Benefit Cut awareness update.

Benefit Cut awareness update.

On September 3^rd 2015, I will be raising awareness to the 3^rd year students’ awareness of the benefits cuts at the University of Wolverhampton Walsall campus. Here are the handouts to the Benefit cut awareness power point on this website.

Can as many of you as possible please sign and or shared the petition to try and stop benefits cuts for people with disabilities and health problems.

This is a message to the Student Learning Disability nurse and Learning Disability nurses.

Stress is a risk of a killer for all people not just people with disabilities and health problems.

As you all may be aware since David Cameron has been in power there have been more people with disabilities and health problems lose their benefits than ever before. This may seem strange to hear, the stress people have been having going through has affected peoples’ health as far Anxiety, depression, epilepsy, even such health problems as diabetes, asthma and etc is curtained. Most people have even died. Last year alone Britain lost 10’6000 people with disabilities and health problems. Let’s do our best to prevent this stress for people as much as possible by signing the petition or and sharing the link http://www.change.org/p/3200011?recruiter=85458926&utm_campaign=signature_receipt_fb_dialog&utm_medium=facebook&utm_source=share_petition&fb_ref=Default

http://blacktrianglecampaign.org/2012/10/04/10600-sick-disabled-people-died-last-year-within-six-weeks-of-their-claim-ending/

If you work for any service, company, group, organisation to do with learning disability and mental health I would be most grateful if as many of you as possible team up together. This could well be the same for people with disabilities and health problems as well. Many people like me with disabilities and health problems are also Advocates; Learning Disability and Mental Awareness trainers may be people like us could team up together with profession. 
We need to be awareness that there are people on benefits who don't have disabilities and health problems who don't like working who should be but it's not in everyone. People who are in that situation are making it hard for those with disabilities and health problems http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/benefits-mum-cheryl-prudham-baby-5966870?ICID=FB_mirror_main

As many of you are aware by now I’m a visiting Literature for the University Of Wolverhampton. Back in February I raised awareness of the benefit cuts to the first year students, then I updated the power point ready for to raise awareness to the 3rd year students when I go back to work after Easter.

Stress of benefit cuts.

·       People with disabilities and health problems are more sensitive to stress than other people due to our disabilities and health problems.

·       If people have their benefits cuts they won’t have access to counselling because there will be money to pay for it without benefits.

·       People who have their benefits cut are in risk of hunger and or debt.

·       People worry about owing money which can push them to end their lives.

·       Many people overdose.

·       Just to let you know that not everyone who has their benefits cut or stopped has a negative ending, it’s down to us to train you to do your best to see these people pull through.

·       Just because they may win their appeal it doesn't necessary mean that their lives are complete?

·       Just because they may win their appeal it doesn’t necessary mean they have enough money back to pay what they owe.

• Many people find themselves borrowing money off other people, services, loans and etc.

•  People can’t affront to live when they have lost their benefits for example paying bills, eating, rent, they may end up homeless and or etc.
• Just because they may win their appeal doesn't necessary mean they will be given enough money to pay back to whoever and whatever they owe?
•  People who have their benefits stopped are in risk of going hungry or and going into debt.
•  People worry about owing people money.

STRESSES OF BENEFIT CUTS.

• Due peoples’ health problems Stress push them into taking their own lives if life gets too much for them. 
•  Stress can mostly affect those who have such health problems like Anxiety, Depression, Epilepsy, Asthma, diabetes,    and etc.
•  Many people have taken overdoses.
•   Many have taken and lost their own lives.

Awareness of learning disabilities and Mental health awareness cuts.

•        This is an update of the Benefits cuts awareness presentation.

•        Lives of vulnerable peoples matters as much as yours.

•        As you know stress is the biggest killer of all but if you are a vulnerable person, you can't cope with it as much as other people.

•        What professions need to be aware of is that 10’600 people with disabilities and health problems died last year due to the benefit cuts.

•         I was only aware the figures on Sunday 29^th March 2015.

Waiting for the appeals.

How long? 

• The wait can vary to a year or two.

• •Most people might wait longer.
• •Some appeals can take longer than others.

 The wait depending on.

• •On peoples’ issues.
• •On peoples’ disabilities and health problems.

During waiting time.

• Very often Gp’s work is limited so it’s no easy for them to keep an on peoples’ health.
• Health checks need to be done once or twice a year anyway but when people have had their benefits cut health needs to be kept an eye even more so, which is not easy due to cuts.
• People are finding it hard to affront living experiences.
• Many people have lost their lives through eating very little nothing at all.

Risk of people been forced into things they can’t manage.

• Many people have been forced into situations they cannot cope with without support due to the benefit cuts such as DWP and Altos signing them off fit for work.
•  I’m not saying people with disabilities and health problems can’t work but health, safety and support needs to be taken into account.
• You may have to write proof to reasons why a person can’t hold down a certain job without the right support.
• With certain disabilities and health problems there are limits of jobs they can and can’t do, for example someone with Epilepsy; it’s a risk to let them climb ladders.
• With the cuts the government have been making, a lot of people haven't been getting the support they need.
• The benefit cut are people risks of injury and accidents at work if they are not supported.
• Risks of as I said dying of hunger.
• Some people may be stressed through the Anxiety and Depression of services not able to provide the help people need.
• Gps only do so much or only allowance to do so much, which is hard to tell because most people have been weight for example and not been told what their weight is.
• Some people might be underweight and others may be overweight.
• Prices in shops need to be checked when it comes to healthy foods because people can be limited to what they can spend if they are on benefits or and if their job doesn't pay that well.
• Risks of taking their own lives.
• Risks of being in big debt.
• Risks of people been more unwell.

Time to say goodbye.

• Handouts are on my website sararevealed.blogspot.com/
• My email address sarajgorman@gmail.com
• Before the session ends, I would like to know what you have learned today.
• Please have a chat in groups of say two to three then feedback to me.
• Please enjoy whatever session you may have next today.
• Have a safe journey, bye see you again.

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