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Benefits Advice Workshops for people with HIV at Lunch Positive

Gary Hart August 21, 2015

Lunch Positive will host two workshops during September at Dorset Gardens Methodist Church run by Tim Procter, the Welfare Rights Advisor at THT.

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There have been key changes to the main benefits for sick and disabled claimants.

Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) has a difficult Personal Capability Assessment requiring claimants to fill an ESA50 form which may be followed by a medical examination.

These assessments need to be repeated for most claimants annually. Disability Living Allowance (DLA) is being replaced with Personal Independence Payments (PIP).

Tim Proctor
Tim Proctor: Welfare Rights Advisor at THT

All DLA claimants will be required to undergo a new assessment to transfer from DLA to PIP from 2015.

If you are experiencing health problems and want to find out how to qualify for PIP this workshop will tell you. Both PIP and ESA have hidden tests with a point scoring system. Learning about the underlying tests and point scoring can help claimants approach the assessment with more confidence and help them decide what issues they need to raise.


Employment Support Allowance (ESA): Friday, September 11 2pm – 4.30pm

Personal Independence Payments (PIP): Friday, September 25 2pm – 4.30pm

To book a place on any of the workshops, email: info@lunchpositive.org 

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