Child Poverty Action Group

Income maximisation for carers

Becoming a carer of a disabled person often means a drop in household income. Carers may be thinking of leaving work or trying to combine work with care.

This one-day course gives an introduction to the main benefits available for carers and explains how to maximise income through benefit checks. It will help you support clients decide what to claim in or out of work.

The course covers:

• Meeting the conditions for carer’s allowance

• New carer’s allowance supplement in Scotland

Income maximisation for carers

Income maximisation for carers

Income maximisation for carers (NEW)

Income maximisation for families (NEW)

Income maximisation for older people

Older people commonly do not claim all they are entitled to. This course gives you an introduction to pension credit and aims to help you with effective benefit checks to maximise income.

The course covers:

Income maximisation for older people

Income maximisation for older people

Older people commonly do not claim all they are entitled to. This course gives you an introduction to pension credit and aims to help you with effective benefit checks to maximise income.

The course covers:

Income maximisation for older people

Older people commonly do not claim all that they are entitled to. This course provides an introduction to pension credit and aims to help you with effective benefit checks to maximise income.

The course covers:

Income maximisation for older people

Older people commonly do not claim all that they are entitled to. This course provides an introduction to pension credit and aims to help you with effective benefit checks to maximise income.

The course covers: