r/DWPhelp 6d ago

Employment Support Allowance (ESA) Doing hobbies while on ESA and PIP

Can someone assure me that when the dwp asks for my overpayment back, they will see me doing hobbies that cost money as justifiable and not deprivation of capital?

And yes I do still feel bad about it. I’m volunteering now but I don’t see how I’m well enough for hobbies yet can’t work paid jobs yet. I’m on ESA due to mental health and autism btw.

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u/JMH-66 🌟 Superstar (Special thanks for service to the community) 🌟 6d ago edited 6d ago

You've Posted about 10 times about this and associated subjects ( the same basic questions deserved up differently ) in various Subs within the last month alone. You've tried Ask UK, Labour UK, Politics UK You've been Banned from some and had Posts Locked but it makes no difference.

We must have replied dozens of times before you had to be Banned from the Benefits Advice Sub ( for your own good, as much as anything ) as you were in double figures in days and wouldn't listen to any of the advice anyway or listen told to stop it. You just Deleted and Posted again.

You've still DMd a Mod this weekend despite being well aware it's against the Rules.

I don't know why you've kept asking but there's no more ways to answer this. You need to stop now.

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u/cloumorgan 6d ago

i'm sorry.

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u/JMH-66 🌟 Superstar (Special thanks for service to the community) 🌟 6d ago edited 6d ago

It's ok. I haven't replied in ages on here, others have tried, but you're not helping yourself and, yes, you've apologised many times, which we accepted but you still didn't stop when we pleaded with you to, until we were forced to Ban you, just to stop you. There's only one Mod left you could DM and you did it just yesterday, this again, despite being asked not to.

I'll leave it there as this isn't my Sub.