Hi, thought this may be of interest to any folks on here.
Stop the DLA Takeaway - Campaign by Contact a Family
Dear Support Group,
Does this issue affect you or the families you are supporting?
Please help spread the word and encourage those who are affected to be
heard.
Contact a Family and The Children's Trust have launched a campaign -
Stop the DLA Takeaway - and we are looking for support from you. It
won't take more than 30 seconds of your time, but could make a real
difference to families when their child is in hospital.
We are calling for the rules to be scrapped whereby a child's DLA is
taken away when they are in hospital for more than 84 days. This is
penalising families at a particularly distressing time of their lives.
Contact a Family and The Children's Trust are submitting a joint
response to the Department of Work and Pensions consultation on welfare
reform calling for the Government to change the rules. We are asking
people to show their support for the campaign by e-mailing the DWP
themselves. It won't take a minute and the more support we receive, the
greater chance we have of achieving fairness for families when their
child is in hospital.
It couldn't be easier - Visit the campaign page on the Contact a Family
website www.cafamily.org.uk/dlatakeaway
Click on the link (Click here to e-mail the Government) which will
automatically generate an e-mail addressed to the DWP consultation. It's
written and ready to go!
Press send.
The consultation ends this Friday, 1st October, so please remember to
submit your response soon. If you can't respond by 1st October, you can
still support the campaign by visiting www.cafamily.org.uk/dlatakeaway
Thanks for supporting Stop the DLA Takeaway.
Louise Derbyshire
Family Linking Officer
Email: [email protected]
Direct Line: 020 7608 8715