by Dolores Crowley | Apr 3, 2024 | FINANCIAL WELLBEING, SPECIAL NEEDS ARTICLES
Helping your child become Independent By Dolores As parents, our natural instinct is to shower all our children with care and attention, maybe even more so when they have additional needs. Speaking from my own experience, with David recently turning 28, I’ve had...
by Allan Cuthbert | Oct 11, 2023 | FINANCIAL WELLBEING, SPECIAL NEEDS ARTICLES, SPECIAL NEEDS ENTITLEMENTS
Budget 2024 was announced on the tenth of October 2023. The Budget sets out an overall multi-billion package of spending increases, once-off payments and tax cuts. With all the billions, how much of this will trickle down to parents of children with special needs? The...
by Allan Cuthbert | Oct 9, 2023 | FINANCIAL WELLBEING, SPECIAL NEEDS ARTICLES
Okay, so why did I do it? Life changes, situation changes and, in my situation, my other children have moved on with their lives, and that is exactly what I want for them. Up to the end of Covid, life was hectic. Like yourselves with a busy household with different...
by Allan Cuthbert | Feb 6, 2023 | FINANCIAL WELLBEING, SPECIAL NEEDS ARTICLES
Marriage, Tax Entitlements and Special Needs Trust At this time of the year, LOVE is all around us, and Valentine’s Day is nearly upon us. It is the time of the year when I hear of many people getting engaged, but what are the issues surrounding your marital status,...
by Dolores Crowley | Jan 9, 2023 | SPECIAL NEEDS ARTICLES
I think a world that embraces differences is a wonderful world to live in. What a weird world it would be if we were all the same. It would be totally boring and nothing amazing would have ever been thought of or invented. We are in a privileged position as parents to...
