1+ hour, 31+ min ago  (288+ words) Colette and her partner'Stephen'are parents to Georgia, who'just turned six. The family live near Glasgow and Colette works as a'part time'nanny,'while'Stephen'is'Georgia's'full-time'carer.'They received a Take a Break Scotland grant last year, which they used for family days out. Georgia…...

4+ day, 4+ hour ago  (765+ words) Almost 1/5 of the grants Family Fund provides are for digital items, alongside other essentials like'beds and washing machines.'With the extra costs'of having a disabled'person in your household now estimated at over "1, 095'per month in the UK,'far too many'families'raising'disabled…...

4+ week, 2+ day ago  (414+ words) Cynthia and her husband'Dave'live in Campbeltown in West Scotland, with their two daughters'Jessica, aged 11, and Grace, aged 9. Grace has a diagnosis of Down's'syndrome'and'is also awaiting an assessment for'ADHD." Cynthia says, "we have two wonderful daughters, Jessica and Grace.'Grace has…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (664+ words) When we think of play, many of us picture long days outdoors, kicking a football in the park, playing cricket with friends, or building imaginative worlds with bricks on the living room floor. "Enter into children's play and you will…...

3+ mon, 3+ week ago  (280+ words) A new report from the Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) shows a record number of people in the UK are now living in "very deep poverty. This means many people are living in a household where incomes are so far below…...