Grants and charities you can apply to - overview

There are a number of organisations that can help you to apply for grants and financial support.

Sky Badger ca help to point you in the right direction for applying for financial support as well as help for physical disabilities, special educational needs, mental health problems as well as finding support for your whole family. - for more information go to the Sky Badger website (opens in a new window). 

The video below explains how Sky Badger can help.

Newlife can provide quick access to equipment for disabled or terminally ill children, as well as offering support and advice about caring for disabled or terminally ill children.  For more information please go to the newlife website (opens in new window).

Family Fund is the UK's largest charity providing grants for families raising disabled or seriously ill children and young people.

Family Fund helps families across the UK who are raising a disabled or seriously ill child or young person aged 17 or under. You can apply to Family Fund if: You live in England, Northern Ireland, Scotland or Wales

Family Fund uses its own child and young person’s eligibility criteria to assess a disabled or seriously ill child or young person’s additional support needs based on a social model of disability.

Family Fund has identified seven areas where disabled children and young people face additional obstacles and need extra support. By a high level it means significant additional support is given compared to a child or young person of the same age.

Family Fund help families across the UK who are raising a disabled or seriously ill child or young person aged 17 or under who have:

• A high level of additional support needs arising from a long term disability or disabling condition. Long term means lasting or likely to last 12 months or more.
• A serious or life limiting illness.

Grant support

Family Fund provide grants for a wide range of items, such as:

• washing machines
• sensory toys
• family breaks
• bedding
• tablets
• furniture
• outdoor play equipment
• clothing and computers

It can be a struggle financially, emotionally and physically for families raising a disabled or seriously ill child, and these grants help break down many of the barriers families face, improving their quality of life and easing the additional daily pressures.

For more information and to apply for support, go to the Family Fund website (opens in new window).

Equipped4Learning - Are a charity which covers all of West Yorkshire, providing specialist equipment to children and young adults under the Neurodiverse umbrella to enable access to their curriculum. We open for 3 months of the year (March, June, October). They help children and young adults 3-18 but we will consider University students on an individual need’s basis. They have to come under the Neurodiverse range (Dyspraxia, Dyslexia, ASD, ADHD, DLD, Dyscalculia, Dysgraphia, Tourette’s etc. You will need to provide evidence of diagnosis or traits highlighted as you don’t necessarily need a formal diagnosis to apply.

The eligibility criteria has been approved by the charity commission and can be found on our website alongside our simple application form.

Equipped 4 Learning webpage (opens link in new window)

We will need reports and additional evidence alongside the application form, or we cannot process the request. 

Grants for families | WellChild (opens link in new window)

WellChild is the national UK children's charity making it possible for children and young people with exceptional health needs to be cared for at home instead of hospital, wherever possible.

Through a range of practical and emotional support, training and information programmes, WellChild gives children and young people with complex medical needs and their families the best chance to thrive. At home.

Disabled Children’s Charities (A-Z) - Freedom For Kids (opens link in new window)

Freedom for Kids supports families caring for children with special needs by providing specialist equipment for disabled children, particularly single and double buggies, that help children lead a more active family life.

The Boparan Charitable Trust (opens link in new window)

As a charity we take great pride in taking the time to listen, understand and help families who are often forgotten about or whose needs are not met by the health and social systems. We work directly with families providing financial grants for key items that assist the children. In addition to providing grants for specialist equipment, we also donate money towards therapies. 

The Adamson Trust - Disabled children's holiday charity (opens link in new window)

The Adamson Trust is a long established Perthshire charity based in Crieff (Scotland).

We are able to give financial help with the cost of holidays or respite breaks for disabled children aged between 3 and 17 with physical, mental or emotional impairments. We can only give help for this purpose.