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Hi,
My name is Daniel and i am a father to 3.
One of which is disabled.
Family fund is something that many families with disabled children can claim to help with small things like holidays and equipment.
Family fund income rules have changed and people recieving CHILDCARE payments through TAX credits are now losing out and many will lose the right to make a application.
We feel this is a bad move by family fund and we want your views please share these directly with family fund on the following page:
http://www.parentsofdisabledchildren.co.uk/family-fund-question-t-847-3.html
We applied last year for the first time and were allowed to apply for 3 items in the first year!
They approved the grant and gave us a set of new sofa's, a new bed for Liam and a new wardrobe as he'd destroyed most of them with his behaviour.
We applied again this year and the family fund have given us a week's HALF TERM holiday worth £500 at a Haven Park.
They will also pay for driving lessons too, (terms and conditions apply though).
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