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Disability Living Allowance |
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One main feature of DLA is that it is not means-tested. At its higher rate, it can get to about £100 per week.
You would probably need a doctor’s report to support your application.
This link gives you a
ready-reckoner as to whether you might be entitled.
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Access to Work |
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This scheme can provide help with things like equipment, adaptations or transport if you are trying to get back to work following your
diagnosis. As an example, I was funded for the cost of IT and telephone equipment and couriers so that I could work from home and avoid
the risks of travelling with epilepsy.
Try this link.
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Free Prescriptions |
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Given how often you have to repeat your prescription of anti-epileptic drugs, this all adds up. To obtain an exemption certificate
(an FP92A in England), your GP should sign a form for you.
More details here.
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Wigs |
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Fantastic place for wigs in the Cheltenham area - used by one of our brain tumour supporters who looks absolutely brilliant!
Salon One,
11 Clarence Street,
Cheltenham,
Gloucestershire
GL50 3JL
Tel: 01242 231110
Advice on wigs (as seen on GMTV)
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Disabled Person’s Railcard |
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This can give one third off the price of many rail journeys. According to the website, you qualify if you "have epilepsy,
and are disabled by repeated attacks even though you receive drug treatment".
Here is the link.
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Other Travel Concessions |
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In London, I have been eligible for a couple of very useful schemes.
Taxicard gives me subsidised cab rides because I am resident in a participating London borough:
http://www.taxicard.org.uk/
There is also a Freedom Pass scheme: free 24/7 travel on all public transport within all London Transport zones.
According to the website, an applicant is eligible if he: "would, if he applied for the grant of a licence to drive a motor vehicle
under Part III of the Road Traffic Act 1988, have his application refused pursuant to section 92 of the Act (physical fitness)
otherwise than on the ground of persistent misuse of drugs or alcohol." Here is the link:
http://www.freedompass.org/
Outside London, you should be entitled to 50% off bus fares if you lose your driving licence because of epilepsy.
There may also be further concessions available from your local authority. Contact them for further details.
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Coordinating Help |
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Brain Tumor Society has partnered with Lotsa Helping Hands to provide this volunteer coordination service for friends, family, colleagues, and neighbors to assist loved ones in need.
Here is the link.
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Travel/Holiday Insurance Companies |
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You need a break but who will offer travel insurance to someone with a brain tumour? The following insurance companies/agents have been recommended to us by others in a similar situation.
CancerBackup Facetsheet
Age Concern
Tel: 0845 6034526 for medical screening & quotations
(possibly £1000 excess. Annual policy £60)
P A Harmen
Free Spirit Solutions
P.G. Hayman & Co., Hampshire
£244 premium
Tel: 0239 2419050
Fax: 0239 2919019
InsureCancer
Medi Travel Cover Ltd.
Farnham, Surrey
Tel: 01252 780 190
£276 premium, £1000 excess
www.insurecancer.com
Becky Bamford
Travel Counsellor (Independent Company)
'Kingfisher Gold Annual Policy'
Tel: 01934 517733
The City Bond Travel Insurance
Spectrum Year Round Policy
109 Elmer Rd, Beckenham, Kent, BR3 4SY
Tel: 0870 44461431
Medicover Insurance Services LTD
Lumbry Park, Selbourne Rd, Alton, Hampshire, GU34 3HF
Agents/Underwriters to Medicover:
Homesure Direct LTD, 41 High St., Chipping Sodbury, Bristol, BS37 6BA
Tel: 01454 320100
Fax: 01454 325910
Marks & Spencer's AXA Holiday Insurance
Free phone: 0800 0683918
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