The charity is also calling for government to do more to help these families
Four in ten disabled children in the UK – a staggering 320,000 – are living in poverty, reveals a new report by The Children’s Society.
Nearly a third of those 320,000 are living in severe poverty. Alarmingly, when a disabled adult also lives in the household, around half of all disabled children will be living in poverty.
Fuel poor could miss out on help
By Bob Howard Reporter, Money Box
The BBC has learned that not everyone eligible for the new Warm Home Discount will receive it because of funding limits.
Warm Home Discount replaces the current social tariffs provided by the energy firms to help customers on low incomes.
More than half a million pensioner households will get £120 off their bills this winter.
A carer who turned her home into a respite centre for disabled children has been short-listed for a national Woman of the Year award.
Jackie Millerchip, of Hinckley, is one of three finalists in ITV1’s Lorraine Inspirational Woman of the Year awards, and will appear on the show on Monday.
Jackie with Scarlett Kyle, 1 and Danny Golding, 3
