For ALL PARENTS, CARERS, GRANDPARENTS (& TEENS):
Check out this choice of 11 different online courses, free to you, designed to make life a little easier!
There is something for everyone. We all need a bit of head space and thinking time occasionally. Our NEWEST course is a 20 min short course ‘Understanding the impact of the pandemic on your teenager’. If you are a teenager check out ‘Understanding your feelings (for teenagers only!)’ which has a module about the impact of the pandemic.
This report from Family Fund explores the challenges facing families raising disabled children.
Siblings can become young carers at any stage in their childhood. Check out our advice written previously for My Family our Needs on supporting sibling young carers. – myfamilyourneeds.co.uk/support-parent
The DLA care component is only paid at the middle or highest rate if a child has night-time needs, but there’s only one question about this in the claim form — so it’s important to get it right.
Watch the new video in Contacts ongoing DLA series for advice: https://youtu.be/czev2NkB6mI
Parents are telling Contact about giving up food and heating just to keep their disabled child’s equipment turned on — a choice nobody should have to make. If you feel worried, we offer a free support line where carers can get advice or just blow off steam contact.org.uk/listening-ear
