Take part in our benefits survey

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Breast Cancer Care is part of the Disability Benefits Consortium (DBC), a national coalition of over 30 different charities and other organisations committed to working towards a fair benefits system.

The Disability Benefits Consortium is urging people affected by breast cancer to take part in a new survey which aims to find out more about your experience of claiming benefits.

The online survey can be accessed through the following link - surveymonkey.com/s/dbcsurvey - and takes no more than 15 minutes to complete.

It includes questions about what people think about work, and if you have ever claimed Employment and Support Allowance – the new benefit for people who cannot work due to ill health or disability. The survey also asks questions about Housing Benefit and Disability Living Allowance to find out more about how people use these benefits.

The survey’s findings will be used to inform our work with the Government to help them better understand the impact changes to benefits like Incapacity Benefit, Disability Living Allowance and Housing Benefit will have on disabled people.

Rebecca Rennison, Senior Policy Officer at Leonard Cheshire Disability and Co-chair of the DBC’s policy group says: “We are urging as many people as possible to take part in the survey. The findings will not only be used to influence government policy but will also highlight just how important benefits are to those who need them.”

I know from posts on the forum that these are issues that are affecting a lot of people, so please do complete the survey.

If you have any questions, please contact Kiran Dhami in the policy team on 020 7960 3468 or <script type=“text/javascript”>eval(unescape(‘%64%6f%63%75%6d%65%6e%74%2e%77%72%69%74%65%28%27%3c%61%20%68%72%65%66%3d%22%6d%61%69%6c%74%6f%3a%6b%69%72%61%6e%2e%64%68%61%6d%69%40%62%72%65%61%73%74%63%61%6e%63%65%72%63%61%72%65%2e%6f%72%67%2e%75%6b%22%3e%6b%69%72%61%6e%2e%64%68%61%6d%69%40%62%72%65%61%73%74%63%61%6e%63%65%72%63%61%72%65%2e%6f%72%67%2e%75%6b%3c%2f%61%3e%27%29%3b’))</script>

Best wishes
Leah

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The Guardian is featuring an article based on the preliminary findings from the survey guardian.co.uk/politics/2010/sep/06/benefit-health-tests-unjust-charities

There is still time to complete the survey surveymonkey.com/s/dbcsurvey

Thank you to everyone who has already completed the survey - it will really help us, as a coalition of charities, to lobby on your behalf.

If you have any questions, please contact Kiran Dhami in the policy team on 020 7960 3468 or <script type=“text/javascript”>eval(unescape(‘%64%6f%63%75%6d%65%6e%74%2e%77%72%69%74%65%28%27%3c%61%20%68%72%65%66%3d%22%6d%61%69%6c%74%6f%3a%6b%69%72%61%6e%2e%64%68%61%6d%69%40%62%72%65%61%73%74%63%61%6e%63%65%72%63%61%72%65%2e%6f%72%67%2e%75%6b%22%3e%6b%69%72%61%6e%2e%64%68%61%6d%69%40%62%72%65%61%73%74%63%61%6e%63%65%72%63%61%72%65%2e%6f%72%67%2e%75%6b%3c%2f%61%3e%27%29%3b’))</script>

Leah

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bumping up. Elinda