Factsheets and Guides in number order

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Guides

• F37 - being active: a guide for people with impairments or health conditions

• F40 - Into Higher Education - word and pdf versions

• F42 - Building for success in recruiting and supporting disabled people in the workplace

• F58 - your guide to the care act: what you need to know about social care in england - word and pdf versions

• F60 - personal independence payment - a guide to making a claim

• F62 - empowerment - A guide to influencing your local services
  
  
• F68 - into apprenticeships

• F78 - Doing Sport Differently

Factsheets

• F1 - human rights act
• F2 - being in control: getting personal assistants (PAs)
• F3 - non-residential charges: paying towards the cost of your care and support at home
• F4 - charging for residential accommodation
• F5 - funding higher education for disabled students 2019/20
• F6 - complaining about local authority decisions
• F7 - benefits in hospital
• F8 - benefit cap
• F9 - legacy benefits and universal credit
• F11 - adjustments for disabled students
• F12 - pension credit  
• F13 - find out what you can claim
• F14 - prescription charges/health benefits
• F15 - getting advice
• F16 - preventing illegal working
• F17 - the motability scheme
• F18 - applying for disabled students’ allowances
• F19 - finding the law
• F20 - reporting disability hate crime
• F21 - stages of a parliamentary bill
• F22 - attendance allowance 
• F23 - disability living allowance
• F24 - careers and work for disabled people
• F25 - funding from charitable trusts (for students)
• F26 - funding further education for disabled students
• F27 - access to work
• F28 - assessment process for carers under the care act
• F29 - blue badge scheme
• F30 - carer's allowance
• F31 - new style employment and support allowance
• F32 - pooling personal budgets
• F33 - independent living frequently asked questions
• F34 - student frequently asked questions
• F35 - permitted work
• F36 - appeals and mandatory reconsideration
• F38 - independent living
• F39 - advocacy: get your voice heard
• F41 - personal health budgets and NHS continuing health care
• F43 - help with council tax
• F44 - housing benefit
• F46 - new style jobseeker's allowance
• F47 - making a complaint (for students)
• F48 - assessment, eligibility and support planning
• F49 - housing grants
• F50 - how much do I pay my personal assistant?
• F51 - what counts as disability
• F52 - postgraduate education for disabled students
• F53 - help with heating
• F54 - telling people you’re disabled – clear and easy guide for students
• F55 - universal credit
• F56 - understanding the equality act: information for disabled students
• F57 - the bedroom tax
• F59 - brexit and human rights
• F61 - individual employers and workplace pension schemes for personal assistants
• F63 - employment contracts
• F64 - universal credit and disability
• F66 - the equality act and disabled people
• F67 - brokerage and the role of brokers in relation to social care 
• F69 - independent living fund replacement schemes
• F70 - sanctions
• F71 - work capability assessment
• F72 - personal budgets: the right social care support
• F77 - self advocacy
• F78 - disabled student FAQs: Coronavirus
• F79 - social care, direct payments and employment matters FAQs: Coronavirus

LITRG have produced nine factsheets that will help you understand your tax and national insurance responsibilities if you are taking on a personal assistant. These are:

1. Taking on a personal assistant
2. Tax employment status
3. Registering as an employer
4. Choosing a filing method
5. Real Time Information (RTI)
6. Paper filer employers
7. 'Pay' for tax and NIC purposes
8. Making payments
9. Getting more help

LITRG have also produced an introductory "Taking on a personal assistant", which gives an overview of the things you need to think about if you are taking on a personal assistant.

You can download these at http://disabilitytax.org.uk/about/resources