Financial, grants and advocacy

Anglian Water WaterCare supports customers in financial hardship. It offers support through their Priority Services Register and Extra Care Support.

The Boparan Charitable Trust helps children and young people under the age of 18, who are disadvantaged through poverty, disability and terminal illness. To apply for assistance the Trust requires the parent or legal guardian of the child to complete and sign an application form.

The Buttercup Children's Trust raises funds to support children under the age of 18 and their families, within the UK, who suffer from a wide range of life-limiting illnesses Their aim is to help as many children as possible for things such as hospital travel, respite, medical equipment, holidays, travel expenses and if, where achievable, a child's last wishes.

The Campbell Burns Metabolic Trust assists in the relief of financial hardship for families of children with metabolic disorders through the provision of assistance grants and items of need.

The Child Funeral Charity (CFC) assists families financially in England and Wales who have to arrange a funeral for a baby or child aged 16 or under. They take referrals and applications for financial support from professionals who have knowledge of the bereaved family and their circumstances.

Disability Grants was set-up by the parent of a child with a disability, the website lists the many UK charities or trusts who provide grants. Grants can be searched for by age, ie, children and young people or by requirement, ie, equipment, housing, holidays.

Family Action has small grants available for medical treatment, services, facilities or equipment. In addition they also have a grants program for household needs and educational needs. Assistance is primarily targeted at families and individuals on low incomes.

The Family Fund Trust helps families with severely disabled or seriously ill children and young people aged 17 and under. They give grants for things that make life easier and more enjoyable for the disabled child, young person and their family, such as washing machines, driving lessons, computers and holidays.

The Florence Nightingale Aid in Sickness Trust provides grants to help people in need who are ill, convalescent or disabled. These are used to provide medical and household aids to enable people to manage at home and live as independently as possible.

Hana’s Gift supports bereaved families in Norfolk and Suffolk who have lost babies through late miscarriage, stillbirth & neonatal loss, and also children up to the age of 5 years old. They assist with the costs of memorials (headstones and plaques) and the provision of memory boxes to families in Norfolk & Suffolk.

Independence at Home provides grants to people of all ages who have a physical or learning disability or long term illness and need financial help towards the cost to improve your independence, comfort, safety and quality of life.

The Joseph Patrick Trust is the welfare fund within Muscular Dystrophy UK and provides grants towards the costs of specialist equipment such as powered wheelchairs, adapted computers and electric beds, for children and adults with muscular dystrophy or a related neuromuscular condition.

Josie’s Dragonfly Trust provides cash gifts to young people (between 13 and 20) with cancer, enabling them to do something special in the time they have left. If time is shorter than anticipated, the charity also offers a new memoriam grant to enable the families to celebrate their child’s life, mark their achievements, or create something special in their memory.

The League of the Helping Hands helps those living on a very low income, receiving the appropriate welfare benefits and have exhausted all other funding sources including statutory funding and specialist charities. They help with people caring for an adult or child with a disability.

Michael Crawford Children's Charity provides grants to both individuals and charities to benefit children and young people. Telephone 0207 433 2400 or write to The Michael Crawford Children's Charity, Regina House, 124 Finchley Road, London, NW3 5JS.

React (Rapid Effective Assistance for Children with potentially Terminal illness) is a dynamic charity working to improve the quality of life for children with life-limiting illnesses living in financially disadvantaged households throughout the UK. They have funding available for equipment and other expenses, you can download an application form from their website.

Roald Dahl’s Marvellous Children’s Charity provides grants up to £500 for families facing financial hardship while caring for a child with a life-limiting condition. The charities remit excludes malignant cancers.

Sunny Day Children’s Fund supporting children with a range of 'life-hindering' conditions. Can award small grants to families for items such as white goods, medical equipment, sensory equipment etc. Holidays at one of two holiday homes based on the Haven site at Clacton-on-Sea, Essex.

The Talisman Charitable Trust provides grants to individuals in need to support educational, health or housing needs and those with a disability.

Variety - The Children's Charity provides grants to individuals and organisations for medical equipment, such as monitoring equipment, care equipment such as feeding equipment or hoists, and sensory play or mobility equipment. Grants can be anywhere between £100 and £6,000.

The Vicar's Relief Fund is a UK wide charity providing small crisis grants to support people experiencing homelessness or vulnerable housing.