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Spotlight Day
22 September 2009
The Union’s
annual
Spotlight Day,
part of the
award-winning Supporting
Parents and Carers
campaign, was held in June
and focused on raising
awareness of the financial
help available to first-time
parents.
Reps up-and-down the
country turned out to urge
new parents to 'Claim
What's Yours - It's as easy
as ABC'. They were helped
by branded t-shirts, balloons, leaflets and building
blocks to sell the message and again raise Usdaw's profile
as - The Campaigning Union.
"We carried out a survey of new parents and it was clear
many were unaware of the benefits and financial help
available to them," said General Secretary John Hannett.
"That's why the theme of the Spotlight Day was all about
claiming for child benefit, tax credits, the sure start
maternity grant, the health in pregnancy grant and other
benefits.
Everyone is under financial pressure at present so
it's important everyone is aware of what is available to
them. This Spotlight Day certainly helped many parents."
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