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Disability charity launches new easy read guide to living independently and managing money

7 October 2011

The national disability charity, United Response, is launching a new free guide today to help people with learning disabilities, who want to live more independently, make financial decisions about their future.

The new edition of the easy read Moving on and Planning Ahead guide is fully updated and includes sections on getting and managing Direct Payments, employing a personal assistant and benefit entitlement. There is also up-to-date information on the new Employment Support Allowance (ESA).

The guide is part of the Making Money Easier series – a set of resources which aim to support people with learning disabilities to make informed decisions, by presenting financial information in a simple and straightforward way.

Diane Lightfoot, Director of Communications at United Response, said:

"As funding mechanisms such as direct payments are making it possible for people with learning disabilities to manage their own support for the first time, it is becoming ever more important for people to have access to easy to understand financial information.

"With its easy read format, we hope this new guide will help as many people as possible to make informed financial decisions about their future."

Moving On and Planning Ahead was produced in collaboration with the Money Advice Service.

Alice Howard, Manager of the Adults Strategy and Development team at the Money Advice Service, said:

"We are delighted to help make this guide available for people with learning disabilities, their families and carers. We believe that publications such as this are essential to help them make good choices about their money matters and take charge of their life. The guide is an invaluable resource to help people understand the costs of living independently; different ways of paying for the support they need and managing Direct Payments."

To download a copy of Moving on and Planning Ahead, please go to http://moving-on.making-money-easier.info/ . For further information, please contact Alex Dunwoody on 020 8246 5200.



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