I couldn't take advantage of a cheaper train fare because the route involved lots of changes and a bus due ti engineering works (I am a wheelchair user and would get too tired to cope with a long ...
Discussion in Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) - 29 Jun 2015
Interested in training courses and have an better ubderstanding in Autism. Meeting people how care.
Discussion in Autism and neurodiversity - 9 Apr 2019
I am a volunteer for a local charity we mainly deal with support for benefit tribunals, completing forms, access problems. I am interested in training in the Audit side of this group they will give me ...
Discussion in Education - 29 Feb 2016
Hello I am a Shared lives Carer (similar to foster care but for adults with a care need) for a young lady who is 19. She has a mild learning disability and an ehcp. She moved in with me from foster ...
Discussion in Education - 28 Jun 2019
I am the 'official carer' for my wife - which we both (at 63 & 64) find faintly amusing but Mrs M has increasingly poor mobility, she uses a stick rather than a wheelchair, and (I'm sure she wouldn't ...
Discussion in Disability rights and campaigning - 25 Jul 2019
Train drivers are going on strike on Saturday to hit the FACup final etc They are paid an average of £55k and want more!! They do nothing in their job, that your average school leaver couldn't do, ...
Discussion in Coffee lounge - 31 May 2023
Good Morning, Looking for advice really, just to an incident on a train, I am a bit of a waffler, hence I will try to condense it: In the train carriage there are 3 priority seats out of 26 seats ...
Discussion in Disability rights and campaigning - 18 Jan 2021
A gold medal winning Paralympian was left in tears after she became stuck on a train when there was no guard to help her off. "Without the help I probably would've ended up in Portsmouth at the end ...
Discussion in Disability rights and campaigning - 23 Aug 2019
My name is Joel, I'm creating a survey to see how disabled people find travelling on trains. This was prompted by my finding that travelling on trains can be very hit and miss in terms of the ...
Discussion in Housing and independent living - 4 Jun 2022
I believe that train drivers are overpaid and should face a pay cut Average pay is £60k For what? Pressing a button every 30 seconds to prove that they are still awake! Trains are almost fully ...
Discussion in Coffee lounge - 7 Jan 2023
