Welcome to our website. We hope this new resource will assist you with your benefit queries and provide valuable information and resources all in one place.
Corona Virus (Covid-19) information for claimants
New (short term) claimants because of corona virus
For those already claiming benefits
Support for the Self-Employed
Increased UC Payments
Benefit related questions
Tribunals
PIP/ESA/UC Assessments
suspended for 3 months
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DLA to PIP Conversions
Corona Virus (Covid-19) medical and safety information
(with links to BuDS)
Information to those with specific medical conditions
Are you more at Risk ???
Mental Health Support
Mutual Help/Support group across the UK
Covid-19 Isolation Chat Group
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Did you know BuDS has a new Facebook group just for news, information and support about Covid-19 (coronavirus)? Posting up to date reliable stuff into the group every day and moderators and members will try to answer any question you have.
What is self-isolation?
Self-isolating means staying at home and not leaving it, other than for exercise. Don't go to work, school or public areas during this time.
If possible, you should not go out even to buy food or other essentials. If you are unable to get supplies delivered, you should do what you can to limit social contact when you do leave the house.
For members in Crisis.
Text SHOUT 85258
Shout is the UK’s first free 24/7 text service for anyone in crisis anytime, anywhere. It’s a place to go if you’re struggling to cope and you need immediate help.
For more info click here
Links to general information re Covid-19
Recovery of Overpayments, Tax Credit Debt and Loans
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There’s a lot of news about the police powers to force people to stay in their homes during the coronavirus crisis. But what powers do they actually have? What can we do what can not do.
Carers Allowance during Lockdown.
COVID-19: sales and pricing practices during Coronavirus outbreak FOLLOW LINK FOR MORE INFO
Please note this website is continually being updated
A1 is proud to work in association with and be recommended by BuDS.
Their experts volunteer regularly on our Facebook page and we rely on them to keep us updated in particular around welfare reform and law. (click on the logo)
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This site is designed to give as much information as possible, to assist you in making claims for benefits when you are Sick or Disabled and unable to work.
If its highlighted in pink it's a link
HOW TO USE THIS SITE
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Benefits Guides
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This is the best place to start. All current benefits are listed and where applicable amounts awarded are given
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ESA, DLA, PIP & UC
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Information re mandatory reconsiderations , (MR) appeals, tribunal decisions and much more.
Resources and Links
General Q&A
Links to sites that will help you with your claims and queries.
Contact details, telephone numbers and address's
Upper Tribunal Decisions
are those which affect all benefits after an appeal has been made. Here you can find files appertaining to many decisions that can affect how you make an appeal
So hover over the appropriate box in the menu bar at the top and click on the page you need.
Privacy Policy
We receive, collect and store any information you enter on our website. The only personal information stored is your email address and login.
We may use software tools to measure and collect session information, including page response times, length of visits to certain pages, page interaction information, and methods used to browse away from the page.
We do collect comments and feedback.
We do not share any information with shared parties.
We collect such Non-personal and Personal Information for the following purposes:
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To provide and operate the Services;
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To provide our Users with ongoing customer assistance and technical support;
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To be able to contact our Visitors and Users with general or personalized service-related notices and promotional messages;
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To create aggregated statistical data and other aggregated and/or inferred Non-personal Information.
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To comply with any applicable laws and regulations.
We may contact you to notify you regarding your account, to troubleshoot problems with your account, to resolve a dispute, to poll your opinions through surveys or questionnaires, to send updates about A1, or as otherwise necessary to contact you to enforce our User Agreement, applicable national laws, and any agreement we may have with you. For these purposes we may contact you via email.
If you don’t want us to process your data anymore, please contact us at a1help@outlook.com.
Privacy policy updates
We reserve the right to modify this privacy policy at any time, so please review it frequently. Changes and clarifications will take effect immediately upon their posting on the website. If we make material changes to this policy, we will notify you here that it has been updated, so that you are aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances, if any, we use and/or disclose it.