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This page signposts to useful information and resources covering the following areas:

You can also visit the Healthier Wigan Partnership website (external link) to find information and support covering everything on this page, including health and wellbeing, parenting support and home learning and development.

Looking for easy to read health information? Visit Easy Health for over 390 easy read health resources that include pictures, films and simple words (external link), making information more accessible to anyone who finds written information hard to understand.

Disability Living Allowance (DLA) (external link) for help with the extra costs of looking after a child who has difficulties walking or needs much more looking after than a child of the same age who does not have a disability
Carer’s Allowance (external link) for people who care for someone at least 35 hours a week and receive certain benefits
Personal Independence Payment (PIP) (external link) can help with some of the extra costs for people aged 16 or over who have a long term ill-health or disability
Family Fund (external link) provides grants to families with a seriously ill or disabled child who meets their eligibility criteria
Blessings in Disguise is a Wigan charity (external link) providing equipment, activities and experiences for seriously ill and disabled children
Turn2Us is a national charity helping people to access financial support (external link). Their website provides a benefits calculator and a grant search
Disabled Students’ Allowances provide financial support to undergraduates (external link) to cover some of the extra costs due to a mental health problem, long term illness or any other disability.

Written for disabled students and their guardians, this in depth guide on the Disabled Students’ allowance, created by Comparethemarket covers the following;

An overview of what the Disabled Students’ Allowance is, what it covers, and how it is different from tuition fee assistance and maintenance loans
Eligibility for the DSA, including the broad range of conditions in the Equality Act of 2010
Step-by-step instructions on applying for the DSA, along with a guide to getting the requirements accomplished
A list of other support a disabled student can get while studying.

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