Membership

Benefits of being a member include:

• Access to advice on benefits claims and disputes.
  • If you need any help with your benefit claim just give us a ring and we will do our best to give you the advice you need.
• Assistance with benefits tribunals when necessary.
  • If your benefits claim is rejected and it is necessary to take your case to a tribunal then we can help with that too, we have two people very experienced in this field.
• Access to our counselling service.
  • If you need to talk and/or ask some advice, wether practical or emotional, then telephone our helpline and our trained counsellors will be pleased to help.
• Regular magazines.
  • We produce a 'chatty' magazine approximately 4 times each year, please feel free to send us any articles you think our members would be interested in reading.
• Invites to events and meetings, e.g.
  • Annual General Meeting.
  • Service user meetings at Walkergate Park Hospital.
  • Presentations
  • Talks by A.D.D.E.R. members and medical professionals.
• Regular news on research and development.
  • News on the epidemiology survey.
  • News on the genetic survey.
  • Any other breaking news we hear.

NB: If you do use our help with your benefits tribunal we do ask that you pay our expenses, however our expenses are always kept to a minimum and we only ask for this if your case is won.