UC Journal Companion

Your private preparation workspace for Universal Credit journal messages.

Tell us what happened in your own words. Use the tools below to organise the facts, check risky wording and prepare something clearer before you copy it into your journal yourself.

Private preparation workspace

Choose the tool that fits what you need to sort out today. Your account, privacy, billing and source pages are still available below, but the four tools are the main working space.

Before You Post

Check a draft before copying it into your Universal Credit journal.

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Work Search Logger

Keep a clear private record of job-search activity and what happened next.

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Missed Appointment Helper

Talk through what happened and prepare a calm journal note after missing an appointment.

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Job Not Applied For Helper

Explain why a specific job was not suitable or could not be applied for.

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