Family Fund

Trix

essex_girl wrote: »

did you also know that when you register online with the family fund you get a sent a email with a code on it to log in to the likes of Argos and comet and get the same catalogue but cheaper prices. Also other offers. look at website and apply.

This is the 'Family Fund Extra' site. Sometimes there are discounts for quite a list of various shops (and things like Haven) but even when there are no discounts it's worth clicking on the links through the Family Fund Extra site because when you do that the Family Fund gain a contribution from them if you buy something.

So if you are buying something from those sites anyway, the Family Fund may as well gain even if you aren't

cymrubaby

Broken_hearted wrote: »

Saddened that someone took extra money just because they could and wasted it on days out. Now someone in need is going without, in the current climate every penny charities have is harder for them to get.

Despite this petty response to my post (which you always seem to do) it was them calling ME and not the other way around. My son enjoyed very much thank you and it was certainly put to good use. I'm now putting you on my ignore list because you're so petty, jealous and narrow-minded. Get a life.

As for using my child as a meal ticket - yeah, good one! Like I wouldn't give absolutely anything to take away his problems. I would happily give every single last thing I've been helped with if I could take all his problems away. He's my life and I would do absolutely anything for him. I would give my life for his in a heartbeat You bleat on about taxpayers' money being used etc but you forget that my husband and I paid taxes all ou working lives until my husband was laid off recently and until I gave up work to care for my son. I'll be starting uni in September so that I can hopefully qualify as a primary school teacher and become a fully-fledged tax-paying member of society again. My son starts school full-time in September and my two youngest will be taken care of by my husband (who, incidentally, will also take care of our son when he arrives home from school) so it may shock you that I haven't tried to take 'advantage' of a childcare grant available to students who are parents.

I'm an honest, hard-working woman with an honest family. My son didn't ask for his disabilities and nor did we expect them. It's damn well hard and despite the fact that he's worth it all and more we do find it helpful to have days out, especially for my other children because they are sometimes limited with the days out we can go on. However, having said that, my children are very well looked after and very wanted and very loved. I wanted a big family because I wanted to make sure my son always has family around him. We have no other family around him who offer help or company and if anything happened to me or my husband then we want to make sure our son always has his brother and sisters to turn to to help him make decisions. I don't want them or expect them to look after him, after all they are entitled to their own lives, but I do expect them to look out for him and perhaps help him decide in his future choices and care (should my husband and I no longer be here). I shouldn't have to explain myself but having a child with disabilities shouldn't decide whether I had more children or not. It's our choice and we've always taken very good care of our kids by ourselves with no outside help via respite or any other organisation.

Yes, we asked the family fund for some essentials such as a washing machine (my son has reflux and is tube-fed through a gastrostomy) and so our washing machine went through the mill and we also asked for a small chest freezer to freeze his blended meals (he's almost 5 and cannot eat lumpy foods). If the family fund phoned to ask me to pick something else then why shouldn't I? I didn't originally ask them but I'm glad they called because my children thoroughly enjoyed their days out and I'm glad my son felt like a care-free child for a day.

When I finally get back into work (my husband too) we will be glad that our taxes pay for helping disabled children and their families because we know how hard it can be. It's not about being able to afford everything and paying for your kids yourself because you should know that raising a disabled child costs much much more than raising an able-bodied, non-disabled child. It also may shock you that we raised money ourselves to pay for various treatments and equipment for our son and we also held various charity nights to help the places that have helped him.

I will apologise for absolutely nothing! I owe you nothing at all, not even the explanations I have given above but if it satisfies you then there it is.