Please join me in a celebration

Wow! What a fantastic achievement GA. Well done indeed. Isn't it wonderful when things come together?

A triple whammy for you then Grannyactivist. Full of admiration for your success at the hearing. Backdated too. How great to know you've made such a difference to someone's life.

Well done!

How wonderful!! You have made such a good difference to someone's life. That is a truly great achievement.
I bet you can't stop smiling.

Congratulations GrannyActivist isn’t it fantastic when for once the underdog comes good? I can remember my feeling of jubilation when we won the school appeal for my DGD against the big guns of the LEA , I felt like punching the air on the town hall steps !

Well done you !

Great job and what a difference your help has made to someone’s life. I’m about to loose my PIP, rightly so because I’m well again, but I know what a lifeline it is when you need help. Enjoy the deep satisfaction of making a difference through your own efforts - it’s such a profoundly positive feeling.

I remember you winning that appeal gillybob.

What was really good was knowing that the three judges could see that the initial assessment was just plain wrong and they weren't afraid to say so. My client was awarded no points at all during his initial assessment and he came out of the appeal with twenty four, which in my view demonstrated that the system is not fit for purpose.

Congratulations to all concerned and well done you GA
Your diligence and hard work has paid off.
Smiling happy faces all round. ?
You can now enjoy a happy time with your lovely foster son.

Having a few sleepiness nights myself atm awaiting several decisions (not pips)
re a close family member.
we have our fingers crossed for a good outcome.

Fantastic news, grannyactivist! I'm so pleased for you.

Splendid news! Congratulations and enjoy your well deserved celebrations.. ?????

Well done and congratulations. What an achievement.

Lovely news GA!

Many congrats GA, and well deserved celebrations by the sound of it.

We are celebrating safe arrival of grandson after very close call to both of them after birth. Nothing to do with any effort on my part of course, but you did ask!

Grannyactivist How lovely that all your hard work and care has made such a difference to somebody's life. Thank goodness for people like you - not only for doing the work you do but also for letting people know how flawed the system is.

Hope you enjoy your time with your foster son and wishing you all the best.

grannyactivist well done!! What a wonderful achievement. You are a very special person- and clearly very good at what you do!

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It really cheered me up to hear your news. Well done!

You are right of course. To go from zero points to 24 demonstrates not just a slip of the pen or a tick in the wrong box but either sheer incompetence or target driven mania. It's been happening much too frequently since assessment was outsourced.

Some people on GN must have children/grandchildren who are assessors. Talk to them!!!

Keep up the good work. I so much admire you!

Wow! A David and Goliath victory indeed.

You must have worked so hard, done so much research in preparation for this. I too used to work in the field of advocacy, so I know just how challenging and time consuming that can be.

I'm glad there are wonderful people like you to fight for those who come up against an uncaring bureaucracy.

CONGRATULATIONS !!

Brilliant on all fronts GA! Congratulations.

Well done GA what courage that must have taken. Congratulations. Would you like to negotiate Brexit?

So pleased for all!

Very well done, nice to get a boost grannyactivist.

Well done GA a real achievement for yourself and the person you represented.

It’s not an uncaring bureaucracy Bradford and I’m sure Grannya will agree with me. It’s a result of deliberatel legislative chsnge by the Government with the whole benefit system and ESA and PIP in particular
subject to wholesale changes aimed at reducing the number of people eligible and creating a hostile environment. Three quarters of appeals apparently are now successful which is appalling in that that demonstrates the system is completely unfit for purpose. People suffer appalling whilst waiting for these appeals which can take a year or more- PIP is stopped whilst you wait. Some people therefore lose their motability cars and maybe their jobs therefore. None of this is as a result of an uncaring bureaucracy but deliberate government policy. I’m sure Granny knows I’m not raining on her parade ( I used to do appeals work myself years ago) but her success and what her client went through should make us all ashamed of what has happened to the benefit system in recent years.

Congratulations, what a lovely day you had, you must be feeling over the moon!

I am full of admiration, grannyactivist! What an achievement.