Benefit and Work annual subscription...

wouldbeqaulitymoneysaver

MSE folks need to belong to benefits and work because then they would see it for themselves and I would not be under pressure to try to convince you.
wants to protect benefits and work and all they do for people.

wouldbeqaulitymoneysaver

Some good people thanking on this thread which is heartening.xxx

wouldbeqaulitymoneysaver

Benefits and Work site is used by Soliticitors, NHS there is a whole wad of professional Organisations that use it, if it is good enough for them.....

osdset

I don't agree with any advice based web sites that deal with benefits charging for information, I think it's tacky and exploitative.
There is nothing on that site that cannot be sourced on the web gratis.

bestpud

Sounds like the place to be if you want hugs and congratulations for failing a medical and to be told you are consigned to the scrapheap for life.

I'm sure it is full of all the conspiracy theorists, those who devote their life to milking the the benefit system for all its worth and those who have borderline conditions and want to make sure they don't trip themselves up when they apply.

For anyone who wants a more balanced view and/or is definitely entitled to benefits, a free site will offer what you need.

wouldbeqaulitymoneysaver

http://www.benefitsandwork.co.uk/b-forum-feedback
Royal College of Nursing

Spinal Injuries Association

Chesterfield Law Centre

Stephenson’s Solicitors

Birmingham Citizens Advice Bureau

Manchester City Council Sensory Provision Team

St Mungos

Coventry Mind

Colchester Borough Council Welfare Rights

Fibromyalgia Association UK

Employment Support Service, Coventry City Council

Union of Brunel Students

DIAL, Basildon & South Essex

Rethink North Devon

Stonham Housing Association

London Borough of Newham Client Affairs

The Fire Fighters Charity

Welfare Rights Service, Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council

Macmillan Benefits Service, Glasgow

Ty Arian (Solicitors)

Camberwell ME Support Group

Headway, Ayrshire
Second Step Housing Association

Independent Living Centre, Trowbridge

Coventry & Warwickshire Mind

Brooksbank Money Advice Section, Dundee

Autism Anglia

National Ankylosing Spondylitis Society

Blyth Valley Disabled Forum

Cornwall Blind Association

Bristol Citizens Advice Bureau

Carers advice and Resource Establishment, Sandwell

Purbeck Citizens Advice Bureau

Mind in Taunton and West Somerset

CATCH UP Ltd Llanelli

Disablement Association,
Hillingdon

Cardiff and Vale Coalition of Disabled People

London Borough of Merton, Welfare Benefits Service

South Bradford Community Network

Dorset Residential Homes, Dorchester

Stockport Advice

Meridian Money Advice

Mind in Haringey
React Disability Group, Stevenage

Julian Housing Project, Oxford

Cerebra

Intowork

Helena Partnerships Housing Association

West Leicestershire Mind

Education Otherwise

Edinburgh Welfare Rights Advice Shop

Teesdale Citizens Advice Bureau

Dunedin Canmore Housing Association

CMT United Kingdom

Perth & Kinross Council Welfare Rights Team

Wallich Clifford Community

Cerebra

Intowork

Helena Partnerships Housing Association

West Leicestershire Mind

Education Otherwise

Edinburgh Welfare Rights Advice Shop

Teesdale Citizens Advice Bureau

Dunedin Canmore Housing Association

CMT United Kingdom

Perth & Kinross Council Welfare Rights Team

Wallich Clifford Community

Maldon Essex Mind

Money Advice Unit, Hertfordshire

Surrey Association for Visual Impairment (SAVI)

Irish Support & Advice Service

Norwich and West Norfolk Citizens Advice Bureau

Plymouth Guild Disability Information & Advice Centre

Brighton & Hove Federation of Disabled People

Canterbury District Citizens Advice Bureau

Disability Information Service Huntingdonshire

Chapeltown Citizens Advice Bureau

Edinburgh Cyrenian Trust

Hillcrest Housing Association

Inverness CAB

Sarsen Housing Association

Fibromyalgia in Tonbridge Support Group

Welwyn Hatfield Community Housing Trust

Bury EST

Together (Working for Wellbeing)

Different Strokes

North Tyneside Disability Forum

Rochdale MBC Advice Service

Warwickshire Network for ME

Benefits Made Simple

Disability and Social Care Advice Service, Balham

So benefits and work Members and Professional Organisations are wrong to subscribe to this professional organisation.
The organisations above speak for themselves as do happy members in the feedback.
I would rather pay 37p a day and get what is rightfully mine and get right advice by downloading guides how to fill in forms than even dare to rely on biased forums, even where there is very good advice and where what I call 'grassroot's is also indispensable to forming an overall picture so one knows where one is to go to next and what the obstacles and opportunities are.

[Deleted User]

I have to agree that too much "benefits bashing"is creeping back into this part of mse(in some parts its endemic),it usually takes the form of uncalled for negative comments.
As for B&W,personally i believe they have too much of an "agenda" to be as useful as they might be,but some people find them of some use,so you pays your money(or not)and makes your choice

sja75

wouldbeqaulitymoneysaver wrote: »

http://www.benefitsandwork.co.uk/b-forum-feedback
Royal College of Nursing

Spinal Injuries Association

Chesterfield Law Centre

Stephenson’s Solicitors

Birmingham Citizens Advice Bureau

Manchester City Council Sensory Provision Team

St Mungos

Coventry Mind

Colchester Borough Council Welfare Rights

Fibromyalgia Association UK

Employment Support Service, Coventry City Council

Union of Brunel Students

DIAL, Basildon & South Essex

Rethink North Devon

Stonham Housing Association

London Borough of Newham Client Affairs

The Fire Fighters Charity

Welfare Rights Service, Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council

Macmillan Benefits Service, Glasgow

Ty Arian (Solicitors)

Camberwell ME Support Group

Headway, Ayrshire
Second Step Housing Association

Independent Living Centre, Trowbridge

Coventry & Warwickshire Mind

Brooksbank Money Advice Section, Dundee

Autism Anglia

National Ankylosing Spondylitis Society

Blyth Valley Disabled Forum

Cornwall Blind Association

Bristol Citizens Advice Bureau

Carers advice and Resource Establishment, Sandwell

Purbeck Citizens Advice Bureau

Mind in Taunton and West Somerset

CATCH UP Ltd Llanelli

Disablement Association,
Hillingdon

Cardiff and Vale Coalition of Disabled People

London Borough of Merton, Welfare Benefits Service

South Bradford Community Network

Dorset Residential Homes, Dorchester

Stockport Advice

Meridian Money Advice

Mind in Haringey
React Disability Group, Stevenage

Julian Housing Project, Oxford

Cerebra

Intowork

Helena Partnerships Housing Association

West Leicestershire Mind

Education Otherwise

Edinburgh Welfare Rights Advice Shop

Teesdale Citizens Advice Bureau

Dunedin Canmore Housing Association

CMT United Kingdom

Perth & Kinross Council Welfare Rights Team

Wallich Clifford Community

Cerebra

Intowork

Helena Partnerships Housing Association

West Leicestershire Mind

Education Otherwise

Edinburgh Welfare Rights Advice Shop

Teesdale Citizens Advice Bureau

Dunedin Canmore Housing Association

CMT United Kingdom

Perth & Kinross Council Welfare Rights Team

Wallich Clifford Community

Maldon Essex Mind

Money Advice Unit, Hertfordshire

Surrey Association for Visual Impairment (SAVI)

Irish Support & Advice Service

Norwich and West Norfolk Citizens Advice Bureau

Plymouth Guild Disability Information & Advice Centre

Brighton & Hove Federation of Disabled People

Canterbury District Citizens Advice Bureau

Disability Information Service Huntingdonshire

Chapeltown Citizens Advice Bureau

Edinburgh Cyrenian Trust

Hillcrest Housing Association

Inverness CAB

Sarsen Housing Association

Fibromyalgia in Tonbridge Support Group

Welwyn Hatfield Community Housing Trust

Bury EST

Together (Working for Wellbeing)

Different Strokes

North Tyneside Disability Forum

Rochdale MBC Advice Service

Warwickshire Network for ME

Benefits Made Simple

Disability and Social Care Advice Service, Balham

So benefits and work Members and Professional Organisations are wrong to subscribe to this professional organisation.
The organisations above speak for themselves as do happy members in the feedback.
I would rather pay 37p a day and get what is rightfully mine and get right advice by downloading guides how to fill in forms than even dare to rely on biased forums, even where there is very good advice and where what I call 'grassroot's is also indispensable to forming an overall picture so one knows where one is to go to next and what the obstacles and opportunities are.

At £15.95 for an annual sub, that's £0.04 a day! Well worth it! I am subscribing.

System

I have an idea..seeing as this information is supposedly available for free on the web (i haven't managed to find some of the stuff B&W have) maybe someone should make a sticky with all this easily found info so its easier to find, and moneysaving, after all this is MSE

wouldbeqaulitymoneysaver

@midduck If you could point out to me exact Posts where I unjustly call out people for benefit bashing then I can at least review them to see if I think it's true.
When benefits claimants are facing untold pressures because of the tories scorched earth policy towards welfare. I would be if supposed sufficiently under pressure so as to not think straight.
As for my own personal experience on MSE I have seen it too many times when I have posted and immediately a benefit basher comes along with some accusation which normally can be down to some baseless arguments/ maybe some legitamate arguments.
I have had to put on Ignore bashers who intentionally stalked me and harassed me on threads.
As a result I have a debating policy which allows me to debate rationally with bashers and tories alike but on non-bashing stalking terms as I think there are real issues at stake here.
Given the extreme difficulties now of claiming benefits and given that I have legally qualified for them for the past n years I will not apologize for the state I find myself in which is not of my own choosing.