they want to know about…
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Your help is needed: Disable Barriers, Not People
You might have seen Scope’s recent Facebook post about how self-checkout tills in shops can be inaccessible. This can create another barrier for disabled people. Scope are working on a new piece of campaigning work called ‘disable barriers, not people’. We’re looking for other examples of barriers that disabled people…
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Autism Acceptance Month and Cerebral Palsy
Cerebral Palsy and Autism: Coexistence. Bridging the gap between two seemingly disparate neurological conditions, researchers unravel the enigmatic dance of autism and cerebral palsy within the human brain. These two conditions, while distinct in their primary characteristics, often intersect in ways that challenge our…
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The Palsy Podcast 2026
What a month! The Palsy Podcast Project is now complete. Thanks to everyone who took part. You can still listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or watch on YouTube! Apple Podcastshttps://podcasts.apple.com/.../the-palsy.../id1881241822 Spotifyhttps://open.spotify.com/show/2I3mFYLGsA0kMKjM0SnkKR...…
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grant for a new bed
hi i am on pip can anyone tell me if i can get a larger bed and mattress
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Hi, my name is suepinch!
hello im susa
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I need help
hi I have motobilty car 3year ago And I need help to apply to get grant Can anyone help me please
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What's the last thing you ate?
I'm sure we've had what's for breakfast, what's for lunch and what's for dinner before. But since some of those discussions have fallen inactive, let's combine them all and include everything in between! So tell me, what was the last thing you ate? For me, it's a Rennie antacid 😂 sad as that is! Before that, it was an…
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Housing help
I applied for rehousing so I can move in with my mum who had been diagnosed with dementia she has refused carers but needs 24 hr care, I have a letter from her specialist that says she needs 24hr care but wondered how long this might take as she is at risk of harm.
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Alphabetical flower game
I'll start withAster
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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 Harkin0606!
Hello
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A to Z of songs
lets play A to Z of songs a angels by robbie williams
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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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Telling uc about a rent increase
Long story short (as possible...) a couple of weeks ago my landlord tried to give me a new tenancy agreement with a £125 rent increase on. There was no point me signing a new tenancy, as the new rules come in on the 1st May, and he'd given me no notice (baring in mind my fixed term tenancy ended over 2 years ago and only…
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DWP Class Action – Adding my case (Yasmin, James, Jerem I need a popular tag
Hi Kimi87, I saw your post about Stetford Solicitors and the class action against the DWP. I have been harassed by the DWP for three years. I have a three-year journal, a doctor's fit note for stress and raised blood pressure, and evidence they have ignored my medical records. I want to specifically mention three staff…
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Benefits and Work: What the DWP Says About PIP Assessors and UC Health Rules
The DWP says paramedics and pharmacists aren’t qualified to carry out Work Capability Assessments for the UC health element, but once the WCA is scrapped, those same assessors who aren’t considered competent to assess LCWRA will suddenly be determining eligibility for it indirectly through PIP. See the Benefits and Work…
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Out of date tinned food?
what can i do with out of date tinned/jars of food? Some is 10 years old and is clearly inedible.
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Share your favourite liminal space pictures here
I'm guessing maybe there's not many people here who're into liminal spaces or even know what they are, so this topic might just fall flat on it's ass. But anyway for anyone who doesn't know what liminal spaces are they're surreal, often empty places where something just feels 'off', they may also have some sort of…
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What Is A TV Show You Can Watch Over and Over Again?📺️😊
I love rewatching TV shows😄It is one of my favourite ways to relax😅 My favourites to rewatch are… Broad City Law & Order SVU Derry Girls Criminal Minds Schitts Creek Do you have any shows that you can watch over and over again?📺️
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Universal credit ex car
Hi everyone, I am looking for some advice regarding Universal Credit and separation. My husband and I are separating, and he is moving out to a rented room. We have children together. He has two cars – both are in his name and he pays the finance for both directly from his bank account. He wants to leave one car with me so…
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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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Film miscasting game
think of a famous film, any age, any genre. Now miscast the main characters with any actor living or dead. For example Pretty Women starring Bella Emberg and Arnold Schwarzenegger.
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The Famous Brands Game!
This could be any well-known brand from restaurant chains to a car manufacturer… anything really 😊 The aim of the game is to think of a Brand that begins with the last letter of the previous Brand For example, if I were to begin with McDonalds, the next person would think of a fictional character beginning with D such…
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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,,,,,,,,,,,
