Tel: 0345 300 1348 (Support Option 1 / Equipment Option 4); 0345 300 1348 (applications); 01782 433800 (grants & external funding); 0345 300 1348 (family support)
Address: Caudwell Children, Caudwell International Children’s Centre, Innovation Way, Keele Science & Innovation Park, Newcastle-under-Lyme, ST5 5NT
Email: charity@caudwellchildren.com; applications@caudwellchildren.com; grants@caudwellchildren.com; family.support@caudwellchildren.com
Website: www.caudwellchildren.com
Additional info: Provides practical and emotional support to disabled and autistic children and young people across the UK by funding specialist mobility and sensory equipment, access to treatments and therapies, and life skills and employability programmes. Also provides family support, short breaks and specialised holidays for children with life‑threatening illnesses (for persons under 19 years of age).
Tel: 0121 661 9860
Address: The Boparan Charitable Trust, Colmore Court, 9 Colmore Row, Birmingham, B3 2BJ
Email: applications@boparan.com
Website: theboparancharitabletrust.com
Additional info: Aims to help children and young people up to the age of 18 throughout the UK who are disadvantaged through poverty, disability or life‑limiting conditions. Grants can contribute towards mobility equipment (wheelchairs, trikes, buggies), sensory toys and equipment, speech and language therapy and holidays. Applications are made online via the website.
Tel: 0207 318 5873
Address: The Elifar Foundation, Camelot, Park Road, Dormans Park, East Grinstead, RH19 2NQ
Email: enquiries@elifarfoundation.org.uk
Website: www.elifarfoundation.org.uk
Additional info: Supports children and young people up to 28 years old with grants for electronic wheelchairs, specialised seating, eating aids, special beds and trikes, hoists, communication devices, sensory equipment and specialist holidays.
Tel: 020 8347 8111
Address: AFK, 101 Pentonville Road, Kings Cross, London, N1 9LG
Email: info@afkcharity.org
Website: www.afkcharity.org
Additional info: Provides mobility equipment not available on the NHS, such as bespoke powered wheelchairs, specialised trikes and walkers, for disabled children and young people up to age 25.
Tel: 0118 984 2588
Address: Mobility Trust, PO Box 7044, Tadley, Hampshire, RG24 4PL
Email: mobility@mobilitytrust.org.uk
Website: mobilitytrust.org.uk
Additional info: Provides powered wheelchairs and scooters for people with severe disabilities who cannot obtain such equipment through other means. Applicants first complete an online form to check eligibility, then receive an application form; funds are paid direct to the equipment supplier.
Tel: 03300 081212
Address: Fletchers Foundation Home, 34 Hoghton Street, Southport, PR9 0PU
Email: info@fletchersfoundation.org.uk
Website: fletchersfoundation.org.uk
Additional info: Enables people to thrive after a life‑changing injury or illness, with grants up to £10,000 across the UK for equipment, rehab therapies, counselling, prosthetics and more. Family members can also apply. Not eligible if compensation is/was available, if the item is available from the NHS, or if the applicant can financially self‑support. All applications require a guarantor (GP/NHS, social services, charity or professional). Applications are online.
Tel: 0207 998 8817
Address: Florence Nightingale Aid in Sickness Trust, Community House, Room F35, South Street, Bromley, BR1 1RH
Website: www.fnaist.org.uk
Additional info: Considers requests for funding for people of all ages who are sick, in poor health or disabled and require medical items and services to improve quality of life (e.g. riser/recliner chairs, manual and electric wheelchairs, wheelchair power packs, mobile hoists, specialist software). Application forms are downloaded from the website and must be completed by someone with a medical or social care background (e.g. social workers, occupational therapists, district nurses, health centre staff, other charities, Citizens Advice).
Email: contact@disability-grants.org
Website: www.disability-grants.org; grants for children; grants for disabled young adults
Additional info: Online resource listing charitable funding opportunities for disabled children, young people and adults, with dedicated sections for children and for disabled young adults.
Tel: 020 8427 7929
Address: Independence at Home, 4th Floor, Congress House, 14 Lyon Road, Harrow, HA1 2EN
Email: iah@independenceathome.org.uk
Website: www.independenceathome.org.uk
Additional info: May help if someone (or a family member) has a long‑term illness or disability and needs financial help towards equipment, home adaptations or other essential items to improve independence, comfort, safety and quality of life at home. Applicants must be in financial need and unable to fund items themselves or via statutory services. Grants are often combined with other charities’ or statutory funding. Individuals must be referred online by health or social care professionals, or advisors/support workers from charities or community organisations.
Tel: 01543 462 777
Address: Newlife Centre, Hemlock Way, Cannock, Staffordshire, WS11 7GF
Email: info@newlifecharity.co.uk; fundraise@newlifecharity.co.uk (fundraising)
Website: newlifecharity.co.uk
Additional info: Supports disabled and terminally ill children across the UK with equipment lending services and funding for essential specialist equipment such as beds, buggies, wheelchairs and seating systems. Applications are made online or via downloaded forms, and require an assessment with Newlife, a quote from a supplier and support from a professional.
Tel: 0800 842842
Address: Prince's Trust, William Cotton Place, 124 St Paul’s Way, London, E3 4QA
Email: hello@kingstrust.org.uk; info@princes-trust.org.uk; fundraising@kingstrust.org.uk
Website: www.kingstrust.org.uk; www.princes-trust.org.uk
Additional info: National youth charity supporting young people with training, education, employment and enterprise support. Relevant where young disabled people are seeking funding, training or business support to move towards work or self‑employment.
Tel: 0300 999 0004 (Living Made Easy)
Email: lme-enquiries@shaw-trust.org.uk; info@dlf.org.uk
Website: www.dlf.org.uk; livingmadeeasy.org.uk
Additional info: Provides downloadable factsheets and a telephone helpline offering free independent advice. Also runs AskSARA, an online guided advice service to help people find ideas and products to make daily life easier, and the impartial equipment site Living Made Easy, including a special section for disabled children.
Tel: 020 7410 0330
Address: The Sainsbury Family Charitable Trusts, The Peak, 5 Wilton Road, London, SW1V 1AP
Email: info@sfct.org.uk
Website: www.sfct.org.uk
Additional info: Part of the Sainsbury Family Charitable Trusts providing grants towards aids for disabled people. Eligibility criteria and application details are outlined on the website.
Tel: 01904 550055
Address: 4 Alpha Court, Monks Cross Drive, York, YO32 9WN
Email: info@familyfund.org.uk
Website: www.familyfund.org.uk
Additional info: Provides grants to families on low incomes raising disabled or seriously ill children and young people for items such as household appliances, computers, family breaks and other essentials.
Tel: 020 7428 8100 (Head Office); 0161 989 1274 / 07947 803088 (Midlands & North regions)
Address: Head Office, Variety House, 93 Bayham Street, London, NW1 0AG; Pacific House, Relay Point, Wilnecote, Tamworth, B77 5PA (Midlands); Variety Northwest, Statham Link, Room 1E, The Lancastrian Office Centre, Talbot Road, Stretford, Manchester, M32 0FP (North & North West)
Email: info@variety.org.uk; midlands@variety.org.uk; northwest@variety.org.uk; lyn.staunton@variety.org.uk; scotland@variety.org.uk; wessex@variety.org.uk
Website: www.variety.org.uk; London & South East; Midlands; North; North West; Scotland; Wessex
Additional info: Provides practical support to disabled and disadvantaged youngsters, funding specialist equipment such as hoists, beds, car seats, sensory and play equipment, assistive and medical technologies and wheelchairs where not funded by local wheelchair services. Applications are made using a downloaded form and emailed with a supporting letter from a healthcare professional, equipment quote, and for sports wheelchairs a club letter.
Tel: 020 7233 6600; 0800 151 3350 (Children's Services Team – equipment & services)
Email: info@whizz-kidz.org.uk; kidzservices@whizz-kidz.org.uk
Website: www.whizz-kidz.org.uk; events & fundraising contact
Additional info: UK charity supporting disabled children and young people (up to 25) by providing life‑changing mobility equipment such as tailored lightweight manual and powered wheelchairs. Also runs wheelchair skills training, activity sessions, work placements and advocacy, and campaigns for better mobility provision.
Tel: 01892 535525
Address: 61–63 Camden Road, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, TN1 2QE
Email: families@treesofhope.org.uk; fundraising@treeofhope.org.uk
Website: www.treeofhope.org.uk
Additional info: Supports families facing financial barriers to accessing healthcare, equipment and therapies for their children by helping them to fundraise safely and effectively through a trusted charitable platform, with guidance, resources and administration support.
Address: Lucy Janes, Appeals Secretary, The Hedley Foundation, 1–3 College Hill, London, EC4R 2RA
Email: ljanes@hedleyfoundation.org.uk
Website: www.hedleyfoundation.org.uk
Additional info: Provides grants to smaller charities operating across a wide spectrum of social need, including those supporting disabled children and young adults (applications are made by organisations, not individuals).
Tel: 01403 732899
Address: Snowdon Trust, Unit 18, Oakhurst Business Park, Wilberforce Way, Southwater, Horsham, RH13 9RT
Email: info@snowdontrust.org
Website: snowdontrust.org/financial-awards/grants
Additional info: Provides small grants (up to £5,000) towards disability‑related study costs for students over 16 with a physical condition, long‑term illness or learning difference studying at a UK institution. Supports costs such as assistive technology and software, mobility equipment, additional accessible accommodation costs, carers’ accommodation, sign language interpreters, note takers and other human support. Applicants should first seek statutory funding (e.g. Disabled Students Allowance) and use the online portal to apply.
Tel: 01829 782808; 01928 706555
Address: PO Box 3517, Chester, CH1 9ET; Steve Morgan Foundation, Bridgemere House, Preston Brook, WA7 3BD
Email: karen@stevemorganfoundation.org.uk
Website: www.stevemorganfoundation.org.uk
Additional info: Provides small grants to individuals requiring specialised disability equipment and transport resources who live in Merseyside, North Wales, North Shropshire and Cheshire, west of the M6 (excluding Shrewsbury & Telford). An online eligibility checker must be completed to access the application form.
Website: GoFundMe; JustGiving; Crowdfunder UK
Additional info: Crowdfunding platforms allow families to raise money from friends, family and the wider public towards the cost of wheelchairs, equipment, therapies and other needs. They can be used alongside grants where there is a funding shortfall.
