Disabled support from the Government on Covid 19

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 Yup that's it, liverpool city council set up a phone line and more recently a website where you can register to give or receive support. Support being shopping and fetching essentials, telephone companionship and checking you're ok. Thousands of people registered to give and receive support. 

 Council will do the matching of volunteers based on stated needs but won't check into it other than read what you put on the form 

50Twuncle

Spoonie_Turtle said:

50Twuncle said:

Nannytone said:

I would have thought that apart from financial support what, then the obvious place to look is your local authority.

What would you expect the government to do for individual disabled people ?

I have now heard from my LA - they direct me towards local Facebook groups 
But when I contacted them : they informed me that before they can help me - I need to register with the LA!!
So I went back to the LA who told me that they were unable to help me because I don't fit their criteria....

My wife is self isolating and my mobility is zero

I also suffer from Parkinsonism, high blood pressure and am borderline diabetic !

Supermarkets won't let me register either

All of the local help initiatives I've seen and heard about were set up to help anyone and everyone who needs it, for whatever reason - no gatekeeping and no requirements other than trusting people to only make use of it if they need it. I don't know what kind of Facebook groups you've tried but the sort of community initiative that is there to provide the help is completely unofficial and set up specifically for the pandemic. Our village network is basically one person coordinating everything via phone and e-mail.

If you do get anywhere, please try to remember that you are relying on people to help you out of the kindness of their heart, and that any help is a gift rather than an entitlement.

My local  group told me that due to lack of resources - they are extremely limited in the people that they can currently assist and that unless I was registered with the LA as "vulnerable" - I was not enttled to help !

John_

50Twuncle said:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/supporting-disabled-people-through-the-coronavirus-outbreak/supporting-disabled-people-through-the-coronavirus-outbreak

Seems to be somewhat of a waste of time, energy and space - it says absolutely nothing useful !

It’s not really the case that, in general, the disabled need any extra help now than they do normally. What extra expenses are you having to face?

We’ll hopefully see some loosening of the restrictions in a few weeks, so you’ll maybe need to use your emergency fund until then. This is exactly the sort of occasion when they should be being used.

John_

50Twuncle said:

Nannytone said:

I would have thought that apart from financial support what, then the obvious place to look is your local authority.

What would you expect the government to do for individual disabled people ?

I have now heard from my LA - they direct me towards local Facebook groups 
But when I contacted them : they informed me that before they can help me - I need to register with the LA!!
So I went back to the LA who told me that they were unable to help me because I don't fit their criteria....

My wife is self isolating and my mobility is zero

I also suffer from Parkinsonism, high blood pressure and am borderline diabetic !

Supermarkets won't let me register either

Hang on, you posted recently about taking your car for an MOT, was that not actually for you?

If you can’t get out yourself then I’d suggest asking a friend to get some things for you when they do their own shopping. We’re doing this for some of our vulnerable neighbours, and an awful lot of people are doing the same.

50Twuncle

John_ said:

50Twuncle said:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/supporting-disabled-people-through-the-coronavirus-outbreak/supporting-disabled-people-through-the-coronavirus-outbreak

Seems to be somewhat of a waste of time, energy and space - it says absolutely nothing useful !

It’s not really the case that, in general, the disabled need any extra help now than they do normally. What extra expenses are you having to face?

We’ll hopefully see some loosening of the restrictions in a few weeks, so you’ll maybe need to use your emergency fund until then. This is exactly the sort of occasion when they should be being used.

We are not short of money - we are getting short of food !

We are willing to pay the going rate - but need a reliable home delivery !

I also accept that the virus makes no difference to my needs but my wife now showing mild signs of infection - means that she cannot be expected to shop for us and my inability to walk does mean that I cant either

So - the government criteria on who is entitled to be classed as VULNERABLE needs some considerable adjustment !

Once given this "Title"- it opens the world for home delivery from supermarkets as well - have you even tried to register on any supermarket site ?

And there's no local shops offering a delivery service either - plus the few farm shops that are still running do not offer any delivery either

So basically - we are in trouble in a few days - unless something changes !

50Twuncle

John_ said:

50Twuncle said:

Nannytone said:

I would have thought that apart from financial support what, then the obvious place to look is your local authority.

What would you expect the government to do for individual disabled people ?

I have now heard from my LA - they direct me towards local Facebook groups 
But when I contacted them : they informed me that before they can help me - I need to register with the LA!!
So I went back to the LA who told me that they were unable to help me because I don't fit their criteria....

My wife is self isolating and my mobility is zero

I also suffer from Parkinsonism, high blood pressure and am borderline diabetic !

Supermarkets won't let me register either

Hang on, you posted recently about taking your car for an MOT, was that not actually for you?

If you can’t get out yourself then I’d suggest asking a friend to get some things for you when they do their own shopping. We’re doing this for some of our vulnerable neighbours, and an awful lot of people are doing the same.

Yes - the car is mine and yes I can drive it - but there is a huge difference between driving a car and walking around (or even getting to the door of) a supermarket !

In other cirumstances - I would be in a wheelchair -  pushed by my wife

Spoonie_Turtle

John_ said:

50Twuncle said:

Nannytone said:

I would have thought that apart from financial support what, then the obvious place to look is your local authority.

What would you expect the government to do for individual disabled people ?

I have now heard from my LA - they direct me towards local Facebook groups 
But when I contacted them : they informed me that before they can help me - I need to register with the LA!!
So I went back to the LA who told me that they were unable to help me because I don't fit their criteria....

My wife is self isolating and my mobility is zero

I also suffer from Parkinsonism, high blood pressure and am borderline diabetic !

Supermarkets won't let me register either

Hang on, you posted recently about taking your car for an MOT, was that not actually for you?

If you can’t get out yourself then I’d suggest asking a friend to get some things for you when they do their own shopping. We’re doing this for some of our vulnerable neighbours, and an awful lot of people are doing the same.

Yep, we're shopping once a week and ask around before we go (I say 'we' - I mean my Mum but she shops for me too). That's sort of the point of community helping ...

50Twuncle

Spoonie_Turtle said:

John_ said:

50Twuncle said:

Nannytone said:

I would have thought that apart from financial support what, then the obvious place to look is your local authority.

What would you expect the government to do for individual disabled people ?

I have now heard from my LA - they direct me towards local Facebook groups 
But when I contacted them : they informed me that before they can help me - I need to register with the LA!!
So I went back to the LA who told me that they were unable to help me because I don't fit their criteria....

My wife is self isolating and my mobility is zero

I also suffer from Parkinsonism, high blood pressure and am borderline diabetic !

Supermarkets won't let me register either

Hang on, you posted recently about taking your car for an MOT, was that not actually for you?

If you can’t get out yourself then I’d suggest asking a friend to get some things for you when they do their own shopping. We’re doing this for some of our vulnerable neighbours, and an awful lot of people are doing the same.

Yep, we're shopping once a week and ask around before we go (I say 'we' - I mean my Mum but she shops for me too). That's sort of the point of community helping ...

Our neighbours would sooner trample on our dead bodies than help anyone - they constantly snipe and bit ch about each other !

John_

50Twuncle said:

John_ said:

50Twuncle said:

Nannytone said:

I would have thought that apart from financial support what, then the obvious place to look is your local authority.

What would you expect the government to do for individual disabled people ?

I have now heard from my LA - they direct me towards local Facebook groups 
But when I contacted them : they informed me that before they can help me - I need to register with the LA!!
So I went back to the LA who told me that they were unable to help me because I don't fit their criteria....

My wife is self isolating and my mobility is zero

I also suffer from Parkinsonism, high blood pressure and am borderline diabetic !

Supermarkets won't let me register either

Hang on, you posted recently about taking your car for an MOT, was that not actually for you?

If you can’t get out yourself then I’d suggest asking a friend to get some things for you when they do their own shopping. We’re doing this for some of our vulnerable neighbours, and an awful lot of people are doing the same.

Yes - the car is mine and yes I can drive it - but there is a huge difference between driving a car and walking around (or even getting to the door of) a supermarket !

In other cirumstances - I would be in a wheelchair -  pushed by my wife

It’s hard to understand why you are so negative, and so unwilling to try any of the obvious solutions here.

What happened when you tried the following?

Ask friends to shop for you
Use one of the neighbourhood groups on facebook
Use on of the neighbourhood groups on next door.com
Ask family to shop for you
Drive and park outside the supermarket and hold up a sign asking if anyone would shop for you
Phone the supermarket and explain your problem and ask if someone could push you round the shop
Ask a local charity to help
Hire a man with a van to do it for you
Ask the local taxi firm to do it for you
Cut back on the food for the couple of days left until your wife is not Self-isolating and then go to the shops with her
Have your wife put up posters in the street asking for help
Ask the Mot tester that you are booked in with if they will help.

unforeseen

But you probably are classed as vulnerable, just not extremely vulnerable. 
The difference being that Coronavirus has a very good chance of killing somebody who is extremely vulnerable. These are the people who definitely shouldn't leave home and need the most help for getting food/medicines collected for them.

If your wife is self-isolating then it's only for 7-14 days rather than 3 months. I'm sure you can manage for that long, and then you/your wife can go shopping again.