DLA
Disability Living Allowance (DLA) is the main benefit for disabled children and is there to help meet any extra costs of being disabled. Any ill or disabled child may be able to qualify, even those who don’t have a diagnosis. Disability Living Allowance (DLA) for children: Overview - GOV.UK
Blue Badge Parking Scheme
A Blue Badge is a disabled parking permit that allows easier access to public facilities for people with severe mobility issues or non-visible (hidden) conditions, causing them to severely struggle with the journeys between a vehicle and their destination by allowing them to park closer. https://www.westnorthants.gov.uk/blue-badges/blue-badges-individuals
Household Support Fund
The Household Support Fund will be distributed in a variety of ways including:
- financial support for those on a low wage
- the provision of food for children eligible for benefits related free school meals during school holidays
- financial grants for charities to extend the offer of support to families and individuals that they are engaged with and working with
working with our trusted partners to identify and support vulnerable families directly.
www.westnorthants.gov.uk/claiming-benefits/household-support-fund
Independence at home
Independence at Home provides grants (of £200-£600) to people of all ages who have a physical or learning disability or long-term illness and who are in financial need. This financial help enables them to obtain mobility and disability equipment, home adaptations and other essential items to make an immediate, practical and positive effect on daily life at home. http://www.independenceathome.org.uk/
Newlife Charity for Disabled Children
Newlife changes the lives of disabled and terminally ill children across the UK. It grants or loans thousands of items of equipment every year, often in emergency situations. Newlife provides information and supports families with a dedicated nurse service. It campaigns to give disabled children and their families a voice. Newlife also funds pioneering medical research to give hope for the future.
http://newlifecharity.co.uk/
Papworth Trust
Papworth Trust is a national charity that focuses on disability employment, accessible housing, and social care. It runs an information and advice helpline that can help with disability benefit related enquiries for children and under-19s. https://www.papworthtrust.org.uk/
SEND funding for early years childcare
The Disability Access Fund (DAF) is designed to support children aged 0-5 years with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND).
The DAF aids access to early years places by, for example, supporting early education and childcare providers in making reasonable adjustments to their settings (be that for the child in question or for the benefit of all children who attend the setting).
Providers who have funded entitlement children who are eligible for the DAF will be entitled to receive a single, one-off payment.
Children do not have to take up the full 570 hours of funded entitlement they are entitled to in order to receive the DAF.
Who is eligible for Disability Access Fund?
- 3 and 4 year-olds will be eligible for the DAF if the child is in receipt of child Disability Living Allowance (DLA) and attends an early years education and childcare provider for the universal entitlement.
Any 4-year-old children already in Reception year are not eligible for DAF funding.
https://www.westnorthants.gov.uk/get-help-paying-childcare
Family Fund
We are the UK's largest grant-making charity for families raising a disabled or seriously ill child, on a low income. www.familyfund.org.uk
Elifar
The name Elifar stands for Every Life Is For A Reason, a philosophy which serves to remind us all that everyone deserves to enjoy the minimum standards of comfort and happiness, though for those with severe disability these are often not easily achieved. The financial, physical and emotional cost to them and their families is enormous and any help we can give will often be life changing, and always gratefully received. https://www.elifarfoundation.org.uk/
Community Law – Northampton and County
Community Law Service (Northampton and County) is a registered charity and an independent specialist social welfare advice provider. The aim of the organisation is to improve the health and wellbeing of local residents through tackling social and financial exclusion, alleviating poverty and advancing education. This is achieved through the provision of specialist advice, casework and representation currently in the fields of Welfare Benefits, Debt, Financial Capability, Energy Advice, Housing and Immigration. www.communitylawservice.org.uk
Citizen’s Advice – enter your postcode
Our network of independent charities offers confidential advice online, over the phone, and in person, for free. When we say we’re for everyone, we mean it. People rely on us because we’re independent and totally impartial. www.citizensadvice.org.uk