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Families with disabled children will be hit hard by housing benefit reforms - 14 September 2010

Families with disabled children will be disproportionately affected by changes to Housing Benefit due to be implemented in October 2011. Read More...

Families with disabled children struggle to afford food and heating - 10 July 2010

Families with disabled children are going without essentials such as food and heating. This is the norm, not a temporary crisis brought on by the economic slump. Read More...

National conference to celebrate parent participation achievements

Over 200 parents and professionals came together today to celebrate their achievements working jointly to improve disabled children’s services. Read More...

Cash counts for families with disabled children hit by January blues - 19 January 2010

Contact a Family has today launched Cash Counts, a new online service dedicated to ensuring families with disabled children are getting every penny. Read More...

Families with disabled children celebrate family life despite facing bureaucracy and prejudice - 4 November 2009

“I feel like I’m fighting in every corner – when what we really want is to be a family.” Helen Windram Read More...

Landmark ruling could improve lives of thousands of UK disabled toddlers and their families - 16 July 2009

UK charity Contact a Family and the Every Disabled Child Matters (EDCM) campaign have welcomed a court ruling to grant a judicial review of mobility benefits for disabled children under the age of three. Read More...

Attitudes towards disability shocking say UK families with disabled children - 19th May 2009

Families with disabled children in the UK feel stigmatised and shut out from society, according to new research published today by Contact a Family. Read More...

Families with disabled children are carers hardest hit by economic crisis - 4th December 2008

Contact a Family welcomes Carers UK’s latest research into the financial difficulties being experienced by carers. Read More...

Christmas cash bonus for disabled children and their carers welcome but more financial help needed - 26th November 2008

Contact a Family has welcomed the Chancellor’s announcement that disabled children and their carers will receive an additional £60. The payment is on top of the annual £10 Christmas bonus given to those in receipt of Disability Living Allowance (DLA) and Carer’s Allowance. Read More...

Families with disabled children go without food and heating - 27th August 2008

Families with disabled children have been rocked by the soaring cost of living and are going without basic food and heating. Read More...

 


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