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In these tough times it is important that the Family Fund continues to help families with the lowest of incomes who are caring for a severely disabled child or young person. The Family Fund also needs to ensure that its income eligibility criteria are fair to all families across the UK whether they are working or non-working.
In April 2010 the Fund took a first step towards implementing a new “fair to all” criterion. This change reflected feedback from working families, who felt that the Fund’s previous criteria penalised families who were working in favour of those who were not working.
Campaign welcomes confirmation of coalition policy for improving services for disabled children.
Sarah Teather MP, Minister of State for Children and Families, set out the Government’s vision for disabled children’s policy in a speech at the launch of the latest campaign briefing from the Every Disabled Child Matters (EDCM) campaign.
The Family Fund, the UK’s largest charitable grant-maker to families with disabled children, has launched its own Facebook page to bring together families, friends and supporters to spread news about the Family Fund and share their experiences.
The Family Fund, the largest charitable grant-maker for families with disabled children, has changed the way it looks at income to help more families on the lowest of incomes.
The Family Fund welcomes focus on support for families with disabled children in the Government’s Families and Relationships Green Paper
Family Fund welcomes report of Lamb Inquiry into improving parental confidence in the SEN assessment process
New report reveals 27% of disabled children living in poverty Disabled children's charity the Family Fund has welcomed the inclusion of the End Child Poverty Bill in the Queen’s Speech, which comes on the same day as a new report by Save the Children and the Family Fund reveals that 27 per cent of disabled children across the
At party conferences Family Fund supported EDCM as they launched the Disabled children's manifesto for change. The Manifesto for Change is based entirely on the views of disabled children and young people and sets out their key messages and questions for politicians about how the next government will support them.
As the recession bites, families with a disabled child, and disabled young people themselves, can get up to 25 per cent off household appliances, bedding, clothing, toys, driving lessons, computers, holidays and much more.
Family Fund extra is a new online buying club from disabled children's charity the Family Fund. Any family with a disabled child can sign up to extra for free and then save between 5% and 25% on all goods and services from leading retailers.
Helping more families than ever! Each quarter, our newsletter tells families, funders and supporters some of the ways we make a difference to the lives of severely disabled children, young people and their families. Read more
