PIP Consultant
About Charlie's Journey
Hello Warriors!
My name is Charlie and I am disabled but that does NOT define me! I am a problem solver and my goal in life is to help as many people as possible. I started a YouTube channel to entertain (hopefully) and provide helpful tips on how to improve your quality of life! A big focus on my channel is funding available in the UK for people who suffer with chronic illness that impacts their daily living and /or mobility i.e. (PIP Claims).
How We Can Help
Since starting the channel I have been inundated with messages asking for help and so, with the help of my team, and especially Ollie the Labrador, we have launched our very own PIP Consultancy Service for those who require a more personal touch with their PIP journey. We strive to make the process easier for each of our clients, helping them communicate their own unique daily living needs to PIP. Click below to see the services we offer .
Interested in Private Practice Sessions?
Private sessions are not something we offer as standard through our consultancy but if you get in touch we can try to accommodate!
Newsletter
We also have a weekly newsletter all about how Charlie lives with chronic illness, how she WILL win the war against severe arthritis...hopefully whilst laughing a lot...if her arthritic ribs can handle the pain!
Watch Some of Our Videos Right Here!
Unlock The Secret Steps For WINNING Your PIP Claims - Step By Step Guide
I have 100% success rate at winning PIP Claims for people, because of understanding the POINTS system and how to communicate it in a manner that then scores the points. Study this guide and match it to your daily living and/or mobility challenges.
Avoid These Most Common Mistakes On Your PIP Claim - For Better Results
Are you worried about your PIP claim? Are you anxious all the time and living in fear when it comes to PIP? Are you in the process of your first PIP claim? Or doing a PIP review or an appeal ( Mandatory Reconsideration) or a PIP Tribunal? This video WILL help you. I PROMISE
How To Fill Out A PIP Form For Mental Health - Step by Step Guide
Do you suffer from anxiety, depression, ADHD, OCD, PTSD, an eating disorders, agoraphobia, dyslexia, depression or any other condition? Is your daily living severely impacted by your condition/s? You could be entitled to claim PIP. This guide takes you through each section, explains how the points works, gives you examples so you can complete ANY part of the PIP process.
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Free PIP Templates
PIP Frequently Asked Questions
Questions we get asked a lot! For more information you can watch our Quick Questions video here: https://shorturl.at/bhkzI
If your chronic illness that you have had for more than 3 months and will continue for more than 9 months, prevents you from living a ‘normal’ life, then you are entitled to PIP. No specific condition means you will automatically get PIP, this is a MYTH!
It’s not about the medical condition, it’s about the impact to your daily living and mobility. If your life is being impacted by your chronic illness that you have had for more than 3 months and will continue for more than 9 months, prevents you from living a ‘normal’ life, then you are entitled to PIP. No specific condition means you will automatically get PIP, this is a MYTH!
Yes. PIP is designed for those of us with physical conditions, mental health conditions or a combination of the two.
Yes, you can still win PIP if you are able to drive
Yes, you can still win PIP if you are able to work
Yes, you can still win PIP if you have a pet. You will get asked questions about how you look after your pets but you can still win.
It takes ages! Depending on whether you agree with your outcome, it can take months to years.
You log with DWP that you want to make a PIP claim. First you get a 28 page form that is basically asking for your address and GP information. Then they send a 44 page form out for you to complete and return back to them. Then you will be given a date and time for the assessment. Don’t worry if you don’t get your date and time straight away. It takes them ages to book it and send you a letter. After the assessment they will send the report to you (again, it might be a while before you receive this). You will probably disagree with the report, in which case you will send them a Mandatory Reconsideration (appeal) letter. You have 30 days to do this. Then you get invited to the appeal, then again wait for a report. If you still disagree with the report, you will submit a tribunal submissions pack, then wait to be invited to tribunal. If you are getting to this stage you are potentially looking at 1-2 years in total.
Don’t worry about it. PIP is all about the assessment. Whatever you think you have missed or whatever you want to expand on can be discussed in the assessment. The assessment is your key time to get all your important information across.
Yes
Personally, I would not proceed with the call without notice. It is a reasonable request that they give you notice. If you misword something or you are panicking and say something that is not right, they will document it. My advice is to explain it is not a good time, you are not feeling well but if they send you a letter with a time and date you will try your best to you plan your medication/fatigue levels/mental health for the new date and time. Or, explain that you would prefer to have someone with you (partner/friend) so if they send you a letter with a time and date you will make the appropriate arrangements.
PIP look at how you present yourself. If on a normal day you cannot put makeup on then DON’T put it on for the assessment. If on a normal day you cannot wear certain clothes (zips/buttons/laces/tight fitting etc) then DON’T wear them for the assessment. During the assessment if you are trying to explain that you cannot cook for yourself but you turn up with a blow dry and mascara, they are not going to believe you and you won’t get the points.
From the moment you park your car, you are under assessment. They are taking note of how you get into the building, how long it takes you, how you manage getting through doors, how you stand up from the chair you sit in and how you manage to leave after your assessment.
In my experience the majority have been lovely! The ones I have met have mostly been nurses and I found them helpful and full of advice. Some might be inexperienced in some areas but on the whole, they are helpful. I have only had 1 who wasn’t very nice.
It is unlikely you will get the correct points! This is why most people need to do a Mandatory Reconsideration (appeal) to get the right points. It is not personal, it just seems to be the way it is. It is important that you do not give up!
Yes! You cannot record a tribunal though. We recommend you record your assessment yourself and let them know at the beginning of the assessment. Refer to URGENT video for more information: https://shorturl.at/HIMQW
Yes, they like to know in advance. However, if you didn’t know in advance you could record or hadn’t planned on it then make sure you inform them at the beginning of your meeting.
The assessment! How you answer the questions is key! It doesn’t matter how good/bad your form is, it is all about how you communicate in the assessment.
My main advice is just be honest. All we are doing is being honest about how our life is impacted. Yes you have to explain it in a way that meets to the PIP points, but you need to be honest in your answers. I do not agree with lying to win PIP
**Answers are based on PERSONAL experience**
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