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PIP, DLA & ESA Assessment Support

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I have been waiting for an ESA Assessment for 1 year now. I was told about a non-profit organisation, Fight Back 4 Justice, which provides an advocacy service to support people through the applications and appeals for PIP, DLA, ESA, UC claims and appeals. You can see the support they offer via this link fightback4justice.co.uk/cho...

It cost max £11.99 per month. You only need to pay one month membership at a time. Maximum 2 if you need help in filling in the form, Assessment prep advice and support writing an appeal if your claim isn't upheld.

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corriena

Good to know thank you for shearing

Citizens Advice Bureaux have lots of advice and guidance as well, without any cost.

citizensadvice.org.uk/

For PIP, ESA and lots more

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cofdrop-UK in reply to

As do Welfare Rights and DIAL.

Cx

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Maddanj in reply tocofdrop-UK

Thanks for sharing. Are Welfare Rights Scotland only?

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cofdrop-UK in reply toMaddanj

No. I have found help from them invaluable. I am in Yorkshire.

Cx

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Maddanj in reply to

Thanks for sharing Bkin.

They do but they are heavily oversubscribed.

fightback4justice specialises in this area only and has templates, guidance and application examples which you can download.

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Spacecat1

Age concern are very helpful with advice and support x

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Maddanj

Yes, on many topics and issues including. I advocated fightback4justice as they will be able to write the decision and write the appeal within a certain number of days.

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judes

I know nothing about fightbac4justice but £11.99 a month sounds very expensive and something a lot of people would find too expensive, myself included.

There’s a website called benefits and work that is £20 a year where it guides you how to fill in these rotten forms and gives examples including guides for mandatory reviews.

There is also a very good forum where you can post questions

It’s well worth a visit

J

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katieoxo60 in reply tojudes

Thats the one I used to use before I became a pensioner. They also keep you upto date with changing rules if you join. The disabilities rights handbook cost less than £20 per annum if you are on benefits and covers all benefit rules ect and can also be borrowed from local libraries free.

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Maddanj in reply tojudes

Hi Judes,

Thanks for sharing that

As I said in my initial post, you only need to pay one month membership at a time. It's not continous. Thier turnaround for a review for appeal has been 3-4 days. It was worth the £11.99 for the 2 people I have been an advocate for in the past.

You are unlikely to need more than one month, maximum 2 if you need help in filling in the form, Assessment prep advice and support writing an appeal if your claim isn't upheld.

I particularly found the examples of effective completed forms and the up to date guidance very useful.

The DWP Decision Makers guide is also useful and available for free online which is the legislation but in more accessible form.

Angie

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Spacecat1 in reply toMaddanj

Age concern will help with filling in forms. They helped us wit pip. Have a chat with BLF they can advise you. As to who can help. But like most people paying for a service seems a bit much

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Maddanj

Thanks for sharing Katie

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