Money saving expert Martin Lewishas provided invaluable information on how millions of disabled or ill pensions could claim up to £5,600 a year to help them with living costs. It’s all thanks to Attendance Allowance (AA), a benefit provid...
Internet Matters, a non-profit organisation that aims to empower parents and carers to keep children safe in the digital world, recommends the following tips. Talk about it. It’s not an easy subject to broach, but it’s vital that you know if they’re being bullied so that you can do...
However, each year in the UK, billions of pounds of benefits remain unclaimed [1]. Services have been developed to assist citizens to claim their entitlements, although these are often ad hoc and short term arrangements. Perhaps the most successful of these are proactive welfare rights advice ...
1 WELCOMETOBELFASTCARERS’CENTRE INFORMATIONPACK ACarerissomeonewho,withoutpayment,provideshelpandsupporttoa friend,neighbourorrelativewhocouldnotmanageotherwisebecauseof frailty,illnessordisability. BelfastCarers‟Centrehasbeenprovidingsupportandinformationto CarersacrossBelfastandtheGreaterBelfastareasince1996.Wearean...
useful principles to consider when trying to provide for the needs of people with disabilities, particularly in low-resource settings. While access to assistive devices is important, devices have limited capacity to improve participation if the broader environment is overly restrictive and stigmatising....
Northumberland County Council is giving pounds 6,000 to Age UK to help make sure elderly people know how to claim entitlement to Attendance Allowance. Disabled old folk get help from council Labour is attempting to end attendance allowance to pay for free home care in England. Wales needs fundi...
This funding is not means-tested, so you are able to claim the allowance regardless of how much money you have. Attendance Allowance is not means-tested. Further information and claim forms can be found at www.gov.uk: An overview of Attendance Allowance ...