This is a short chronology of transition events that happen on a specific timeline.
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This is a short chronology of transition events that happen on a specific timeline.
Tags: appointee, benefits, deputyships, education, healthcare, power of attorney, social care, trusts, wills
To quote a well known quote this document is about ‘known knowns, known unknowns and unknown unknowns’ around SEND Transitions. As a workshop it is a light touch run through the many changes that might come your way when your young person approaches adulthood – raising awareness of what you might need to know. The following are the speaker notes from the workshop.
Tags: appointee, benefits, deputyship, deputyships, education, ehcp, healthcare, lasting power of attorney, lpa, pip, PoA, power of attorney, social care, trusts, uc, universal credit, wills
Where to put our young person’s money and how to manage it comes up a lot. So this is an article with information about bank accounts.
Tags: bank accounts, financial matters
Many people in receipt of an adult social care package who are on benefits will have to make a contribution towards their care package. However, you may be able to offset some or all of your disability related expenses against your contribution.
This document is an overview of what the Minimum Income Guarantee (MIG) is and the amount of the relevant allowances.
Information about new-style ESA, credits only, what it is and why you should be applying for it for your young person 16+ and in receipt of PIP
Tags: benefits, universal credit
These are the benefit rates and minimum income guarantee rates for 2025/2026 for the benefits that affect disabled young people – it is not a comprehensive list of all benefits and current rates.
Tags: benefits
This document explains the 28 day rule for entitlement to payment of PIP when a young person goes to residential college – or into hospital or residential care. Their underlying entitlement to PIP does not change but their eligibility for payment of PIP will change.
Tags: pip, Residential college
These are the slides that go along with the speaker notes for the recent PIP/UC workshop delivered on 19 November 2025.
These are the speaker notes that go along with the slides for the recent PIP/UC workshop delivered on 19 November 2025.
These are notes for the basis of a discussion with parents around how their young person’s ability to make their own decisions can affect how a parent can support or manage the young person’s financial affairs.
Tags: benefits, mental capacity
These are notes from Sue’s experience of completing the Universal Credit (UC) migration from Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) for her daughter.
Tags: uc, universal credit