Grants are available to help meet the needs of families in the UK who are raising disabled and seriously ill children.
Previously known as the Family Fund Trust for Families with Severely Disabled Children and celebrating its 50th anniversary in 2023, the Family Fund Trust aims to helps meet the needs of families living on the lowest of incomes who are raising disabled and seriously ill children. Its vision is that families raising disabled or seriously ill children have the same choices, quality of life, opportunities and aspirations as other families.
The current grant-making priorities of the Trust are:
• Families living on the lowest of incomes across the UK caring for a child or young person with a disability or serious illness up to the age of 25.
• Carers of disabled children and young people up to the age of 21, and their families, requiring a short break.
• Carers of disabled children and young people up to the age of three, requiring a lease for a vehicle that will support their mobility needs.
• Siblings within families living on the lowest of incomes caring for a child or young person with a disability or serious illness up to the age of 25 years; and
• As many families as possible will receive grants within the funding that is available.