To be cheesed off with Universal Credit entry fees?

[MaturingCheeseball]

I know it’s been done before, but…

I thought I’d like to visit Chatsworth House with (teenage) dd. The cost is £33 each PLUS parking at £7.50. So £73.50.

Then I saw the universal credit/pension credit/pip etc price. THREE POUNDS. And free parking! So £6.00 for two adults (age 17+).

I do not have 12 times as much money as someone on these benefits. I doubt many people do. I’m not begrudging the disadvantaged a day out, but come on! The price differential is ludicrous.

When I saw the £73 price I just decided we couldn’t go, and so be it. But upon seeing the potential for a £6 entry, it made me feel mugged off.

I agree with you OP- people are rewarded for not working - there are many many people who are fully capable of doing refusing to work full time as they will loose their universal credit. They are better off working three days and getting benefits and they’re getting away with it and can do, and then get even more benefits!! Another reason the country is in a mess.

Yeah I've never been there but certainly seems overpriced. What's actually to do there

Didn’t it used to be the case that children couldn’t be excluded if they couldn’t pay? Has that changed?

There are people who work who are earning just above the threshold to receive all of the other benefits that come with those receiving UC. Therefore being on such a low income they have to pay full whack for everything, which is unfair.
There should be a way (I dont know how or what).that these people should also be able to obtain these kinds of discounts or confessions, which is quite clearly what I meant lol

I think the OP is irritated that there are people on UC getting discounts on everything from theme parks, days out, NHS prescriptions, free school dinners and yet take home more than people who are working and unable to claim. That just makes people feel resentful which feeds into the divisions being felt societally.

This thread has definitely reminded me to keep my eyes peeled for discounts.

Who is gloating?

Also the prices of these days out for ordinary folk is just ridiculous. We couldn’t afford to go unless it’s a once a year holiday treat. I assume those who can afford to go are people who get concessions, single person households, season ticket holders. Families with two adults, two kids, that’s a weeks food shop for a day out. Crazy!

Not this again. Not on UC, but work in a sector supporting vulnerable people many of whom do claim. Take this up with those providing the discounts. There are far, far too many of these threads popping up. I understand people frustrated that these discounts exist but its a topic that has been done to death on here.

I know, and I suppose you could have started a thread that just said how annoyed you were about the price. You could have started a thread that didn’t effectively give all and sundry the opportunity to blame benefit claimants for Chatsworth House’s pricing policy. But where would be the fun in that hey?

The people on here crying a river for those who have the audacity to be healthy enough to work forty hours a week.

My point is that you clearly have a point to make about the rate of claimants with mental and behavioural conditions yet when you actually look at the statistics, it isn’t quite what some portray.

Eligibility criteria for LCW/LCWRA are published. They are clear for anyone to google. That is completely separate to the recording of statistics for conditions claimants have.

Diagnostic criteria are also visible to anyone who wants to see them. You can see the ICD-11, which is generally what is used in the UK, online.

Statistics are incomplete because for UC the main disabling condition isn’t recorded. Except for those who will be undergoing in the near future/are undergoing/recovering from cancer treatment, awards aren’t based on diagnosis.

Because people are SKINT. Working people are SKINT. Compassion fatigue goes along with that.

It bothers me as well that's why I don't give my custom to these places.
We have two zoos near us, one gives a hugely reduced entry to those on UC and the other doesn't, they pay the same. So I always support the latter. It's not being jealous, it's just not fair so I refuse to spend the money I earn in those places.

Wow

I've said the stories of people I know just being lazy and abusing UC and benefits. The lack of drive and work ethic they have. The fact they are happy just to live of UC and other assorted benefits. The benefits brigade accused me of lying.

Or maybe they shouldn’t have offered to top up wages and allow people to do it themselves via different jobs or working sufficient hours. I think the whole scam is appalling.

There are ways of getting discounted culture without UC. Blue Peter badge gives kids free entry to a huge amount of places. 2for1 rail tickets, where you get an entry ticket to an attraction free, even if you‘ve just bought a single from the closest station. Clubcard. Cereal packets. Doing National Trust one year and English Heritage the next.

I'm skint...!! I just don't lay it all at the door of companies deciding to give discounts to certain groups. Tbh I wish thry didn't, it has stirred up far too much division.

Well if people receiving PIP are entitled ti this discount and PIP is not means tested it’s making it quite ridiculous

Apologies if this was unclear, it would have been my food money for the month at that point. When I say spending money, I mean I had about £100 a month to feed 3 people. Days out were not high on my agenda, more survival.

Thanks I’ve had a look and that’s a great offer for some
but
OP particularly wanted to see an exhibition at Chatsworth

with the art pass it would cost her
£20 for the pass
plus 50% discount for Chatsworth

Thats more expensive for her
than the full price at Chatsworth

What a disgusting post.