MrZigster

So did you get sent a deposit page link via email then?

Thanks to everyone who has posted supportive messages. I only posted to try to reassure @Yoghurt on a Stick so am very touched. It is unimaginable I think. Very, very similar situation. Was so relieved to get the CHC funding at the end. Even if it only was for the last week or two. Pretty sure the in home care company had the majority of my mum's savings in the years prior to that. Possibly to the extent where her funds went below the limit where she should have still been paying (yet to get to the bottom of that kind of thing). Still of the mind that she qualified for CHC under the criteria well before she was approved. Like I will keep saying. It's a buried national scandal. So many people don't even know it exists including the professionals that should. I am feeling more relief than grief if I'm honest. Tough time is right. To say we had a fractious relationship would be an understatement. Hence the not knowing anything about finances thing as she always refused to discuss anything regarding that or ongoing care plans or anything really. Made things way harder than they ever really needed to be. Also always been prone to blubbing at nothing. Thanks. Yeah I was amazed at how much I got done that first day. I am now at a stalemate however as I'm still waiting for THAT bit of paper from the GP. Can't really do anything officially without it. It's the reason I can't see my mum according to the funeral directors. The coroner has done their bit and emailed the GP and the registrar, but I had to cancel the registrar appointment this afternoon as apparently the GP hasn't done their bit and was off today. From what I can gather the coroner sent the email on Monday (to the registrar anyway) but strange that they (coroner) only phoned me yesterday (Tuesday) to confirm mum's details. I am working tomorrow and Friday so have tentatively rebooked the registrar for Monday. I say tentatively because there is some discrepancy over which day my mum actually died. I was told by the care home she was checked at Midnight on the 20th and was still breathing but when checked at one she had gone. But the coroner has written the 19th on everything. The funeral home have 20th on the paperwork from care home. I told the coroner yesterday to recheck this but they obviously haven't. The funeral home are going to get on the coroners case regarding this as everything has to match. So I can see that delaying things even further. So feeling pretty pissed off at the moment. Was expecting a small step towards closure today. It feels good to vent though.

Did you have to wait for approval? I got the email, have just finally got the profile filled out (what a faff, still not sure if I've uploaded scans (I used photos) of my photo ID correctly). Then proceeded to apply. Only to get the message: "We aim to review applications within two working days from submission. Once your application has been approved you will be asked to pay your refundable deposit". Thought I'd get taken straight to a deposit page. Not have to wait for approval. So was there really a ballot then? Am I just on a shortlist waiting for drop outs? Am I going to wish I hadn't noted under "Access Requirements" that I'm going to struggle doing the Bristol thing and would very much like to bring my car or be allowed to bring a sack trolley on the coach pretty please? Fairly sure the emails this month suggested I was in. They never make things more straightforward do they. Anyone know anything?

Great isn't it. I've amazed people at least a couple of times by pointing out that there is an on site dentist team when they were suffering. Had to use them myself once.

I know a group who flag responsibly. Theirs only goes up when one of the group heads for the bar or urinals and straight back down when they get back.

See posts passim.

I've had really more than enough to worry about on my plate recently.

I hear and feel you. It's both relief and grief in a double punch.

Nice one. It's the godmother gift that keeps on giving. It'll be the fifth time this year if it comes good. I'm still dreading the probable Bristol faffing about thing though.

Sad to post that my mother passed on sometime in the first hour of yesterday morning. I was never sure how I would deal. Presumed I'd be a bit of a wreck. I got the phone call and was obviously a bit weepy for a while. I was a good few hours away at work unfortunately but something kicked in, in a, "step up to the plate", kind of way. Starting with, "how the f**k am I going to get back home". Sorted that and turned out I needn't have panicked as there's not a lot you can really do at five/six in the morning. Spent yesterday informing people. Reconnected with Uncle and Aunt on Dad's side. This afternoon I have managed to get the funeral sorted(ish), registrar appointment made, and the will and insurance (I think) papers found. Plus got an assurance from the GP's that they will be doing the necessary paperwork that I need to get things really moving by tomorrow. Would've also cleared out the room in the home she'd spent the last week in if it hadn't been pouring hard. Booked the car in for it's M.O.T. and service instead. So quite a productive 36 hours and I'm not the wreck I thought I may've become (yet. Let's not tempt fate). Hope that's of some reassurance for you @Yoghurt on a Stickand heartfelt thanks to yourself and @Skip997for your support over the last few weeks. Apologies to everyone else for the venting. _______________________ Came back from doing the above to an email suggesting that I may have my in to the festival. Which was nice. So feeling surprisingly upbeat for someone who should be grieving.

I have received the same email. I bloody hope that's what it means. Hopefully no having to be online at a certain day and time as well.

...and one of them sprogged Dappy from NDubz.

You're right. Personally there'd be no point in doing it if I were working during every headline set. Don't think there's anything actually referred to as a "night" shift when working the bars. It's more like earlys, mids and lates (iirc). In the four I've volunteered at I've always had one shift on either the Wednesday or Thursday. One shift that would clash with a headliner (so a late) Fri, Sat or Sun and one other early or mid shift Fri, Sat or Sun. I know from speaking to others that this is not set in stone and may just be a coincidence but it suggests that they do try and spread things reasonably fairly.

True in my experience as best as I can recall. But, what year are we talking? I haven't volunteered since '19 and I think I missed the training that year by arguing that I'd already done it three times previously. It was always arrive, get on the bus (or go to the shed if fortunate enough to be making your own way there), get told bars and teams and shifts. Cue lots of people begging for swaps. I got really lucky 2016. Possibly the quietest bar on site, which was close to Gate C and off for all of the major bits I wanted to see. Wasn't swapping with no one. I'd ask for that bar again in an instant (though it's changed a bit now). In fact everyone volunteering was lucky that year imo being on site pre Wednesday. T'was a messy one that.

So well thought out and scripted. I'm sure there may have been grounds to arrest Nish Kumar on grounds of inciting hatred when he was in The Cabaret Tent last. Mainly towards Boris, Sunak and The Bloody Tories iirc. And f**k the beeb for cancelling his Mash show to appease the f**kers. Know your audience right? And to stay on thread: After seeing Bill Bailey do a Sunday set after the headliners at the bottom of Bella;s Field (iirc) in '07 (iirc) I'd hoped that it would be a recurring thing, Didn't happen. Still not too late?

That's good to know. Shelter volunteers working the same bars didn't get any choices regarding bars or shifts. I think you'd have to be mad to choose Stonebridge. Miles away from camp, uphill and insanely non stop busy at times. Some people prefer busy over bored I know. I worked The Green Bar on Williams Green on the Thursday once. Bloody mental non stop pint pouring. Would hate Wednesday and Thursday at Stonebridge I'm sure. Hoping Avalon will take my four times volunteering with Shelter into account. Welcome to both eFests and volunteering ☺️.

I think I'm correct in saying this is NHS End of Life Funding she is getting. Which I suspect may be a completely different kettle of fish to NHS Continuing Healthcare funding. Can see in three months time wherever she ends up going, "oh. she's not dying, our bad, now sell the house to pay for this". I'm personally not convinced she is actually on her way out. I've seen her play possum like this too often during the last four years. Mentioned this to The Doc but they were insistent that they've, "...seen this lots of times before". Maybe I should thrust their judgement and am in denial a bit?

Yeah I'm livid about the whole thing. Furious that the Judicial Revue into this was refused. Not surprising as it would expose a bigger financial fraud than the PPI mis-selling scandal. https://www.crowdjustice.com/case/the-nhs-continuing-healthcare-scandal/ Anyways just had a call that funding has been approved. Only for three months mind. Then they'll review it again.

Agree based on my own dive down that particular rabbit hole. It's a national disgrace imo.

Oh it's far from a done deal. They have merely, "put an application in". Still layers of bureaucracy to get through I fear.

Thanks both of you. I'm relieved to say that the right noises are being made regarding NHS CHC. I could've hugged the Dr when they told me they were going to recommend it. Then they told me the funding's under NHS End of Life Pathway. They think, "she's just given up". Double whammy of relief and grief in one.

Suggested her a while back. Would be up there with Shirley Bassey. Wasn't aware she'd retired.

Just what I was thinking. First one isn't it?

I've registered my interest with Avalon Bars. I'm presuming it will be the same set up as Shelter. Never did get to the bottom of whether the stopping coaches from London and Sheffield thing was down to Avalon or Shelter. Tbf I did hear that they let some people drive there last year, but only if they car shared iirc.

It's a nonsense for me. How do I get to Bristol? Well I'm going to drive aren't I 'cause f**k messing around with train, underground, train with camping gear (it was a pita enough when I only had to get to London). I have to pass Glastonbury to get to Bristol so it makes a bit of a mockery of any green reasoning.