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Green Paper Related Discussions
The consultation deadline is currently the 30th June 2025. Have you responded yet? If so, have you any tips for those who are looking to? This is our newest discussion about Labour's Green Paper on benefits reforms. If you're looking for links to the consultation and information about consultation events, you can find that…
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Green Paper and Benefits Reform Updates
With all the speculation around in the press and on social media, it can be difficult to find clear information about Labour's benefits reforms. Misinformation can spread easily and this can create a lot of anxiety at a time when lots of people are already feeling worried by the proposals. We wanted to create a discussion…
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🌷🌸🌷Gardening Corner🌷🌸🌷
Hey everyone! Since “How does your garden grow” was so popular I wanted to start my own post for the gardeners of the community! Would be great to share advice and tips with others or even just post what new plants you have purchased Today I bought 6 young rhododendron which I know are a bit controversial but couldn’t…
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National Creativity Day 🎨 how do you showcase your creativity?
Happy National Creativity Day! Today is a day dedicated to celebrating creativity in all its many forms. We've got lots of creative people on the community. From poets to painters to writers, bakers, gardeners and many more. But creativity can apply to all kinds of subjects and skills, even some that aren't often seen as…
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JKP Writing Prize - a competition for aspiring writers 📖🥇
The JKP Writing Prize is a competition for aspiring writers from underrepresented backgrounds. The theme this year is: Everyday Disability and Chronic Illness: Stories of Joy, Resistance, and Anti-Ableism. The voices of disabled and chronically ill individuals remain vastly underrepresented across many sectors, including…
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Publication of Commissioning Framework for Children and Young People with Cerebral Palsy
After working with NHS England and other key stakeholders, the most important of which were families, Scope is very pleased to announce that the Commissioning Framework for Children and Young People with Cerebral Palsy was published at the start of May. The framework can be found here: NHS England » Commissioning framework…
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Join our online event for Parents of Children with Cerebral Palsy 💚
You're Invited! 🤝 Connect with other parents 🧠 Meet our Cerebral Palsy Specialist, Lucy 💬 Share your story and let us know how we can support you 🗓 When: Thursday, 26 June 🕦 Time: 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM 📍 Where: Zoom 🎟 Reserve your free ticket now on Eventbrite!
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Preparing for emergencies survey
Hi everyone, Scope are working with the British Red Cross to find out what support disabled people and their families need in emergencies. We want to ask people about how they have prepared for emergencies. For example, fires, floods and power cuts. You can enter a prize draw for a £40 gift voucher. The survey will be open…
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Disabled Children and Sleep - Services and Signposting Support😴💤
Part One- An Introduction😴🛌 Part Two - Practical Sleep Strategies for Parents and Carers🌙😴 As our final post for sleep week, we are going to look at signposting and services available to help families caring for disabled children. Specialist Help with Sleep Cerebra has free sleep service and offer individual support for…
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Feedback on moving into residential care
Do you live in residential care? Or have you lived in residential care in the last year? We're creating a new webpage for the Scope website and would love to hear from you. If you'd be willing to help, please email Content.Core@scope.org.uk. It would involve speaking to us about your experience of moving into residential…
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Join our special online event for Parents of Children with Cerebral Palsy 💚
You're Invited! 🤝 Connect with other parents 🧠 Meet our Cerebral Palsy Specialist, Lucy 💬 Share your story and let us know how we can support you 🗓 When: Thursday, 26 June 🕦 Time: 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM 📍 Where: Zoom 🎟 Reserve your free ticket now on Eventbrite!
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Get your MP to act against cuts
Hi everyone 🙂 It's Tori from Scope's campaigns team here. I think it's fair to say that the last few weeks have been pretty bleak. We saw widespread news coverage last weekend about potential Government proposals to cut disability benefits. I know this is worrying for many of you. MPs from all parties need to understand…
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Important: Check if you have a Radio Teleswitch Service (RTS) meter before the switch-off in June
What’s happening? If you have a Radio Teleswitch Service (RTS) meter (black box in the image), they are being switched off on 30 June. (Caption: The RTS meter is the black box on the right. There are different types, so yours may look a little different. But they are all black and say Radio Teleswitch on them.) What will…
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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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Carers Personal Budget - Payment Issues
Good morning all, I had my annual Carers Assessment a few month back. I received the payment advice from the council, and when no payment was received I phoned my Carers Manager to chase up. Turns out she wrote my account number incorrectly on the form, and she’s now having issues correcting it. No idea what these issues…
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Poem called pace
Life goes along at a fast pace and life sometimes feels like a race. Grace life with a special touch. Life is a special gem of beauty. We need to cherish each moment of our lives to achieve amazing things and share wonderful memories with those special people in our lives to.
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It's going to be tough
These last few weeks are going to be tough they will be putting articles up of benefits cheats lazy scroungers ramping it up if we all see it for what it is thier desperate to get more divide and hate keep pushing back there is more of us than them keep strong let's keep the pressure up I know they come on tv and media…
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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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National Pet Day
As we missed National Pet Day on the 11 April 2025 I thought we could have it a bit late and share any photos we have of our pets. Look forward to seeing yours. I will start with Sam my kitten. And just one of Toby my dog who I lost on the 1 April 2025.
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Advice re Ex Partner
hey, my ex is very ignorant to my disability (herniated discs, DDD, fibromyalgia and chronic pain syndrome). We have an 8 year old who lives with me over 80% of the time. With her 2.5 weekends one month and 1.5 the next (alternating). This weekend our son is due back with me this evening. But I’ve been in a bad flare up…
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UC recalculation after PIP tribunal
Hello everyone! Looking for some advice after my wife (who is LCWRA) was awarded PIP by tribunal last week, backdated to August 2023. I am self employed and care for her 35+ hours. While the PIP appeal process has dragged along I couldn't be given carers element of UC and had a minimum income floor (MIF) applied each month…
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First UC Statement
Hello, I got my first UC Statement this morning. It said I will be getting £539.05 this month. I get NS ESA of £281.10 a fortnight. My UC deductions are of £601.05 because of NS ESA and spare bedroom for housing element. My question is do I still qualify for free NHS treatment such as prescriptions, dental and opticians? I…
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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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whats everyone having for breakfast and lunch?
Since im not the only one obsessed with food and liking to get ideas thought would start this thread Im having brunch of bacon and eggs, anybody else having anything nice? ill have dinner later but no third meal
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What's for tea tonight!
I have jacket potatoes in the oven, cant wait im starving.
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Tell us some boring news.
There's intrigue in the mundane and so today we're asking you to share: what is something boring you've done lately? Emptied the kitchen bin? Run out of teabags? Bought a clothes airer? Cleaned the oven? Tell us. I'll go: I walked to the shop to post a parcel, but I'd accidentally deleted the digital label they needed to…
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Dwp universal credit
Hello can someone tell me my daughter who is a carer for me. She didn't get paid her universal credit today, she normally gets paid the 1st of each month. We rang dwp they said it was suspended. Well my daughter had changed her number so she wasn't getting any messages. Well they said they need to review her claim to see…
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PIP Renewal
My son has recently received a PIP renewal form which has to be returned by 18th June and due to his mental health I am helping him fill it in. Unfortunately we didn't keep a copy of the last renewal form and are unsure what points were awarded. My question is this. My son's condition has not changed. I am worried about…
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Can I get Universal credit being a student?
hi, I’m an 18 year student, at college doing my btec first year. I got one year left at college. Currently I’m living in a shared room, in a private house. I left home a year ago after parents got divorced and no one wanted to keep me. My uncle has been helping pay my rent (which is inclusive of bills) but he’s losing his…
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Vehicles blocking pavements
hi my name is Lenore I have just started exploring my local area in my Electric wheelchair. I have noticed many vehicles obstructing paths making it extremely difficult for myself and other people to pass safely. has any body else experienced this? if so, how would I Report this. and what would happen next.
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Waiting a long time to get through to the DWP (ESA) on the phone
I am currently waiting to speak to an agent from the DWP, regarding ESA. I rang at 2:15pm, and it's now 4:05pm, and still no response.. There is annoying looped music, a voice constantly telling you that "we know you are waiting", and no queue position number. Also, no call back option either, which would be very helpful.…
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Pension and benefits
I've only just signed up so new to this and I hope someone may be able to help me. I have a question about my retirement that is worrying me a little. I am due to retire in November this year. My partner is 17 years my junior and we have very happily lived together in a housing association house for many years. My partner…
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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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ESA Stopped. No migration letter
Hi all. my brother has had his ESA stopped but he hasnt had a migration letter.. what can he do? Thanks all
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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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Spinal stenosis & SEL spinal epidural lipamatosis, I'm in so much pain, need people that understand
I have spinal stenosis and also SEL spinal epidural lipamatosis I do know I am overweight but I need people that understand where I am coming from I’m in so much pain.
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ESA migration to UC resulting in Council Tax Reduction Changes
Hi, I was wondering if anyone has had this happen to them? I was getting 100% Council Tax Reduction with my Income Related ESA and now that has changed due to Migration and I now have a Council Tax bill.I’m aware UC is separate to Council Tax but when you are told you will not be worse off due to migration it’s not true…
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Osteoarthritis, carpal tunnel, sciatica, compressed neck discs that all affect my movement
Hello all, I have spoken to my work OT three times, applied for PIP (declined 2 points awarded), I can't drive a manual car because of gear changing (limited shoulder movement) and I would like to have someone come into my home to assess my home situation so I can my life easier for my mobility. I have already has a work…
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Values in life
Hi to everyone, i couldnt sleep last night thinking about life, im a highly sensitive person, sometimes i heard from some people that i had to change because i was hypersensitive, my aunt told me that when i was little i used to walk down the street giving money to people, i couldn’t eat and sleep when the animal i wanted…
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Reactive Hypoglycemia
Does anyone have reactive hypoglycemia as one of their health issues. If so, do they get any support from NHS. I pay to see someone privately from time to time. G.p. practice says they do not cover it. Wondered if there was any NHS support as well as private. Thank you Everyone
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Socialising
Hi All my Name is Lenore. is there any coffee meet-ups going on in Medway kent ?
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Wishing you all glorious Saturday to all
i hope you are doing well on this glorious Saturday with the gorgeous sun. Time for a refreshing cool drink of our choice to quench our thirst. As dress up in our summer clothes to keep ourselves cool. I really appreciate that you all have a tremendous Saturday to you all what I ever you are doing stay safe while enjoying…
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You can change your in person appointment to telephone
Hi I’ve seen some posts about concerns at having to attend an in person assessment for ESA so wanted to share my experience as I found that you can change this to a telephone appointment if you need to. My initial appointment was for a telephone assessment and they cancelled this on the day. I was offered the opportunity…
