Referred from benifits & work section.

CH27

Have you tried claiming Housing & Council Tax benefits?

andrewb4709

CH27 wrote: »

Have you tried claiming Housing & Council Tax benefits?

ESA section told oh they would automatically contatc council to see if we eligble for this. May contact them ourselves just in case they unaware. thanks.

CH27

andrewb4709 wrote: »

ESA section told oh they would automatically contatc council to see if we eligble for this. May contact them ourselves just in case they unaware. thanks.

Never trust any benefits office to do the correct thing.
Always double check your entitlements.

Good luck.

andrewb4709

suleskerry wrote: »

I agree with woodbine, and DEFINITELY get her GP and HV on board. You may have to appeal, but that's not unusual from what I hear about some conditions, even people with autism can be turned down first time. It's a big myth that you just park up and get money as far as DLA is concerned. We had advice from a Welfare Rights Centre to check it over first time. You have to be REALLY negative.

Take you in a bag at work with some staples in it if you've not got a locker or you desk share if you work the call centre - Pot Noodle is really good and the Lidl version has fewer nasties in it, IME if you have a workplace kettle. Tins of fish, some hard cheese and pickle sarnies, a jar of Nutella and digestives for a quick choccie fix, even if you buy crisps and sweeties in the supermarket to take in it's miles cheaper than those vending machines. Don't forget to bring in a flask if your work place has not got a kettle for staff. Put your wee drop milk in an old, washed out fizzy juice bottle and stick that in an insulated lunch bag like for wee ones with a little ice pack from Poundland to keep you going.

I put the kettle on in the morning as it is, and I put two bags of tea in a flask and fill it up on just the one go of the kettle and that's us got tea on tap during the day.

I use my slow cooker so much because then I can buy cheaper cuts of meat and get them nice and soft with just water and an Oxo cube. I round it out with all sort of beans or split peas or if you don't fancy the taste of that the best thing is red lentils as they stew down to pure mush you can mash it with a fork and not taste it at all.

And best of all if your partner is ill you and she or just you can sort it all out before you go on shift, put it in a sealable plastic bag, then pour it in the slow cooker and whack it on before you go away for your shift and when you come back there is a good meal for all and just the one thing to wash up.

tried contacting ESA today, they said should have recieved some paperwork but we have not, they mentioned may now be elligble for income based ESA, so waiting again now fingers crossed. DLA will conatct them tomorrow, to try make a claim, they can only say no and we will be no worse off.

Packed lunch today, no spend in work, good one, lol, and keeping our eyes out for a slow cooker.

thanks again.

beanielou

You need to get the claim pack for DLa in the first instance.
It needs to be completed by someone who knows what they are doing,
08457 123456.