hi

[claire22]

I am a single mother of twin babies and I am finding because I cannot work I am financially struggling and also find it hard keeping up with my boys , My local job centre sadi I couldn't get any financial support because I wasn't disabled is this true

Does anyone else have this problem

Thanks Claire
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[cath]

HI Claire,

Nice to meet you. Congratulations on your twins! I'm sorry about your diagnosis though.

I think this has already been mentioned on your other post, but a good starting point for getting help with your finacial needs is to ask your health visitor to refer you to a social worker. A social worker will then be able to advise you better on which allowances you can apply for and how to do it. You might well be entitled to disability allowance, but would need to be assessed first. Sure Start is also a good idea - somethimes they have people there who can advise on this sort of thing, and will almost certainly have written info to help you.

Make sure you find out about all the different things you an get - sometimes surviving is about the sum total of lots of little bits of help.

All the very best,

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