Counting the costs (28th August 2008)
Families with disabled children are struggling with soaring cost of living and some families are going without basic food and heating. These are the findings of Counting the Costs, a survey and report from Contact a Family, the charity for families with disabled children. Key findings include: One in six disabled children lives in a household struggling to afford food and heating; Almost half of families have borrowed money from friends and family, with one in five using the cash to pay their heating bills; and One in 14 children with a disability or medical condition is living under threat of losing their home. Contact a Family surveyed almost 800 parent carers in the UK about their financial situation in the current economic crisis.
Report
Families with disabled children are struggling with soaring cost of living and some families are going without basic food and heating. These are the findings of Counting the Costs, a survey and report from Contact a Family, the charity for families with disabled children. Key findings include: One in six disabled children lives in a household struggling to afford food and heating; Almost half of families have borrowed money from friends and family, with one in five using the cash to pay their heating bills; and One in 14 children with a disability or medical condition is living under threat of losing their home. Contact a Family surveyed almost 800 parent carers in the UK about their financial situation in the current economic crisis.
Report
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