Hello
At the moment, I am concentrating a lot on ESA, as a lot of folks are going through it, I hope the information, I put here helps.
At some stage, you will be sent a letter, asking you to attend an interview at your local Job Centre, now you may have been told, that if you refuse to go to this interview you will loose your benefit, this is not the case.
If you have stated on the form, that you are housebound with ME, and have a backing letter from your doc, simply ring them up, and tell them, sometimes they don't read the forms properly and so don't enter the data properly, stick by your guns.
Ask for the interview to be done over the telephone, and generally that is OK, you can also ask for it to be done over a period of time, in small bits, as well.
The system is generic, one size fits all, and as you know, it doesn't work like that, have them work round you.
If you come up as being able to work when you clearly can't don't be afraid to appeal, people are appealing several times, in fact the system, in on the verge of collapse, because of the number of appeals.
If you don't like the system, feel free to get onto your MP, you voted for them, so use them, for your benefit.
That's it for now.
Miriam
Sunday, November 27, 2011
Sunday, November 6, 2011
ESA and energy prices
Hello
First of all, sooner or later, we are all going onto ESA, so I have been researching it, I hope the information I give you helps.
I have done several posts on this, you can look through my blog, to find the others.
For today, I am talking about the first part.
Once you have sent the form off, within 13 weeks, you will receive a letter back, it is very generic, hard to understand, and does not really tell you much!
If you receive a letter saying that you are going into the 'work related group' don't panic, we all are!
Please see here for more details.
Unless you are pregnant, or have a terminal illness, this is what happens, the next stage is to be sent a letter detailing when your assessment is going to be, this gives you the opportunity to show what you can and cannot do, if you are on disability living allowance, be sure, to show them a copy of the letter detailing this, it will work in your favour.
Action4me, have kindly put together an easy to read guide, is it very helpful, be sure to read it.
Once you have had the assessment they will then decide, if you need to have the practical medical as well, after doing all this, they will then decide whether you go into the support group, or the work group.
I would recommend that when you have the assessment, you have someone with you, who knows what you are like, on a day to day basis, it all helps.
I hope this has helped you.
Now for something totally different.
Energy prices
We all have to face them, we all dread them, but there are services, that help people like you and I to pay for them. I hope you find both of these useful.
Decc Gov UK
Warm home discount.
I hope the information helps you, and feel free to use the comments section to share your experiences.
First of all, sooner or later, we are all going onto ESA, so I have been researching it, I hope the information I give you helps.
I have done several posts on this, you can look through my blog, to find the others.
For today, I am talking about the first part.
Once you have sent the form off, within 13 weeks, you will receive a letter back, it is very generic, hard to understand, and does not really tell you much!
If you receive a letter saying that you are going into the 'work related group' don't panic, we all are!
Please see here for more details.
Unless you are pregnant, or have a terminal illness, this is what happens, the next stage is to be sent a letter detailing when your assessment is going to be, this gives you the opportunity to show what you can and cannot do, if you are on disability living allowance, be sure, to show them a copy of the letter detailing this, it will work in your favour.
Action4me, have kindly put together an easy to read guide, is it very helpful, be sure to read it.
Once you have had the assessment they will then decide, if you need to have the practical medical as well, after doing all this, they will then decide whether you go into the support group, or the work group.
I would recommend that when you have the assessment, you have someone with you, who knows what you are like, on a day to day basis, it all helps.
I hope this has helped you.
Now for something totally different.
Energy prices
We all have to face them, we all dread them, but there are services, that help people like you and I to pay for them. I hope you find both of these useful.
Decc Gov UK
Warm home discount.
I hope the information helps you, and feel free to use the comments section to share your experiences.
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