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New to the Disability Money Matters board? Start here
This board is a discussion of all issues surrounding disability and how they relate to MoneySaving. Discussing benefits, discounts, cheaper ways to see consultants, cashback for alternative health treatments, how to get specific medication cheaper (legally) are all perfectly acceptable forms of discussion. Relevant links…
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Named drivers on motability question
I am at the start of investigating a Motability car for my disabled SIL for whom I have Powers of Attorney. She lives in supported living and is unable to make decisions for herself which is why I have POA. If we get a car (I know that we have the PIP entitlement), would I have to be a named driver since it may have to be…
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Council Tax disabled allowance for Son with Aspergers - new council says no
Son diagnosed Aspergers. Hes away in college part of the time but gets ESA and we got Council Tax reduction - on the basis we had the garage converted for him to use as a "quiet room". All above board got the reduction. We moved a year ago into a different council area. Bought house with converted garage for the same…
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Railcard
I theoretically eligible for the disabled persons rail cart but my disability is severe OCD. Because of this condition I am unable to carry cards such as a Railcard, bank cards etc. I also can't carry a phone. Traveling is already quite complicated for me but I wondered if anybody who has knowledge of this scheme would…
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More people can now get a Disabled Person's Railcard – official MSE News discussion
Morning all, I've written a news story about the eligibility criteria for the Disabled Person's Railcard being expanded. If you've got a blue badge or disabled person's bus pass, you may now qualify for a Disabled Person's Railcard as the eligibility criteria for the scheme has been expanded from today (Sunday 1 March).…
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Warm Home discount eligibility when people lack Mental Capacity
hello Hoping for help. We received contact from the Warm Home Discount Scheme to apply. When I got through to the team, they said my son (the person who is disabled) needed to be on the account. So I contacted my energy supplier Octopus (other providers are available) and they said I could only do this if I had a lasting…
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Walking Criteria for Blue Badge Application?
. . .Does anyone know what sort of maximum distance you're able to walk before you can be granted a Blue Disabled Person's badge? . . .I suffer from inflammatory arthritis/gout that make it very difficult for me to walk long distances (frequently I have to use my hands and knees to get upstairs at home!) and as I wrote…
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National Disability Card
I applied for this card after seeing a link on the Richmond Council website, otherwise I would have had no idea it existed. It costs a nominal approx £20 per annum & runs for 2 years. I am a blue disabled badge holder & was looking for id to carry when parking with my blue badge & leaving it in the car windscreen. You have…
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Attendance Allowance levels
I have seen Martins latest information about claiming Attendance Allowance and wholeheartedly concur with the advice to make an application. However one word of caution if you are getting assistance to make the application ( which Age UK, Parkinson's UK and Social Prescribing teams all offer). Our local Social Prescribing…
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Access card?
We have just applied for one as we need it to go to an event and they need to see it before we can access disabled areas. Does anyone else have one, what can it be used for? https://www.accesscard.online/
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Online Attendance Allowance claim form.
I have thread on here about getting a downstairs WC for my FIL. In that thread I got some advice about charities that help ex services people and RNBF contacted my FIL and said he could claim AA and would send a form to him. It has been 11 days and no form but his Royal Mail post only deliver once a week it seems. I had a…
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Motability Questions (car arrival date/ Payment deposit / car modifications allowed ? )
If you can try to answer as many questions as you can below thanks xx Here are some questions for a new motability car to be used for 3 years by a pip claimant. The car is to be applied for on motability and has been decided, and chosen. For simplicity of the questions here are some example dates. For Example JANUARY 1st,…
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Carers council tax discount
Thread in the 'Cutting Tax' forum, might be of interest to some in this forum. One in five councils in Eng/Wal getting it wrong on Council Tax Carers Discount — MoneySavingExpert Forum
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Disabled access cards
Hi I've been a Nimbus access card for almost 3 years now so coming up for renewal but now there is also The National Disability card too. From my research both seem to offer different things but it seems crazy to need both so am asking for your opinions as to which way to go. I live in the Greater London are.
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Reduce water bills.
We recently had notification that our DD for water was gonig up by over £20. So I got in touch with Anglian Water, filled in a short form and now we are on a different tariff that is actually a few £s less than we have been paying. Saving £23 a month. The tariff is Extra LITE tariff.
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Tennant's in common
Someone I know who's wife has had MS for over twenty year recently had a 5 Day stay in a care home organised by the NHS at no charge. After this event the couple decided to apply for Tenants in Common and had a new will drawn up . I suspect that if care costs are required in the next few years the 100% of the property…
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My experience of buying my first mobility scooter
Just for what it's worth ... Got to the point of needing a mobility scooter, and everybody said "Oh you must go to your local showroom, get expert advice and try some out. What works person for one doesn't work for another" yada yada yada. Which is fine except we don't have a car and the local stockist is nowhere near a…
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£2000 a week for my mum's dementia care home!
I can't find a category for this. I hope this may reach the right audience. Please can someone update on what is going on with this scandal of dementia care-home costs? Mum is self funding as she has savings of over £23,500. Dad is still living in their home so I know that's safe. How on earth did we let this happen these…
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Accident on holiday 2025
Hi there I'm wondering if anyone can point me in the right direction. I have MS and I went on holiday last year with my family. I hired an EV scooter for the whole time. I used a boat (taxi boat?)and unfortunately while coming off the boat my scooter clipped a huge part of the ramp tipping me and my scooter over. Tur…
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Adult son with UC and PIP living in family home - contribution to family "budget" yes or no?
My adult son (21yo) has recently finished specialist college and is now on a programme of daily activities funded by local social services. Now he is not in FT education he has successfully applied for UC with my wife acting as appointee. He is also in receipt of PIP with the same appointee relationship. When I was in his…
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Caring Tips/Help
Hello everyone. My mum is a carer for my brother. I'm not here to talk about his financials, more his lifestyle. He has Asperger's Syndrome to start with and 18 months ago was made redundant which hit hard hard and he has severe depression. He sees his GP every other month. He's just started a new round of counselling. He…
