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Pulp sang ‘Help the aged’ but the Secretary of State says no cos they are too old, and isn’t ‘contractually obliged’ and don’t have the ‘infrastructur
Client’s appeal allowed AA awarded (EMP/HP report confirmed etc etc) - collaborative effort with Sarah and Liz from our friends/allies at https://www.ageuk.org.uk/northsouthwestdorset/services/information-advice/
Just to complete the narrative see extract from an email from Sarah who attended with client concerning the Maximus (WCA) venues in Weymouth and Yeovil lack of accessibility.
‘Well what a nightmare that was. The venue got changed to Yeovil and DWP booked a taxi (My insert - the original venue Weymouth is not disability friendly). The taxi that turned up was completely unsuitable and Mrs. ****** was unable to get into it. So I drove her. Despite reassurances that the building was accessible this turned out to be only partially true. We did manage to get in eventually but it was not easy and it left Mrs. ******* pretty exhausted. And then she had to do it all again to get out’.
Thanks Elliot, Mike, HB for your help really appreciated!!!!!!!!!!
Age UK do some amazing stuff, and Covid has especially hit their funding really badly.
If you are a Welf who can spare odd bibs and bobs of time, you may find your local Age UK can find some use for you.
Check them out - https://www.ageuk.org.uk/
That’s a really good outcome, well done Andy and Sarah and Liz :-)