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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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Scope's Purple Badges for Disability Equality in Parliament
Scope are raising awareness of International Day of Disabled People by giving out purple badges to MPs to show support for the disabled community. The aim is to promote more conversations about disability equality in Parliament to keep the topic on the political agenda and make sure disabled voices are heard. Guests will…
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Disability History Month - Baroness Jane Campbell
Jane Campbell, Baroness Campbell of Surbiton, is a prominent disability advocate known for her work in promoting equality and rights for disabled people. Born in 1959, she has lived with spinal muscular atrophy, a condition that affects her mobility. Despite the challenges posed by her impairment, Jane Campbell has…
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We'd love your input! Working in the finance sector
We’re exploring the barriers that disabled people face when it comes to employment, especially within the finance sector, where disabled people remain under-represented. We’d really appreciate hearing your thoughts on the following: Have you ever considered a job or career in the finance sector? What barriers do you think…
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🔥Fuel Poverty Awareness Day 2025 - Spotlight On Scope's Disability Eenrgy Support Service🔥
Since 2020, the fuel poverty gap has almost doubled and it is over £400 In England. For disabled households, the impact is even greater. Many people need to keep their homes at a steady temperature, rely on essential medical or mobility equipment or do extra washing which increases energy use. But only 36% of fuel poor…
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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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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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A to Z of songs
lets play A to Z of songs a angels by robbie williams
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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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Fraud bill
Was passed by royal Desent
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Democracy
Watching our rights been taken more and more each moment that passes keeping us distracted and more laws been passed everything has become cooperations The goverment is a cooperation The royals all registered as cooperations everything is run by elites even care homes farage will privatise NHS i feel such Despair for whats…
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ADHD Review
This discussion was created from comments split from: Mental health.
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How do we manage? Charged bedroom tax but have no spare rooms
disabled need heat all day help cleaning food gardeners taxis decorators careers places to go people to talk to and shopping all costing more than one average undisabled person how does the maths work seriously how does it work the little extra hardly pays a cleaner each week let alone gardeners are you changing pip are u…
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PIP AR2 light-touch review
Hello, after searching the internet and various relevant forums, i am unable to find a difinitive answer, therefore i am hoping someone here can help. My partner who is autistic and has ADHD has recently received a PIP AR2 light-touch review form. After hours of research, i was hoping to make his life easier without result…
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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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Budget announcements on health and disability benefit assessments
From the rightsnet site today Z2K: Digging into the Budget announcements on health and disability benefit assessments New Blog from Z2K's Samuel Thomas: The detail of the Budget announcement on health and disability benefit assessments has received surprisingly little attention. Budget documents confirm that the government…
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Unsure whether to appeal PIP decision.
Hi, I have just received my review letter and have been awarded PIP for Daily living at (Higher) rate and mobility at (Lower rate) I have been awarded ten points as going out causes me severe psychological distress and I can not go out alone. I am approaching a period of therapy arranged by mental health services which…
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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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I'm Not Ashamed
I feel as though many people are guarded as to their true feelings, and I reckon this is a barrier to progress. I believe in authenticity, and I can say that authentically I get quite upset when I see things that remind me of the innocence of childhood, such as teddy bears and stuff and stuff that is directly associated…
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Evidence required for being well enough to work
Hi just wondering if anyone has any experience with reporting a change that you're well enough to work and what evidence you will need to supply to prove the change in circumstances. Just asking so they'll be no nasty surprises. Thanks
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Something in your room
A little game I've played before, name an actual item you can see from where you are, beginning with the last letter of the item before. So if can see a 'television', so the next person has to name something they can see that begins with an 'n' as it is the last letter. My item: Chair
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Streeting looking into mental health and nureodiverse
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ce8q26q2r75o.amp
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Future welfare cuts
Alan Milburn going after the long term sick
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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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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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Mental Health Under Investigation
This is what I call a very hotbed topic for many thousands of us if not hundreds of thousands into millions who battle mental health daily. The health secretary, Wes Streeting, has ordered a clinical review of the diagnosis of mental health conditions, according to reports. Streeting is understood to be concerned about a…
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Do I need to let DWP know about a hip replacement?
Hi. I am sixty nine yrs old receiving pip with light touch reviews, on list for a hip replacement probably get it next year, got severe osteoarthritis arthritis in both hips and knees as well as stenosis of the spine ( had laminectomy surgery ) also profoundly deaf, so not expecting this new hip to work miracles, but do I…
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PIP Review Success Story and Timeline
Hi I thought I'd share my PIP review timeline and outcome here. People so often share the negative and I just wanted to share a positive story. I spent hours lurking in forums reading posts during the review process and most of what I read scared me, so I wanted to put it out there that sometimes it does go well! My Review…
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UC Appintee taking claimant abroad
Hi we are taking our daughter on holiday to New York for a week next week. She is on UC in LCWRA and PIP. I am aware of the rules around PIP but do I as the appointee need to let UC know she will be abroad and if so do I just leave a note in her journal for the dates we are away.
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Adhd and Autism
So Politicians now seem to think they are experts on this.I dont have either but my son has both and us affected by both.Reading between what I've heard already I think they ( the Politicians).Think Drs are over diagnosing and in doing so it is leading to a number of people claiming for benefits.So they feel the welfare…
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Pip Mandatory Reconsideration
Hi I’m currently going through pip mandatory reconsideration. I missed a call from pip and when I called back the case worker that was dealing with my case wanted to know if my bank detail were correct and if I was okay with a lump sum. What does this mean? Does it mean I have been awarded or is it just standard.
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Epilepsy application for a pip
My application for a change from DLA to a PIP for my wife took 1year from start to finish and went through application to tribunal, during this process I made efforts to find out why my wife's condition was underplayed at every turn. When I made my telephone application for the forms to start the procedure, the lady I was…
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Can someone please help me
I just phoned 111 and they couldn't help what can zi do?
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WCA - has been dragging on for ages
April 2024 - fill in a UC50 (know now it's a WCA50 but at the time was still a UC50) form to be reassessed from LCW as things got worse, even worse now. I was told in my UC journal it was received,wouldn't be processed "certain number a month " I got told :( Anyhow, get a WCA out of the blue over the weekend,was due to…
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Hello again
This discussion was created from comments split from: Hello again. I hope everybody is okay.
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Paper Assessment
Hi everyone. Hope your day is going well. I am a tad worried, well, more than a tad. I am very anxious as I received a text message to say my PIP assessment has been completed and I will get a decision in the next two weeks. I wasn't due for renewal until April. I haven't had an assessment, so I am assuming it's…
