This is a project for parents who work, or want to work, and who have children with disabilities. It provides a network, a newsletter and a dedicated helpline on 020 7017 0072. The helpline is open on Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays from 9.30am - 1.00pm and 2.00pm - 4.30pm.

For free advice on Tax Credits, flexible working and rights at work, parents can also call our free helpline on 0800 013 0313 which is open Monday to Friday.
 

If you would like to read the latest issue of the newsletter, please click here or be added to the free circulation list, email us.

 For earlier issues, click below:
Summer 2009
Winter 2009
Summer 2008
Winter 2008
Autumn 2006

 

Factsheets which may help you are included in our current list.

For a free copy of our latest booklet, Getting into Work, send an A5 stamped (81p), addressed envelope to Working Families, 1-3 Berry Street, London EC1V 0AA. For bulk orders contact the office on 020 7253 7243 for cost of post and packing. To see a pdf of Getting into Work, please click here.

We have produced a guide Make it Work for You! , to provide advice and support for working parents of disabled children. Click here to find out more. In addition, we have written free guides to the role of Health Visitors and Social Workers in helping parents of disabled children. These were produced in 2000, but still conatin very relevant information.  

 For Terms & Conditions of the Waving not drowning Draw please click here.
The winning ticket for February 2010 in the Waving not drowning draw was 19.

As a lobbying body Working Families has made disability campaigning one of our priorities in recent years. You can read our most recent policy paper, Making work WORK for parents of disabled children, here. Our efforts paid off recently, with the government extending childcare eligible for Childcare Tax Credits to a new category of 'Home Carers'. We will continue to pursue more accessible, affordable care for all children, and particularly for those with disabilities.