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Advice from Citizens Advice

Advice from Citizens Advice brings you the self-help information you need to solve your problems. This website provides information and helpful tips on how to manage your money. There are a number of step-by-step guides to planning and managing your money. Parents/carers and…

Carers Allowance

This is a benefit for parents and carers who look after a disabled child or adult for at least 35 hours a week.  The disabled person must get Disability Living Allowance (DLA) at the middle or higher rate for personal…

Benefits Calculator

Get an estimate of what benefits (eg Income Support or Jobseeker’s Allowance) and tax credits you could get, and find out about claiming specific benefits. You can also find out how your benefits would be affected by a change in circumstances (eg if…

Free Road Tax for People with a Disability

Vehicles exempt from vehicle excise duty or road tax.If you have a child aged three or over who qualifies for the Disability Living Allowance (DLA) mobility component at the higher rate, or receive enhanced rate mobility component of Personal Independence Payment (PIP)…

Access to Work Fund

Young people with a disability, health or mental health condition on or about to start the work experience placement of a supported internship or traineeship, can apply to the Department for Work and Pensions' Access to Work fund. Young people can apply for: funding of…

Cerebra

Cerebra is a charity set up to help improve the lives of children and young people with brain related conditions through research, education and directly supporting the children and their carers. Cerebra's website and telephone helpline aims to help all children up to the…

Contact - Benefits and Advice Helpline

This is a free, confidential helpline for parents of disabled children living in England, run by Contact offering high quality and up-to-date advice on welfare benefits. Contact is a charity for families with disabled children. Contact advisers will make sure that parents have the right information…

The Family Fund

Family Fund is the UK’s largest charity providing grants for families on low incomes raising disabled or seriously ill children and young people. They believe that all families raising disabled or seriously ill children and young people should have the same choices, quality of life,…

Child Tax Credit (CTC)

Child Tax Credit is money that can be claimed from the government to increase your family's income. Parents can claim for children under 16, or children aged 16 to 19, as long as they are in certain types of education or training.

Contact, the charity for families with disabled children

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Contact is a nationwide charity providing support, advice and information for families with children and young people up to 19 years old who have disabilities or special needs. Anyone can contact them for information. This service offers: …