Petition for people with dementia of all ages who receive either Attendance Allowance or PIP/DLA
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Hi Jerseygirl. That's brilliant, can you give me the link to the petition, so that I can follow the progress
@Browny10
Can't find it on
petitions.senedd.wales
either by searching or viewing 'open petitions'
Maybe @Jerseygirl was referring to filling in your petition.
Can't find it on
Petitions - Senedd
petitions.senedd.wales
Maybe @Jerseygirl was referring to filling in your petition.
Yep, just meant i went on and signed too.@Browny10
Can't find it on
either by searching or viewing 'open petitions'Petitions - Senedd
Maybe @Jerseygirl was referring to filling in your petition.
Thanks that's great.
I have managed to get a petition into the English Parliament with an observation that says I need the laws changing.
I have a petition under consideration in the Scottish Parliament
petitions.parliament.scot
All Irish councils already backdate to the date of GP certification even though their system is slightly different.
Because Council Tax is devolved to each parliament, I am looking to petition the Welsh Parliament. This needs someone living in Wales to submit the petition and two people living in Wales to support the petition. I have prepared the Welsh Petition documentation. Once a Welsh petition is up and running it only needs 250 online signatures for it to be considered by the Welsh petitions committee.
Anyone in Wales can submit the petition however someone with a passion to improve the financial support for families dealing with dementia would probably have the determination to follow it through.
I have managed to get a petition into the English Parliament with an observation that says I need the laws changing.
I have a petition under consideration in the Scottish Parliament
Petition: Backdate council tax discounts for dementia to the date of GP certification
Calling on the Scottish Parliament to urge the Scottish Government to require council tax discounts to be backdated to the date a person was certified as being severely mentally impaired, where they then go on to qualify for a relevant benefit.
petitions.parliament.scot
All Irish councils already backdate to the date of GP certification even though their system is slightly different.
Because Council Tax is devolved to each parliament, I am looking to petition the Welsh Parliament. This needs someone living in Wales to submit the petition and two people living in Wales to support the petition. I have prepared the Welsh Petition documentation. Once a Welsh petition is up and running it only needs 250 online signatures for it to be considered by the Welsh petitions committee.
Anyone in Wales can submit the petition however someone with a passion to improve the financial support for families dealing with dementia would probably have the determination to follow it through.
I live in Wales and will help. Are you sure this is not already in force throughout Wales, I have just got mine, though I had to brave the argument that although the SMI rebate IS a Council tax rebate, it is not a Council Tax Rebate rebate and I should not have confused THEM!Thanks that's great.
I have managed to get a petition into the English Parliament with an observation that says I need the laws changing.
I have a petition under consideration in the Scottish Parliament
Petition: Backdate council tax discounts for dementia to the date of GP certification
Calling on the Scottish Parliament to urge the Scottish Government to require council tax discounts to be backdated to the date a person was certified as being severely mentally impaired, where they then go on to qualify for a relevant benefit.
All Irish councils already backdate to the date of GP certification even though their system is slightly different.
Because Council Tax is devolved to each parliament, I am looking to petition the Welsh Parliament. This needs someone living in Wales to submit the petition and two people living in Wales to support the petition. I have prepared the Welsh Petition documentation. Once a Welsh petition is up and running it only needs 250 online signatures for it to be considered by the Welsh petitions committee.
Anyone in Wales can submit the petition however someone with a passion to improve the financial support for families dealing with dementia would probably have the determination to follow it through.
Hi Pejic. My campaign is to get the SMI discount backdated to the date of GP certification and not the date of receipt of the qualifying benefit ( Attendance Allowance or DLA/PIP).
It will depend on where you live in Wales. 7 of the 22 Welsh councils already backdate to the date of GP certification ( as do127 of the 382 councils across the UK) and my campaign and the request I am asking to go to the Welsh parliament is to require all councils to backdate to the date of GP certification. In Wales that would benefit an additional 7,202 families by anything between £200 and £10,400 in the form of a one-off credit on their council tax bill. I can send you a draft and link to the petition if you send me your email address to contact@dementiaguidance.co.uk
Thanks
Hi Pejic, I have checked every day since you sent it but for some reason the email has still not arrived, please try to email me again, thanks contact@dementiaguidance.co.uk
The petition to change the laws in Wales so that families dealing with dementia get Council Tax discount and exemption from the date of GP certification once they have the qualifying benefit needs your support by signing this petition https://petitions.senedd.wales/petitions/245295 |
Change the council tax discount rules for people in Wales with #dementia. The level of care for people with dementia is 24 hours a day 7 days a week, it is immediate and intimate and the care is usually provided by an elderly partner. Please sign this petition https://petitions.senedd.wales/petitions/245295 |
9,437 #dementia households in Wales are entitled to a reduction in their council tax yet only 3,572 receive the full discount. Please sign and resend this petition, Thank you, https://petitions.senedd.wales/petitions/245295 |
I have looked for this post on other Dementia Point forums, without success (particularly the Carer's one), from your e:mail address, I guess you are more familiar with the etiquette than me.
One minute of your time could raise up to £60 Million pounds of Council Tax Discount by a change in the Welsh law for people with #dementia. No 50k marathon, no rattling a tin in the high street, just your name on this form https://petitions.senedd.wales/petitions/245295 Hi Pejic I don't seem to get any response from the two CarersUK sites |
Gavin Terry, Head of Policy at the Alzheimer's Society, said: “It’s absolutely criminal that people with #dementia aren’t getting the financial help they are entitled to. We echo the call for this discount to be backdated in all local authority areas." https://petitions.senedd.wales/petitions/245295 |
