This programme is designed to support excellent local organisations and projects that work with:
- disabled children and young people;
- children and young people with life-limiting conditions;
- and their families.
Eligibility
What sort of organisation do we fund?
• We fund UK registered charitable organisations and CICs delivering projects in the UK.
• We fund organisations whose annual income is less than £350,000.
• We are committed to working towards a culture of diversity, equity and inclusion. We will fund organisations which share our goal and which are open to children and families of all faiths, backgrounds and cultures.
• We are particularly keen to receive applications from organisations which operate in areas of high deprivation.
We regret that we cannot consider applications from the following:
• Organisations which have received a small grant from us within the last 12 months
• Local authorities
• Residential schemes
• Schools
• Condition-specific organisations
• Organisations seeking funding for wish-granting activities or regranting
• Organisations which are registered outside the UK
• Projects taking place outside the UK
• Newly registered organisations which do not yet have a full year of accounts
• Individuals
Grant Details
It provides grants of up to £10,000, although many grants are smaller than this.
Every grant we make is intended to support disabled children and children with life-limiting conditions and their families.
We will consider applications from organisations working with children and young people aged from 0 – 25 years.
Projects:
• Activities for disabled children, children with life-limiting conditions and their families.
• Activities which support siblings of disabled children or siblings of children with life-limiting conditions.
• Bereavement support for children and young people and for families bereaved of a child.
• Family support / parent-led peer support for parents of disabled children.
• Respite which supports the whole family.
Equipment and Materials:
• Renovation, upgrading and additional equipment for hydrotherapy pools and multi-sensory rooms.
• Minibuses.
• Specialised play equipment / access to play and leisure for disabled children, children with life-limiting conditions and their families.
