These are the slides that go along with the speaker notes for the recent PIP/UC workshop delivered on 19 November 2025.
Motability magazine put together some info for days out and saving money in August 2025 and I have added some as well.
When a young person is on benefits and is in receipt of an adult social care package they may have to make a contribution towards the cost of their package. But only when their benefits income exceeds certain allowances. This article gives current benefits amounts, thresholds, etc to help you understand when your young person will need to make the contribution.
This is a short chronology of transition events that happen on a specific timeline.
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.