Find guidance on money matters, including welfare and carer benefits, your rights and personal budgets.
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Welfare benefits and support
Nottinghamshire County Council's Benefits team have written factsheets on popular benefits for children and young people with disabilities.
Benefits during transition from child to adulthood
Download Benefits during transition from child to adulthood (Nottinghamshire County Council) [PDF]
Personal Independence Payment (PIP)
Download Personal Independence Payment (Nottinghamshire County Council) [PDF]
Universal Credit
Download Universal Credit (Nottinghamshire County Council) [PDF]
Disability Living Allowance (DLA)
Disability Living Allowance (DLA) for children may help with the extra costs of looking after a child who:
- is under 16
- has difficulties walking or needs much more looking after than a child of the same age who does not have a disability.
For further information go to Disability Living Allowance (GOV.UK)
Appealing a decision
If your benefit claim is turned down or you disagree with a decision about your benefit award, you can ask for that decision to be reviewed.
Download Challenging a benefits decision (Nottinghamshire County Council) [PDF]
Benefits advice and information
The Nottinghamshire County Council Benefits Team provide advice to ensure that people are receiving the benefits they are entitled to.
Learn more at Benefits advice (Nottinghamshire County Council)
For details of other welfare rights services who may be able to help, go to Welfare rights support directory listings.
Carers benefits
If you are a carer of a disabled child or young person, you may be entitled to certain benefits such as the:
Carers UK has information on financial support for carers at Financial support (Carers UK)
For advice on carer benefits, contact the Benefits team:
Contact the Benefits team support using their online form (Nottinghamshire County Council)
If you are unable to use the form, contact the Customer Service Team (Nottinghamshire County Council)
Appointeeship and deputyship
Nottinghamshire County Council will, in exceptional circumstances, manage the finances of people who are unable to do this themselves, and have no one else who is willing or able to do this for them.
The council offers appointeeship or deputyship (through the Court of Protection) for people living in residential care, or in the community.
Download Appointeeship and deputyship (Nottinghamshire County Council) [PDF]
Personal budgets
What is a personal budget?
A personal budget is money from your local authority that can help to fund your child's care and support. This can provide the opportunity to arrange and manage the services they have been assessed as eligible to receive following an assessment to ensure their needs are being met. This could include support services, personal care and equipment.
Personal budget policy
Nottinghamshire County Council understand that every family is unique, and managing a personal budget can feel overwhelming at times. Our Personal Budget Policy is here to help you make informed choices about the support your child receives.
This policy outlines how personal budgets work, who can access them, and how they can be used to meet individual needs. Whether you're new to personal budgets or looking for guidance, we aim to make the process transparent, supportive, and empowering.
Download Nottinghamshire County Council_Children's_personal_budget_policy [PDF]
This Policy applies to all children and young people in Nottinghamshire who have an identified assessed need for one or more of the following service areas, education, children's social care or health. Each appendix provides further in-depth detail of how the direct payment element for each of the three areas will be applied.
Education: Children and young people with an education, health and care (EHC) plan have the right to request a personal budget.
Children’s Social Care: If a child or young person (up to the age of 18 years) has had an assessment of need by social care, they may be entitled to a direct payment to meet their specific needs if the assessment concludes that a social care service is needed.
Health: A personal health budget is an amount of money to support a person’s health and wellbeing needs, which is planned and agreed between the person (or someone who represents them) and the NHS. This allows you to manage your healthcare and support, such as treatments, equipment and personal care, in a way that suits you.
If you have any questions
Nottinghamshire County Council are committed to working alongside families to ensure that personal budgets are used in ways that truly benefit children and young people. If you have any questions or need help navigating the policy, please don’t hesitate to get in touch with Nottinghamshire County Council's Customer Service Centre (CSC).
To speak to an advisor, go to Contact us (Nottinghamshire County Council)