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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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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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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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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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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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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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The Never-Ending (5 word) Story
So here's another fun one! Let's all tell a tale of epic proportions! But the catch is we can only type five words at a time. So I say five words, the next person adds five and so on. Let's see how long we can keep this going for. 😎 Are you sitting comfortably dear reader? Then let's begin… There once was a dog…
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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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Alphabetical flower game
I'll start withAster
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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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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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Coronation Street Corner🐝🚉
A place to talk about all things Coronation Street…past, present and future💥🐝🤩 For Eastenders fans - Eastenders Exchange For Emmerdale Fans - Emmerdale Discussion
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Where do you advertise for a PA
Our last one has just quit. She was good, but as clients we were a bit of a sideline. We've had one new applicant fall through, who looked hopeful. We've got an advert/jobdescription on PA pool, Nextdoor, various FB groups.. Any suggestions on other places would be great..
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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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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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Hi, my name is Andy243!
Hello everyone! I’m new here and excited to be part of this community. I love learning about travel, culture, and discovering new places around the world. Recently, I’ve been reading about different destinations and especially exploring things to do in Rome, which has really sparked my interest in planning future trips.…
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Please welcome Monday's members!
Hello to some of our newest members: @feah, @sm6667, @daisydoor21, @Jackythecat, @hannahnxnn, @Carmen_28, @EmmaLo, @Jaz7, @protectingmypeace, and @Sondi! Lovely to have you with us. I've already seen a couple of you around so I hope you've been enjoying yourselves so far. If you haven't posted yet, please feel free to join…
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Hi, my name is Holly_Mildred! Awarded lower rate of care only
I have in my past, worked for DWP, when I was classed as disabled, but after I had received a "full award" …. Higher rate on both….. and had received it up until I had a review, that then put me on high mobility and lower rate care. I was on that rate for about 5 years, and then I left dwp and moved over to HMRC and they…
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Arrested
Bully by police and nurses at Caerphilly police station, they arrested me wile having a fler left 13h with no medication, 3 weeks ago I'm still having flashbacks the away I have been treated, my mental health is worst now and my fisical condition, guys need help need to talk to someone.
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What are you listening to right now?
Are you listening to any music, TV, or podcasts as you go about your day? I'm doing a music project at the moment so I'm listening to a lot of ambient game and film soundtracks while I work. Not usually what I listen to but it's quite relaxing! What are you listening to?
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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.
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Hi, my name is Amanda197219! PIP suspended, what happens with motability?
I sent my review forms back on the 1/3/2026 I have had my pip suspended. I have the mobility scheme to pay out of my pip.
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will for my dog
I want to have a will for my puppy if i die does anyone know how i can do that so he is taken care of?
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Hi, my name is Paul
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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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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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PIP MR
Good morning, With regards to the one month MR deadline I am not sure how it work as I read on a website that you have 13 months to submit MR not the 1 month as DWP says. IF I inform DWP now the clock starts ticking and they can set a deadline for the final MR decision before I get to send my evidence. At the moment, I am…
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Awarded by tribunal up to 16th April haven’t heard back
hi everyone I was wondering if anyone can help me. I did my review forms but handed them in late but always continuously told pip and asked them for extensions which they were completely ok with. I haven’t heard from them but got this text in 6th Feb We still have your PIP form and will be progressing your review as soon…
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Trump
At this point i truly believe Trump is playing with the people he knows exactly what hes saying and the effect its having So the latest is his words The president of the united states has learning disabilites he quoted they have dyslexia and he said more check it out ! Oh he said more but as i said check ot out can you be…
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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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Humour
