Finances can be a major concern for families with disabled children. Read on if you would like to contribute to the survey currently being carried out by Contact a Family
In 2008 Contact a Family asked families about their finances and the results were shocking, with one in six families reporting that they were going without food and heating.
Now, two years on, they would like to ask families about their finances again so that they are able to demonstrate if and how things have changed. There is a lot of talk that the economy has turned a corner and things are beginning to improve. But they would like to know what the experience of families with disabled children is.
Counting the Costs 2010 – a Contact a Family survey of families with disabled children’s finances will help them to raise awareness of the money worries specific to the families they support and to campaign for change.
Srabani Sen, Chief Executive of Contact a Family, said: “In these recent turbulent economic times everyone has been struggling. But it costs three times more to raise a child with a disability and families with caring responsibilities have greater difficulty working, so are more likely to be living in poverty".
”Please take the time to fill out our short online survey, which will take no longer than five minutes to complete.”
click to take part in Counting the Costs 2010 survey