Reduce financial pressure
Money & benefits
Start with DLA, Carer’s Allowance, disabled child Universal Credit additions, and household support routes that families often discover too late.
What this route helps with
Support routes that can change the monthly budget, not just add more reading.
- Work out which route is most urgent for your household.
- Gather evidence before you open a long form.
- Save related guides so you can follow one route into the next.
Guide pages in this route
Choose the page that matches the pressure point you need to solve next.
Each guide now includes who it is for, what evidence helps, and which related action should come next.
8 min guide
Disability Living Allowance for children
A plain-English guide for parents showing how to explain the extra care, supervision, and mobility support their child needs.
6 min guide
Carer’s Allowance
A short guide to help families understand whether caring responsibilities and existing benefits make this route worth checking next.
5 min guide
Universal Credit disabled child element
A practical explanation of how families already on Universal Credit can check whether the disabled child element has been added correctly.