Gives assistance to disabled individuals on low incomes and in distressed circumstances.
Can help with washing machines, electric cookers, fridges/freezers, beds and bedding, vacuum cleaners, portable heaters, carpets/flooring, and essential clothing and footwear.
Only Support Workers working within a local council or NHS trust may apply on behalf of disabled persons.
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 their quality of life.
Grants may be given for riser/recliner chairs, manual and electric wheelchairs, wheelchair power packs, mobile hoists, and specialist software.
Application form available from website, applications need to be made by someone with a medical background or social workers, occupational therapists, district Nurses, health centre staff, other charities, Citizens Advice Bureau.
Support for women following a recent injury or illness, or acute episode in ongoing illness.
Help with grants towards short breaks away, help around the home, physiotherapy sessions, occupational therapy, speech therapy, dieticians, prosthetists, hearing or sight loss professional support.
For individuals and their families who have experienced a life-changing injury but were unable to secure financial support following the incident.
Eligible if you or a family member has suffered severe personal injury, or suffered from a medical condition as a result of an illness or a clinical accident/outcome.
Consider requests for funding towards: Equipment or mobility aids, Therapies, Medical costs, Prosthetics, Respite days / breaks, Counselling.
Unable to consider applications if the individual is eligible for any compensation award or financially able to support themselves.
Considers giving partial or full grants to individuals for specialised mobility equipment, wheelchairs, car adaptations, medical appliances and aids, therapeutic equipment/treatment, orthopaedic beds, lift hoist/aids, home adaptations, and various therapies.
Assists individuals of small means who the trustees consider to be deserving and may be described as "going short".
Possible grants for education, health, housing, disablement or disability.
Applications need to be made on behalf of individuals by a local authority, another charitable organisation or a non-profit organisation such as the Citizens' Advice Bureau.
Provide practical support to disabled and disadvantaged youngsters.
Fund specialist equipment including hoists, beds, car seats, sensory and play equipment, assistive and medical technologies, and wheelchairs if not funded by local authority wheelchair services.
Download application form and email.
Need letter of support from a relevant healthcare professional, quote for the equipment, and for sports wheelchairs only, a letter of support from your sports club.
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.
Can apply for grants towards mobility equipment such as wheelchairs, trikes, and buggies, sensory toys and equipment, speech and language therapist, holidays.
Provides small grants for people aged between eight and 24 who live in the metropolitan district of Wakefield and need financial help while they are studying or training.
Help those who are living on a very low income, receiving appropriate welfare benefits and who have exhausted all other funding sources.
To be eligible, applicants must present with a physical or diagnosed mental health condition, learning disability, or be a carer for an adult or child with a disability.
Assistance is offered to all ages.
Issues grants of up to £300, generally awarded for essential household items and specialist equipment not available from statutory agencies.
Download application form from website to apply, need the support of a sponsor from a professional agency.
