‘Disabled woman faces eviction threat over £6K bill for ‘disgusting’ meals she never even ate’

Image of newspaper article with brown pile of food in a foam box.

WinVisible is supporting Alice Talbot since 2021, who lives at Charlie Ratchford Court a supported living place run by Camden Council. She contacted us as she didn’t want the meals: Care dinners: Would you fork out £4.50 for this meal? She also wanted to challenge the high care charges, which are on top of rent … Read more

‘It’s a tax on disability’: rising UK social care costs force many into debt

Disabled people are paying “a tax on disability” by being forced to fund soaring care charges out of their benefits as the cost of living pushes care users into financial crisis . . . [WinVisible] said some disabled women are being coerced into sex by acquaintances after turning to them for care because they couldn’t pay care charges.