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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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🚨 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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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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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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The Palsy Podcast with Ciaran Fitzgerald
I am joined on episode 27 of The Palsy Podcast by Richard Luke. Richard is Scope's Cerebral Palsy Specialist. Richard talks about his experience growing up with CP, forming relationships and starting a family. Richard talks about his experience in becoming a dad and the internalised ableism he felt. Richard is the…
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Getting married
me and my fiancée are getting married in August and then I’m moving in to hers will that cause any problems or I’m I better moving in before we get married I’m on universal credit lcwrca and pip and she’s on universal credit gets carers element for me and she works?
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Who else was scammed?
I’ve been hanging about on a dating site and using a few dating apps, and I’ve recently ended up being scammed by someone who claimed he had a PhD in Chemistry and worked as a technical tutor at Middlesex University. He also said he was the owner of a place called Mercer Court on Candle Street in London. Some of the stuff…
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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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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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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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Is starting work a change of circumstances for PIP
I thought you did not have to declare if you start, end or change jobs on PIP as long as your job does not contradict your claim needs but I have seen PIP mentioned on the right to try work policy and I am confused!
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The Celebrity Name Game!
The aim of the game is to think of a Celebrity who's first name begins with the first letter of the previous celebrity's surname. For example, Adam Sandler. The next person would think of a celebrity beginning with S such as Simon Cowell, and so on… So if we were to begin with Simon Cowell, the next celebrity name needs to…
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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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Coffee - What Type Is The Best?
Is it me or am I having a nightmare?! I am shocked to see how expensive coffee is today! To that end, I was just wondering how does everyone like their brown powder to be?
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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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Here's some of the best Comic Con photos from Doncaster Dome yesterday
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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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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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A to Z of songs
lets play A to Z of songs a angels by robbie williams
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Hi, my name is Tigga!
Hi just joined group thought I would introduce myself xx
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Hi, my name is bala!
hello everyone
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Humour
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Alphabetical flower game
I'll start withAster
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Hi, my name is Crazybobs! i'm 60 in a few days and rely on my Greenpower scooter
Hi all, i'm 60 in a few days and rely on my Greenpower scooter to take my dogs for long walks in the forest. Although i suffer Osteo Arthritis throughout my body, i am a mechanic by trade (medicaly retired) and carry out all my own maintenance, repairs, and hopefully mods, so am looking to exchange ideas and info regarding…
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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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Weekly shop costs
I hope none of them will mind that I've "pinched" their idea, but I saw a conversation between @WelshBlue, @SheffieldMan1976 and @SoapySoutar about the cost of a weekly shop, and the suggestion that £58 is expensive. I have a number of dietary restrictions and also rely on some convenience foods, as I find food preparation…
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What's for tea tonight!
I have jacket potatoes in the oven, cant wait im starving.
