Please join me in a celebration

wining your appeal is great news !!!.i had to go to 4 tribunals....DWP is so cruel and they say i know how you feel. em no they dont. anyway congratulations on your things that you are celebrating ,thats one in the eye for the DWP.

Well done grannyactivist

Red tape! Grrr
I'm university educated with a professional background and lots of experience, but the benefit and appeals systems are so complex that I often feel as if I'm trying to knit fog! Finding a way through the bureaucracy of it all is a nightmare for me, so how people who are stressed, ill, learning disabled, mentally ill or illiterate are supposed to manage I don't know. People with learning disabilities who are denied PIP may have no official help whatsoever.

A bit late in the day, but very well done!

How big were the scissors to cut through the red-tape Grannyactivist ?

Well done.

Congratulations and very well done grannyactivist - perhaps that tribunal will see that wrong decisions have been and are being made and even more good could come of your efforts.

What lovely surprises you had too - I hope you and your foster son have an enjoyable time

Go grannyactivist - loads of admiration for you taking on these bullying benefit stoppers and thrilled that your client will now get his entitlement and his backdated PIP - hope his financial situation, stress levels and any other area of his life the appalling refusal affected will now be considerably improved. Nice to know people like you can give support to those of us least able to fight for our rights - thank you.

GA, what a wonderful achievement. Your appellant must be very relieved tonight. And you have every reason to celebrate, Brilliant!

well done GrannyA.....don't know what PIP is, I'm presuming it's a Benefit of some sort....?

Granny activist - many, many congratulations. What a fantastic result from your hard work. It wouldn’t have happened without your compassionate and ‘other focused’ intentions (as further illustrated by now having your loving family around you...). A special lady in our troubled, and troubling, world. ❤️

Congratulations :-)

What a great job you've done grannyactivist. What a lot of work you must have put in.

I have a bit of an insight into how difficult the process is and the paperwork involved. My sister-in- law has just gone through the change to PIP. There was soooo much paperwork.

Thankfully she had lots of admin experience from local government and was able to get her head round the forms but I know it wasn't easy for her and she had help from a support group.

I think you may find yourself in high demand :-) Goodness knows there are a lot of people struggling with the system.

And what a lovely bonus to have your foster son visiting and the good news got better hearing about your friends new job.

So nice to have happy events in life to post about and they are so lovely to read. Thank you for sharing your good news.

Aw - thank you so much for celebrating with me and taking the time to make such kindly comments. I’ve had a lovely day with my foster son. He’s now a successful businessman and I am very fortunate that he continues to be such a big part of our family. He spent most of this evening cuddling my son’s baby and reminiscing with his ‘brother’ about their shared teen years. Wonderful.

Well done grannyactivist I'm full of admiration!

Well done, GA. your client must be so relieved.

p.s grannyactivist give me your number i might need you ha ha ha

well done grannyactivist!!! on all of your wonderful news x

Brilliant job well done! I must say that I applied for PIP for my adult daughter and felt I needed a degree just to fill in the form. Lucky for us they agreed to a home visit which was was arranged for the morning when I knew she would be at her worse. and we didn't have to appeal, thank goodness. The system is a disgrace, causing worrying and stress to the most vulnerable.

grannya
You've made a huge difference to someone's quality of life, but just as importantly you've shown that the system is terribly, terribly flawed, and that can only bring good, in it's own way.

So good to hear of things going so well for someone, well done you!!!

Brilliant job dine, and seeing foster son. Enjoy. X

well done Grannyactivist, you must be very proud, thank you for sharing

well done , making a difference

I hope you have given yourself a hearty pat on the back, well done you!

Good for you, makes up for the smug, self congratulatory crowing that goes on.

Congratulations Grannyactivist! You’ve made a massive difference to someone’s life with your determination and hard work Hope you have a lovely time with your stepson