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Yorkshire Children's Charity

Individual Grants

Yorkshire Children's Charity's individual grants help families pay for specialist equipment, including wheelchairs, for a child or young person aged 19 or under in Yorkshire who has a disability or long-term health condition. Families apply directly, and household income must be under £100,000. Applications need two medical recommendations and quotes for the item.

Apply on the funder’s site
You could get
Amount not specified
no fixed round
Deadline
Rolling
apply any time
Effort
Moderate
full application with documents

Who can apply

  • Families (parents, carers or others applying for a child) where the child or young person is aged 19 or under, lives in the Yorkshire region, and has a disability or long-term health condition
  • Household annual income must be under £100,000, and the family must not have received funding from Yorkshire Children's Charity within the last 2 years
  • Families can apply directly

What it funds

Equipment and other support that improve a child's safety, health, wellbeing, comfort, independence and daily life when sickness or disability creates additional needs, including:

  • Outdoor play equipment (e.g. swing & climbing frame)
  • Specialist sports equipment
  • IT equipment, communication aids, monitors and alarms, and tablets combined with communication software
  • Mobility and transport: car seats, harnesses and walking reins, standing frames, specialist trikes, walkers and gait trainers
  • Wheelchairs: beach, manual, powered, sports powered and sports manual, and power add-on devices
  • Sensory equipment (bubble tubes, fibre optics, lights, toys) and weighted blankets

What it will not fund

  • Households with an annual income of £100,000 or more
  • Families who have received funding from Yorkshire Children's Charity within the last 2 years

How to apply

  1. Confirm the eligibility statements at the top of the online form
  2. Gather the supporting documents
  3. Complete the online application: the child's details and medical condition, the equipment needed and its cost, benefits received, any contribution or co-funding, and the total requested
  4. Upload the documents and submit; you can save and take up to 30 days to finish

The form asks whether the application is urgent. The charity runs a separate wheelchair grants page, which uses this same application form.

Have ready

  • Two medical recommendations (two letters supporting your application from an OT, GP, or other professional body)
  • Two quotes for the piece of equipment you are applying for (if only one quote can be sourced, explain within your application)
  • Recent evidence of benefit receipt (if applicable)
  • Recent evidence of DLA/PIP receipt (if applicable)
  • A picture of the child and their equipment (if possible)

The application form itself asks for one quote if the item is under £2,499 and two if over £2,500.

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