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.

It provides grants of up to £10,000, although many grants are smaller than this.

The programme is open to applications at any time. We aim to respond to your application with a final decision within six weeks.

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.
• Family support / parent-led peer support for parents of disabled children.
• Respite which supports the whole family.
• Support for disabled children and children with life-limiting conditions who are shielding or unable to return to school due to Covid-19.

Equipment and Materials:

• Adaptations to services including PPE, digital service provision and physical changes to spaces to make projects Covid-19 compliant.
• Technology to support children and families who are isolated due to Covid-19. (We are unable to make grants to individuals).
• 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.