Bereaved parents who lost their partner between 9 April 2001 and 8 February 2023 may be eligible for a backdated government payment even if they no longer have dependent children.
Bereaved parents who lost their partner between 9 April 2001 and 8 February 2023 may be eligible for a backdated government payment even if they no longer have dependent children.
Bereaved parents who lost their partner between 9 April 2001 and 8 February 2023 may be eligible for backdated government payments.
In February the Government extended eligibility for Bereavement Support Payment and Widowed Parent’s Allowance to cohabiting parents with dependent children - benefits designed to help with the financial impact of losing a partner.
Women Returners and STEM Returners have launched the second phase of a successful return-to-work support programme, which has helped more than 40 parents and carers with engineering and tech experience get back to their careers.
Supported by the Minister for Women, Maria Caulfield, STEM ReCharge is providing career coaching, job skills training, mentoring and technical refresh...
Childminder Appreciation Week is a way of acknowledging and valuing the work of childminders and saying thank you for all their hard work. Childminders go above and beyond every day, welcoming children into their homes and supporting families and their local communities, however, the role itself can have some challenges.
SPOKE is a new mental health app combining AI, science, music and lyricism to improve mental health issues such as anxiety and depression. The deeply personalised app helps listeners with everything from sleep to heartbreak, confidence and focus.
Musicians, voice artists and composers are trained by a team of clinical psychologists, therapists and neuroscientists. Each
The mental load is sometimes referred to as the invisible load, hidden load, cognitive load and most recently kinkeeping. But what really is it? It’s about more than juggling a family, a job, and the housework. It’s the unseen pressure of not only co-ordinating the lives of small people, but all the emotional aspects of life too. It’s more than just managing the food shopping, household...
Thousands of families with children with special educational needs supported with short breaks from theatre trips to outdoor activities helping to build vital skills
Thousands more families with children with special educational needs will receive support with short breaks, including theatre trips, hiking or craft workshops, as the scheme is expanded to 10 new areas of the country.
32% of people across the South West that have experienced a bereavement within the last five years have lost a parent, whilst 4% are grieving the death of a child
As almost a third (28%) of people across the South West that have experienced a death within the last five years said it had impacted their mental wellbeing, Mother’s Day can often bring back feelings of grief
Over 100,000 more vulnerable and disadvantaged families to receive support as flagship government scheme marks 10 years Up to £233.5 million allocated to the Supporting Families programme for 2023/24, in addition to the £1.9 billion allocated over the past 10 years
Thousands more vulnerable families with multiple and complex issues such as housing insecurity, poor education attainment and...
Plan for better, fairer access to high quality special educational needs and disabilities support.
Children and young people across England with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) or in alternative provision (AP) will get high-quality, early support wherever they live in the country.
The SEND and AP improvement plan published today (Thursday 2 March) confirms...