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Pounds for Parents

Winter fuel payment campaign

Disability living allowance take-up

Council tax concessions take-up

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Pounds for Parents is the name of our three year campaign to improve take up of benefits and other forms of financial support for families with disabled children.

Why are we campaigning?

It costs three times as much to raise a disabled child and many parents struggle to hold down a job due to the emotional, practical and physical pressures of being a carer. Despite more than half of families living in, or at the margins of poverty, families are not claiming the benefits and tax credits available to them.

What we want

We want families to be aware of their benefits entitlements and claim what they are owed.

We want to raise awareness of the financial difficulties experienced by families of disabled children and the extra costs of raising a disabled child.

What we are doing

• Raising awareness of the financial challenges for families of disabled children in the media.
• Producing information guides to help and enable parents to claim the benefits and tax credits to which they are entitled.
• Providing information and advice on the benefits and tax credits families are entitled to through our freephone helpline and one-to-one support.

How can I campaign?

Talk in the media about the additional costs of raising a disabled child and help people to understand what life is like for families of disabled children.

• Be a media case study