MSE News: 'I'm on benefits but I'm no scrounger'

thedrsmisses

round here we have factory's the docks and warehouses and the co-op shop the big supermarkets are not employing we live in a village so not many buses and he would clean toilets to provide for his children if someone anyone would just give him a break, he has his op in 3 months fingers crossed his last interview told him as he was going into hospital so soon and could be off for up 18months what would the point be as they would have t employ someone else to take his place whilst his was off for treatment we cant win we get judged if we do we get judged if we don't. im fed up of people thinking he will only do the jobs he is trained for he would do anything to give his family a better life and it breaks my heart to see him struggle to stay upbeat everyday when inside i know he is slowly dying from shame that he cant do what most other dads/husbands do for their families.

alexcross

leemodus
you are doing great by working depite your health problems but what Russ and his partner are saying is it isn't for the want of trying to get a job they have so far been unlucky.
There are many companies who will employ disabled long term or short term but there are many more who will not but they give other excuses rather than tell them they are being turned down due to his disabilities.
I once worked for a large company (one you named) I was there 6 months before I got meningitis I was off for 4 weeks but then when I did go back I had many appointments for one thing or another to attend and only 4 months later I was called into the office and asked to leave because my targets had dropped. I proved that my targets had not dropped at all and I was actually getting higher targets than before my illness but they got round this by saying over all my annual targets had dropped because of the appointments i was having to attend. I still feel that was a low blow but I accept that it happens.

leedsmodus

thedrsmisses wrote: »

round here we have factory's the docks and warehouses and the co-op shop the big supermarkets are not employing we live in a village so not many buses and he would clean toilets to provide for his children if someone anyone would just give him a break, he has his op in 3 months fingers crossed his last interview told him as he was going into hospital so soon and could be off for up 18months what would the point be as they would have t employ someone else to take his place whilst his was off for treatment we cant win we get judged if we do we get judged if we don't. im fed up of people thinking he will only do the jobs he is trained for he would do anything to give his family a better life and it breaks my heart to see him struggle to stay upbeat everyday when inside i know he is slowly dying from shame that he cant do what most other dads/husbands do for their families.

so what is stopping you from working ??????. if you worked 16 hours a week you would get working tax credit as a couple

dktreesea

tescobabe69 wrote: »

http://www.nhs.uk/NHSEngland/Healthcosts/Pages/Prescriptioncosts.aspx

A 12 month certificate is £104.00 and saves money if 15 or more items are needed in 12 months.

You still have to pay for prescriptons in England?? What's with the UK? Nobody pays for prescriptions in Scotland. Prescriptions are free and not means tested. Seems to me when it comes to benefits, there is one rule, usually to the detriment of the people, in England and another, much more generous rule for the rest of the countries that make up the UK.

pompeyfaith

CazGreg,

He said in his story that the bone tumour is so bad it has disconnected his hand so the chances are if they operated to remove the tumour which is difficult anyway because it is a bone tumour he is likely to lose his hand.

So in that situation I would prefer to not be operated on because having one hand is very difficuly indeed hell I have a hand that has spasticity due to stroke and that is bad enough.

thedrsmisses

ive already explaned that, please feel free to go back and read my first post id hate to have to repeat myself.

leedsmodus

alexcross wrote: »

leemodus
you are doing great by working depite your health problems but what Russ and his partner are saying is it isn't for the want of trying to get a job they have so far been unlucky.
There are many companies who will employ disabled long term or short term but there are many more who will not but they give other excuses rather than tell them they are being turned down due to his disabilities.
I once worked for a large company (one you named) I was there 6 months before I got meningitis I was off for 4 weeks but then when I did go back I had many appointments for one thing or another to attend and only 4 months later I was called into the office and asked to leave because my targets had dropped. I proved that my targets had not dropped at all and I was actually getting higher targets than before my illness but they got round this by saying over all my annual targets had dropped because of the appointments i was having to attend. I still feel that was a low blow but I accept that it happens.

i did however say it depends on the area. I originate from the coast were jobs are sparse, luckily i now live in a city with major companies so i guess my opportunities are quite good compared with the person we are talking about

pompeyfaith

leedsmodus wrote: »

so what is stopping you from working ??????. if you worked 16 hours a week you would get working tax credit as a couple

At the moment then that will be increased to 24 hours before you can claim under the welfare reform

thedrsmisses

CazGreg wrote: »

The only thing that confuses me about this article is the lack of mention of his prognosis. From what I can work out, his condition is treatable, even if there is a later chance of recurrence. Living on a small amount for a short while is very different to living on that same amount for the foreseeable future.

And as has been already said - all those NHS travel costs can be claimed back, often cash in hand on the same day.

the article isn't abour the amount of benefit he gets or for how long he will have to live on that its about the discrimination and being treated like a scrounger for claiming

leedsmodus

alexcross wrote: »

leemodus
you are doing great by working depite your health problems but what Russ and his partner are saying is it isn't for the want of trying to get a job they have so far been unlucky.
There are many companies who will employ disabled long term or short term but there are many more who will not but they give other excuses rather than tell them they are being turned down due to his disabilities.
I once worked for a large company (one you named) I was there 6 months before I got meningitis I was off for 4 weeks but then when I did go back I had many appointments for one thing or another to attend and only 4 months later I was called into the office and asked to leave because my targets had dropped. I proved that my targets had not dropped at all and I was actually getting higher targets than before my illness but they got round this by saying over all my annual targets had dropped because of the appointments i was having to attend. I still feel that was a low blow but I accept that it happens.[/QUOTe


if one is off sick from work from a disability and is under the d.d.a. then they have to allow time off for appointments etc.

like myself if i have an hospital appointment to do with one of my disibiilities they give me paid time off , or if i am sick due to my disability then it doesnt go against me. but on the other hand if i have 3 weeks off with shingles , or 4 or 5 times a year off with cold i get treat like everyone else. i believe the words are reasonable adjustments. meningitus is not a disability is it in your case?