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🤩Welcome To The Soap Box!🤩
I know we've got a fair few soap fans on the community so I thought I would create a dedicated discussions for us to chat about the episodes and anything else related😄🥁 Coronation Street Corner Emmerdale Discussion Eastenders Exchange
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Happy CP Awareness Month! 💚
I thought about sharing my own experience based on a recent project I have been working on. Growing up, I loved drama; I took it at GCSE, Post-16, and even outside of school. I got top grades and was told I had talent. However, I was always dismissed for leading roles in school productions. Whether intentional or not, it…
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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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Interview with Pat Herring: Five Decades of Advocacy and Community
Cerebral Palsy Awareness Month is also a time to recognise the supporters and advocates who stand alongside the CP community. I recently had the privilege of spending time with Pat Herring — an advocate, campaigner, parent of an adult living with CP, and long-standing member of the CP Network who has been involved with…
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We’re looking for disabled young people to speak to Journalists
We’re looking for disabled young people who might be open to speaking to journalists ahead of the release of the Milburn review in spring 2026 (likely between March and May). The review is an independent investigation into the rise in youth economic inactivity. We’re hoping to identify someone who: is a disabled young…
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Listen to Our Sara on the Palsy Podcast!
@SaraC_Scope joins Ciaran Fitzgerald for episode 4 of The Palsy Podcast. Sara is a CP specialist for the charity Scope, and talks about her experiences growing up, forming relationships and starting a family. Sara has started the Wales Cerebral Palsy Network and is keen for people with CP across Wales to get involved.…
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Cerebral Palsy Is Lifelong — Services Must Be Too
Cerebral palsy does not disappear at 18. Yet adult services for people with CP are often fragmented, inconsistent, or difficult to access. Adults with CP are: • navigating employment and career progression • managing fatigue, pain and secondary conditions • experiencing ageing with a lifelong neurological condition •…
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It's Cerebral Palsy (CP) Awareness Month! Some people to read or listen to
March is here, and with it comes Cerebral Palsy Awareness Month 2026 — a time to celebrate our community, amplify lived experience, challenge assumptions, and show the world just how diverse, creative and powerful the CP community really is. Cerebral palsy isn’t one story. It’s millions of stories. Different bodies.…
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Hey
Hey all! I’m new to this! I’m hoping to make some new friends! My hobbies are: arts and crafts, reading, listening to music, going to the cinema, shopping and seeing my friends and family! I have cp but only my speech is affected , LD, mental health and dyspraxia! Looking forward to making some new friends!
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Alphabetical flower game
I'll start withAster
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Tea party A-Z game
As I'm sure you know, we are a bunch of very sophisticated people with very sophisticated tastes. So naturally we're having a sophisticated tea party to show how very sophisticated we are. So name a food or drink that you're bringing to the party starting with A and going all the way through the alphabet. For example:…
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A - Z Topography
Anything goes: land, water, mountain, city, region. I'll start with Amsterdam
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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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The Fictional Character Name Game!
This is the same idea as The Celebrity Name Game! but instead of Celebrities, we use Fictional Characters. They could be from a book, or a film/series, a game… anything really 😊 The aim of the game is to think of a fictional character who's first name begins with the first letter of the previous celebrity's surname. For…
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Hi, my name is Hanady_Saka81!
Hi everyone, I've recently joined this community and I hope to benefit myself and others...
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Would you rather...
Answer the previous would you rather and then state another one (I learnt this one from a boring job I had, where we did this all day..). Would you rather have telekinesis (the ability to move things with your mind) or telepathy (the ability to read minds)?
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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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Let's welcome our new members!
We're so pleased to have you all and look forward to getting to know you! @chloelambert86 @sandydog @amy2010 @clegge @TShaw @Amanda197219 @pam1102 @Iain62 @aaronwilkes @RRSSK @Khayyam @Holly_Mildred
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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 Reviews - has anyone got any positive stories?
hello guys hope everyone is as good as can be 🥰jus wondering if anyone has any positive pip review stories lately? Sent my forms off last May, award was due up in November had extension for a year as many have. Just wondering what people’s experiences are of similar dates and timelines. Sending hugs to everyone 🥰
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Hi, my name is Hunmanby! How long for WCA decision?
hi all! Really new to all this! Any update as to how long you get a decision after a work capability assessment?? Thanks 🙏 it’s only been two weeks but the waiting is awful…
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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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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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Trust fund conversation banned?
I asked a question on here about protection of benifits after receiving a medical negligence pay out. For example buying a home. The thread was then stopped because it was against community guide lines by Adrian. What is the point in using this platform to get advise when the thread is stopped for no reason? How would a…
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As a late 40s neurodivergent adult - Am I too old to return to College?
I'd like to do a part time game design course at Hillsborough or Peaks campus but they keep telling me that because I'm considerably over 25, I'm too old to qualify for the course! I'm pretty sure this is illegal under various legislation but anyway, I'm 50 3 weeks today, am I too old to be a student again?
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Pip Appeal - Will I be successful?
I logged my second pip appeal in december 2025 after losing it for reporting I had arthritis which you are suppose to do even though I won my pip back in 2022 but now im partially sighted on the blind register and hold a CVA certificate does anyone think I have a high chance of getting it back thanks
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Hi, my name is lex57! Adding partner to rent account
I wish to add my long time partner to my rent account, not as easy as I thought
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Grrrrrrrrrr...... then 🥰
Had a text & email earlier Reminder: … you have a Universal Credit phone appointment. We'll call you at… How can they remind you of something you knew nothing about, no text, email or journal notification & it is for tomorrow!!! 🤬🤯 I sometimes wonder where they get their workforce from, seriously!!! On a sweet note, my…
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Farage benefits
Farage: “But look, the brutal truth is that we just can’t go on with the benefits bill. Over £300bn. And that is going to involve some very, very tough choices. And there will be people that don’t like what needs to be done. But I’m afraid it has to be done and we will have the courage to face up to that, however loud some…
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☘️ Happy St Patrick’s Day! ☘️
The interesting origin of St Patrick This stems back over 1000 years, traditionally in Celebration of St Patrick (Maewyn Soccat) bringing Chistianity to Ireland. Maewyn Soccat had an incredible life. Born into a wealthy family in Roman Britain, at 16 he was captured by Irish Raiders who took him to Ireland to be a slave.…
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LCWRA reassessments
Hi, I last had a wca reassessment form arrive Jan 2024 (after being left alone for over 8 yrs) and i received a decision of LCWRA/support group mid April 2024, after being in the other group- cant remember what it was called. I have a long term condition ME/CFS for over 25 years. Its now coming up to 2 years since that…
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Community Transport - charges
I enquired from my local council - how much they would charge me to help me to get to my GP in a neighbouring town (6 miles away) - should my wife ever be incapacitated. Taxis are out because I could not get back afterwards. The answer - YES £75 return I said - NO THANKS
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Post a random pic
Post any picture that you find interesting, amusing, cool, weird, etc, here. It doesn't have to be a picture you've taken, it can be a picture you found anywhere.
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Hi, my name is Sami190! How do I get some volunteer activities for my CV?
Hi, I've not being able to undertake any volunteer activities my whole life and now I need some on my CV. I'm starved for it so I need help
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The Never Ending Songbook (Volume II)
Last time I was on the forum I started this thread which people seemed to enjoy but when I left for 8 months it was deleted with me so I'll restart it. for those who have joined since April or don't remember, basically I post a song title and artist the next person posts a song title and artist using a word from the…
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Film game.
Apologies if this has been done before……but simple rules, last letter of each film starts a new one! For example…..Wizard of Oz, becomes Zulu…..
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UC Review - I’m Confused..
Hello, Earlier on I received a text message from UC, to read a message on my journal. I have signed into my account and on the journal it says “We are reviewing your Universal Credit claim to make sure your payments are correct. As part of the review, you will need to send us information to confirm your details.” It also…
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Spam reference heating help
I just reported this to action fraud. just wanted to make others aware that it is a scam.
