Radar is working to break the link between disability and poverty
- Disabled people are around twice as likely to live in poverty as non-disabled people – with figures suggesting that around 16% of non-disabled people live in relative poverty, as opposed to around 30% of disabled people. (Leonard Disability – Poverty in the UK)
- 55% of families with disabled children are living in or at the margins of poverty (Key Facts about Disability, Papworth 2010)
- Around a third of all disabled adults aged 25 to retirement are living in low-income households. This is twice the rate of that for non-disabled adults. (Poverty.org.uk)
For advice from others who have avoided or broken out of financial difficulties see our Doing Money Differently Guide and factsheets on everything from benefits to mortgages
Worried about future changes to Disability Living Allowance? Join our campaigns
Mind won our People of the Year award for financial independence – for making debt advice and support available to people with mental distress, including over 56,000 people accessing money advice via Mind’s website
Radar influences Government by talking directly with Ministers and officials and lobbying in Parliament. We want welfare reform that reduces red tape but does not cut the money in disabled people’s pockets. We oppose the plan to remove Disability Living Allowance mobility component from people living in residential care
Get involved – join Radar today or get involved in campaigning
