Financial Wellbeing is delighted to be one of the proud sponsors of Tour De Munster 2014. This is our way of giving back to a genuine charity that have a great positive outlook on the children in there care. The Tour de Munster is an annual four day charity cycle which sees amateur cyclists, cycling […]
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David Crowley’s Work Experience
Corrin Event Centre, Fermoy Co Cork. I attended Corrin Event Centre, Fermoy, with my Mum as part of my work experience with Financial Wellbeing. I was first met by Andrew Geary who welcomed me to the centre and introduced me to members of the Lions club who helped us bring in our booklets […]
Special Needs Bank Account
A question I have been asked so many times: Is there a Special Needs Bank Account? the answer is, Yes there is. Most parents find it very complicated to open, operate and manage a bank account for someone with special needs and parents eventually run in to numerous issues. I’ve had families tell me shocking […]
School Tips
My son has done (would you believe it) 9 years in primary school, and is on his final year in secondary school (it’s a long story but feel free to meet me for a coffee and I’ll explain). Teachers are wonderful, and they have studied hard to get there qualifications but they may not have […]
School around the corner
Summer holidays are finishing up and our kids are heading back to school. Back to school is an expensive time of year. With this in mind I thought I’d give you a little reminder of schemes and grants that may be available to you. Let’s start with the little ones! Early Learning Scheme The […]
€188 Per Week!
“Carpe diem”. Seize the day. Any of you out there who know me, this is one of my mantras. But once in a while I need to be a little bit realistic and think about the future. I have been thinking a lot lately about Disability Allowance and David’s €188 per week. I always assumed […]
Respite Care Grant
The Respite Care Grant was paid to you on the 5th of June 2014. It is an annual payment made by the Department of Social Protection to the parents/carers of people with special needs. If you are caring for more than one person you are entitle to a payment for each person you are caring […]
Discretionary Medical Card
Discretionary Medical cards are issued by the HSE and are granted due to the medical condition of a child and not the parents’ income. I find it very frustrating to write an article around our current medical card service available in Ireland today, it is very frustrating and a complete disgrace in my opinion. We […]
Face Fermoy
In this article we would like to mention the great work FACE Fermoy in Co Cork. FACE was set up to help children with learning difficulties such as Dyslexia, Dyspraxia, DCD, ADHD, ADD, Asperger’s, etc. The objective of FACE is to run workshops on a weekly basis to identify and help the children with their […]