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How research worked: the messages from the Family Fund Trust research project
- Authors:
- ROBERTS Keri, LAWTON Dot
- Journal article citation:
- Practice: Social Work in Action, 13(4), 2001, pp.61-69.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
The messages from the Family Fund Trust research project examined issues of key importance to families with a disabled child. Discusses the importance of involving service users in research and presents key findings and recommendations to arise from the project.
Financial assistance for families with severely disabled children and transport costs
- Authors:
- ROBERTS Keri, LAWTON Dot
- Journal article citation:
- Children and Society, 13(5), November 1999, pp.333-345.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Families with severely disabled children encounter many difficulties in getting out and about. The inadequacy of statutory financial assistance for transport related costs is confirmed by an analysis of families receiving grants from the Family Fund Trust. A third of the sample of families with a severely disabled child received grants for transport related costs. Concludes by making recommendations for improving current statutory support.