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Vulnerable families face hardest child benefit cuts

 

By Nick Tarver

PLANS to cut child benefits for people who earn more than £44,000 a year could hit some of the most vulnerable families the hardest.

That is the view of child welfare experts in the borough after Chancellor George Osborne announced that from 2013 child benefits will be denied to families which have at least one parent earning more than £44,000 a year.

But critics have pointed out that a couple who both earn just under the threshold individually but have a combined salary of almost £88,000, would keep their benefits,

Parenting Support

 

By Sophie Barnes

FAMILIES facing difficulties can now receive advice and support thanks to a new scheme from an Edmonton charity. 

Counsellor Terry Debney runs the course Effective Parenting which has a group focus enabling parents to share their experiences with one another. Ms Debney said: "Parents usually get a lot from working with other parents and it helps them realise that there is no such thing as a perfect life or a perfect child. Just because you struggle sometimes doesn't mean you are not a good enough mum or dad." 

Appeal for Sponsorship

Looking for help: Dee Eimer, from Enfield Patients And Children, with the charity’s fundraising and marketing officer Martin Shepherd

 

By Mary McConnell

CHARITY chiefs are calling on residents and businesses to lend support to families who live close to home.

Dee Eimer, the chief executive of Enfield Parents And Children, wants people in the borough to help local charities instead of huge national organisations.

She said funding for EPC always falls short of her ambitions for the charity.

“We have got our funding secured for the next three years but we always need more for individual projects,” she said.

NatWest Community Force

 

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