Fibromyalgia Friends Together

Thursday 21st March 2024 at 1.15pm Focus on Budgeting skills For our Fibromyalgia Friends Together Monthly Meeting on March 21st 2024, Kate and Janet, Occupational Therapists from Wellbeing Therapy Solutions, will be joining the group to run the first of 3 sessions on Budgeting Skills this year.  Session one is a reflective session where we…

 DWP has announced a 6.7% increase in PIP rates for the next financial year, starting on April 8, 2024. As PIP is paid every four weeks, claimants can expect this rise at the end of their first four-week pay cycle after that date. The new weekly rates for PIP from April 2024: Standard Daily Living Component: ·        Weekly:…

Check out this talk about all things Fibromyalgia with Cort Johnsons of health rising  – a comprehensive Fibromyalgia website. Hosted by Sheffield ME and Fibromyalgia Group. The Health Rising website has lots of information about Fibromyalgia which you may find useful as well.

The final cost of living payment of £299 will be paid between February 6, 2024 and February 22, 2024. People receiving certain benefits or tax credits are eligible for the cost of living payment. These include: Universal Credit, Jobseeker’s Allowance , Employment support allowance, Income support, Pension credit, Child tax credit, and Working tax credit.  …

    Happy New Year and best wishes for the year ahead.   The next meeting of Fibromyalgia Friends Together is: Thursday 18th January 2024 at 1.15pm.  The focus of this meeting will be planning for the year ahead, and catching up after the Christmas break.  Our meeting always take place at The Manor, Shuttlewood…

The Department of Work and Pensions will give a £10 Christmas bonus payment to millions of people who claim at least one of 21 benefits. The payment is tax-free and does not affectany other benefits. The payment is meant to help with extra costs during thewinter season.   The payment will be made automatically in the first…

Please remember to use easyfundraising EVERY time you Christmas shoping online. Over 7,000 brands, including supermarkets, Amazon and clothes retailers, will donate to Fibromyalgia Friends Together for FREE when you use easyfundraising to shop with them, so you can support us no matter what you’re buying!   Go to:  https://www.easyfundraising.org.uk/causes/fibromyalgia-friends-together/      If you haven’t signed up…

We not meeting in December 2023.

On November 8, 2023, Royal Mail unveiled enhanced options for customers with accessibility requirements to prevent missed deliveries. Through Parcel Collect, residents can now specify their ‘accessibility needs,’ such as requesting louder knocks or extended wait times during deliveries. This accommodation extends to Parcelforce residential deliveries as well. Households can register their accessibility preferences for…