| Charity | Who they help | What they supply |
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| my AFK provides funding for mobility equipment not available on the NHS to disabled children and young people up to age 25 across the UK. | Funding towards mobility equipment such as: powered and manual wheelchairs, sports and all terrain wheelchairs, specialist buggies and trikes, power packs and power assists, car seats, harnesses, and walkers. They are not able to provide funding towards: static equipment such as specialist chairs, seating and beds, therapeutic equipment, vehicle adaptations, sheds for storing mobility equipment, equipment for schools or community groups, and non-mobility equipment. | |
Family Fund helps families across the UK who are raising a disabled or seriously ill child or young person aged 17 or under. They ask for evidence of benefits in their application. | Grants for mobility equipment, sensory equipment, and holidays. They are not able to provide funding for: home adaptations, building works, medical treatment/therapies, medical equipment, household bills, childcare, purchase of cars, items already purchased, and instances when statutory agency should pay. | |
The Boparan Charitable Trust aims to help children and young people up to the age of 18, throughout the UK, who are disadvantaged either through poverty, disability or life-limiting conditions. | Grants towards mobility equipment such as wheelchairs, trikes, and buggies, sensory toys and equipment, speech and language therapist, holidays | |
| (Rapid Effective Assistance for Children with potentially Terminal illness) | React provides practical assistance to families across the UK living on a low income and caring for a child under the age of 18 with a life-shortening illness. | Grants towards mobility equipment, specialist furniture, communication aids and sensory toys, computers, medical equipment, homecare equipment and household items, travel & subsistence expenses, respite breaks, and end of life support.
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Variety Club considers requests for funding for specialist equipment which will be of clear direct benefit to a child or children up to the age of 18 with a disability/disabilities and/or with special needs. | Grants towards mobility equipment, monitoring equipment, feeding tubes or hoists, and sensory equipment. | |
Whizz-Kidz can help with a broad range of mobility equipment to give children and young people across the UK under the age of 18 with a physical disability which affects independence at home, at school and at play. | Grants towards manual wheelchairs, powered wheelchairs, buggies, and trikes. | |
Caudwell Children provides family support services, equipment, treatment and therapies for disabled children under 18 and their families across the UK. They also run their Enable Sport programme for talented disabled athletes and Destination Dreams holiday for children fighting life-threatening conditions. | Grants towards mobility such as powered wheelchairs, specialised buggies, bespoke therapy tricycles, and specialised car seats. They also offer funding for sensory equipment. | |
The Nihal Armstrong Trust helps children across the UK under the age of 18 with Cerebral Palsy fund equipment that the local authority will not fund. | Grants towards mobility equipment and communication aids. They do not fund equipment over £1000 and will not part-fund equipment. | |
Newlife Foundation for Disabled Children provides funding for essential community equipment across the UK for disabled children under the age of 19. | Grants towards specialist seating, wheelchairs, beds, and communication aids. | |
Children Today helps children and young people with disabilities up to the age of 25 years old across the UK by providing grants for specialised equipment. | Grants towards specialised equipment such as Powered wheelchairs, walking aids, trikes, adapted car seats, lifting aids to enable movement, and posturepedic sleep equipment. | |
Trefoil helps young people across the UK under the age of 25 years with special needs which may be psycho/social or of a physical nature or both which may adversely affect their development and/or independence. | Grants towards mobility equipment such as powered and manual wheelchairs and trikes, projects, and events. | |
The Child Foundation helps children across the UK up to the age of 18 with disabilities and/or special or specific care needs and/or terminal illnesses and their families by providing grants and equipment not normally provided by the statutory authorities. | Grants towards mobility equipment, communication equipment, specialist seating and hoists, and holidays. |
| Charity | Who they help | What they supply |
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Independence at Home helps people of any age across the UK who have a long-term illness or disability and need financial help towards the cost of independent living. Applications must be submitted by health, social care or housing worker, or a worker for a charity. | Grants towards mobility and travel equipment, specialist seating and hoists, home adaptations, communication equipment, home repairs, kitchen equipment, beds, general furnishings, and bills. | |
The Paul Bush Foundation Trust helps individuals of any age across the UK with an acquired physical disability, as a result of an accident or birth injury, to improve their physical, psychological and emotional well-being via the provision of grants to address individual needs. Application must be completed by third party such as health care professional, social worker, or charity/support group representative. | Grants towards specialist mobility equipment, small scale immediate accommodation projects, specialist technology for home or school, and UK holiday provision requiring specialist support. | |
The Elifar Foundation welcomes applications by, or on behalf of, individual children or young adults up to the age of 28 with any form of physical or learning disability. | Grants towards manual and powered wheelchairs, specialised seating and car seats, specialised beds and sleep systems, specialised trikes, specialised holidays, sensory toys and equipment, communication aids and software, and hoists. | |
The Mobility Trust helps people with severe disabilities of all ages across the UK who cannot obtain mobility equipment through other means. | Provide powered wheelchairs and scooters. | |
The Hospital Saturday Fund provides assistance to individuals of any age across the UK with a medical condition or disability who would benefit from assistance with the purchase of specialised equipment or from particular forms of treatment. Application must be completed by third party such as health care professional, social worker, or charity/support group representative. | Partial or full grants for: Specialised Mobility Equipment, Medical Appliances and Aids, Specialised Computer Equipment, Therapeutic Equipment / Treatment, Lift hoist / aids, Physiotherapy, Home adaptations, Respite breaks. | |
Joseph Patrick Trust offers funding for individuals of any age UKwide with muscular dystrophy or a related condition. | Grants towards mobility equipment, computers, vehicle adaptations, therapy equipment, assistive technology, portable aid. | |
National charity that helps people in financial hardship. | Information and access to welfare benefits, charitable grants and support services. | |
Families with disabled children. | We support families with the best possible guidance and information. We bring families together to support each other. We help families to campaign, volunteer and fundraise to improve life for themselves and others. | |
Children and young people with a disability or illness. | Crowdfunding charity that helps children and young people with a disability or illness by supporting their families to raise the money they need to pay for specialist care that is not freely available through the UK healthcare system. | |
A charity who create life-changing wishes for children with critical illnesses. | Provide a multitude of experiences tailored to the individual child. | |
CHIPS was founded on behalf of the UK Gaming industry, in order to raise funds to purchase specialised powered wheelchairs for youngsters with varying disabilities. | They provide wheelchairs for children who would otherwise have no way of getting around on their own. CHIPS funds the wheelchairs that the NHS cannot or will not provide and that the parents cannot afford to buy. | |
We are a charity dedicated to helping children and young people aged up to 17 living or studying in North Kirklees. | Provide one-off financial support to those in our age range who might not otherwise be able to participate in opportunities or experiences that are offered to them. |
