New Information for Teenage Parents
Added: (Tue Jul 27 2004)
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The Maternity Alliance have produced an updated version of their best – selling leaflet Money for Teenage Parents 2004: Your benefits and entitlements. Designed to make the notoriously complex system of benefits for teenagers as simple and as actionable as possible, Money for Teenage Parents builds on the excellent second-tier support service the organisation offers for those working with young parents. Costing £2.00 for advisers, with generous discounts for bulk orders, the leaflet is free when ordered by a young person directly from the Maternity Alliance.
A colourful and comprehensive publication using a question and answer format, Money for Teenage Parents covers what benefits can be claimed by pregnant teenagers and young parents depending on their age, where they live and whether or not they are at school, working or doing a training course and / or have been in care. The leaflet also includes information on recent changes and developments which affect teenage mothers and young parents such as The Education Maintenance Allowance, to be introduced nationally in September 2004, and Care to Learn? support with childcare costs. The leaflet also has an extensive section on where to go for more help.
To order Money for Teenage Parents contact the Maternity Alliances Publications Department on 020 7490 7639 Ext 134, email: publications@maternityalliance.org.uk or log onto www.maternityalliance.org.uk
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Notes to Editors:
1. The Maternity Alliance is a national charity working to improve support for, and end inequality amongst, pregnant women, new parents and babies under one.
2. The information in Money for Teenage Parents 2004 only applies to those aged 17 or under; the normal rules for entitlement to benefits apply to young parents aged 18 or over. Further information for over 18 year olds can be found in The Maternity Alliance’s factsheet Money for Mothers and Babies, which costs £1.00 for those working with teenage parents but is free when ordered by a young person.
3. The Maternity Alliance runs workshops for people working with young parents. Rights for Pregnant Teenagers and Young Mothers meets PREP requirements and has ENB approval. Past attendees of this workshop can also attend a new Update Workshop to learn about all the recent changes and developments which affect the women and young parents they work with. Due to popular demand another London date has been set for the Update Workshop – 8th November 2004. For more information on Maternity Alliance workshops contact the Training Officer on 020 7490 7639 Ext 131, email training@maternityalliance.org.uk or log onto http://www.maternityalliance.org.uk/training.htm. All Maternity Alliance training can be commissioned to be held in the local area or places can be booked on set London dates.