Today we celebrate the kindness, resilience and quiet strength of women in our families and communities.
This day is about standing up alongside one another - recognising the loving influence of women, who nurture hope, encourage others and help make the world kinder and more compassionate. C
#InternationalWomensDay
@history99917180 I cannot imagine, the horror of the thoughts were bad enough, all my thoughts today are with their families and those who helped them ‘home’ 💔
@CopMoustache@J_Harrington212 We were in our caravan not too far from the area when the report hit, I still feel the horror, those poor lassies, and their parents 💔
@BarbaraDixon__ Is there still a big size difference? Our twin niece and nephew, he had stopped growing at 34 weeks but they didn’t induce until 27, he’s still MUCH smaller than his sister (who originally had been on the small size inside) Both have been on milk allergy formula since 3 months
It needs to be a lifetime benefit once a lifetime #disability is established and qualified by a medical specialist, not just 5 years. #Disabled people, don’t suddenly become non disabled when they have a permanent disability!
https://t.co/1DYm7RRosx
Truth bombs about being disabled and claiming benefits in the UK 💥
💣 Many disabled people DO work.
You don’t need to be out of work to claim PIP - which is to help with the additional monthly cost of being disabled.
💣 Disabled people who can't work DO contribute to taxes.
Benefits get spent on local services, groceries, and essentials, generating VAT and boosting the economy. It's not "free money" - it's recirculated back into society.
💣 Benefits aren't handed out on a whim
PIP and the health element of UC are based on how your condition affects daily functionality - not just a diagnosis. You can't just ring up DWP and say “I'm sick, gimme cash.”
💣 Claiming benefits is HARD
You need mountains of medical evidence, face-to-face (or virtual) assessments, and even then, just 38% of new claims get an award. Appeals are common.
💣 Motability isn't a "free car"
You lease the vehicle using your higher-rate mobility allowance plus your own cash if needed. You don't own it; it's returned at the end of the lease. It's about independence, not luxury.
If you're disabled, you know the real struggle. RT to bust the myths🔥
#DisabilityAwareness #DisabilityBenefits
📢 CALL TO ARMS: A Final Salute for Peter John Williams.
Calling on the military family and the local community to stand together for an "Old Craftsman," Peter John Williams of the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers.
Peter has passed away with no known family or friends to attend his funeral. It is a travesty to think of a man who served his purpose and honed his craft going to his rest in an empty chapel. We are looking for a "Guard of Honour" to ensure he is sent off with the dignity and respect he deserves.
• Date: Wednesday, 18th February
• Time: 16:00 hrs (4:00 PM)
• Location: Kirkleatham Crematorium, Fishpond Road, Yearby, TS11 8HH
Please contact @ForcesNews for any further info. Thank you. 💂🏻♀️👋🏻🇬🇧🙏🏻🛠️
@areyoflight my mum had ignored a lump a year, by then it was >10cm she was seen really fast within 2 weeks and tbh the docs thought it was going to be too late. Biopsy showed 3x neg the worst sort, one doc said months. It hadn’t spread at all Mum is doing fine after chemo and op 🙏for you
@grahamchatterl2 I am so very sorry, the world is a sad place just now, we have a son who has DS, I am grateful no one has said anything directly, but the looks when we go out these days 💔 thankfully we stay in a really friendly kind neighborhood and everyone makes friends with him
Journalists on breakfast shows and elsewhere, have for 15 year's terrorised disabled people, and carers
They never say;
£184 billion a year carers save the economy
£445 million a day
Yet carers lose support by cuts to disability benefits
#Disability#carers#Labour
https://t.co/7VzCoRucsF
mind you current claimants, (which includes people like me with multiple life long health conditions that have no cure) only get about £9,000 to survive on a year with the current uc + lcwra, which has never been enough to survive on. but sure, cut it further
If/when you become disabled, no one will ever be able to recognize how much it actually impacts you. People can observe, they can care, but they cannot understand the depths of your exhaustion, or your pain, or your symptoms. In moments of frustration, they will likely doubt you.