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The Tom Bowdidge Youth Cancer Foundation

Tom Bowdidge Youth Cancer Foundation grants for young people with cancer

Grants to individual teenagers and young adults aged 13-24 who have been treated for cancer in the last 12 months, to ease the money worries that come with treatment. Grants can help with travel, household expenses, clothing and hospital food costs, or buy specific items that make treatment easier or less isolating or help a young person continue studying. Requests should not normally exceed £500; larger requests go to the trustees in exceptional circumstances. Applications need details of the young person's healthcare professional.

Apply on the funder’s site
You could get
Up to £500
no fixed round
Deadline
Rolling
apply any time
Effort
Light
short form, little evidence needed

Who can apply

  • Individual young people aged 13-24 who have been undergoing treatment for cancer in the last 12 months; the form can be filled in by someone on the young person's behalf
  • A healthcare professional's details (with NHS email address) are required
  • Applicants under 18 need a parent or guardian to countersign
  • Priority goes to new applicants over previous recipients, and generally no second grant is made within a year
  • The Foundation does not state a geographic limit

What it funds

  • Travel costs
  • Household expenses (not council tax)
  • Clothing
  • Food costs when in hospital
  • Specific items that make the patient's cancer journey easier or less isolated, or help them continue with their studies

in exceptional circumstances the trustees will consider larger requests.

What it will not fund

  • Council tax
  • A second grant within a year of receiving one (in general)

How to apply

  1. Apply online through the Foundation's form, or complete the Word application form
  2. Return the Word form by post to 9 Firmins Court, West Bergholt, Colchester, Essex, CO6 3BQ or by email to nikkibowdidge@tombowdidgefoundation.org

applications are dealt with in order of receipt; some are shared with the board of trustees, and the trustees may grant a proportion of the amount requested.

Have ready

  • Completed application form with a breakdown of how the grant would be spent
  • Documentary evidence supporting planned spending, such as quotes or invoices
  • Healthcare professional's name, job title, NHS email address and phone number
  • Bank details for payment

under-18s need a parent or guardian's countersignature.

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