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Funding Round-up – Grants & Support for Disabled People and Health Conditions (Part 2), Winter 2024
MVA offers another collection of announcements focusing on themes of funding and support for Disabled People and Health Conditions aimed at helping charities and similar groups continue their work.Due to the varying nature and progress of public policies and other related activity, MVA do advise that some of the information below may have changed since the time of its issue, and whilst every effort has been made to provide up-to-date details, they ask that readers please check with each organisation’s website for the latest news.
The Headway Emergency Fund
National charity Headway are offering small grants to help adult brain injury survivors and their families cope with the practical implications of brain injury.
Headway is a UK charity that works to improve life after brain injury and provide vital support and information.
The Headway Emergency Fund offers small one-off grants to help adult brain injury survivors and their families cope with the practical implications of brain injury.
This help can include (but is not limited to) provisions such as:
- Assistance with travel costs for a family visiting a relative in hospital and rehabilitation
- Emergency accommodation costs when visiting a relative in hospital
- Clothing needs
- Travel costs to outpatient appointments
- Essential white goods where related to brain injury, and
- Bedframes and mattresses
At the time of writing, there was no recognised deadline, suggesting this scheme is a Continuous Rolling Programme and enquiries can be made at any time.
More information is available at the Headway website.
Funding Programme from Independence at Home (Help For You)
For those who have an illness or disability and need further assistance outside of the help they get from their local authorities or NHS services, they might be able to get a grant to help with their costs.
Independence at Home has grants for disabled people and those with a long-term illness who need financial help.
The funders specify they can only accept grant applications from health or social care professionals, or advisors or support workers from other organisations or charities.
The funders do reassure interested groups who believe they might be eligible for a grant should ask their health or social care support organisation to act as their Referrer, and this can include:
- Physiotherapist or Occupational Therapist
- Mental Health nurse
- GP or social prescriber
- Social worker or advisor from their local Citizens Advice Bureau or
- Another Charity or similar organisation
More information and how to apply can be found at the Independence at Home website.
EXCLUSIVE! - Personal Health Budgets for Wellbeing from Involve
Local support organisation Involve Kent are offering help for young people up to age 24 with neurodiversity or suspected neurodiversity.
Involve say there are Children’s Health and Wellbeing Navigators
attached to GP practices across Kent and can support any family who are facing challenges of providing care.
This support extends to those families with children who are exploring a diagnosis of Autism, ADHD, or any other neurodevelopmental condition.
Involve say the range of support they offer includes family support direct from GP practices where a child or young person has a long-term health condition; through to support for those 16 years or more who have a caring role.
The organisers specify this funding is a pilot project and only available to those with a Children’s Health & Wellbeing Navigator at one of the scheme’s recognised GP surgeries.
To find out more, you can contact Ellen Albinson, Community Navigator and project lead at Involve Kent, by email at ellen.albinson@involvekent.org.uk. You can also contact Involve on 03000 810 005.
Local grant giver and community support organisation Kent Community Foundation (KCF) also has services that can offer support to individuals and families in need. To find out more, you can contact KCF on 01303 814 500.
MVA are also continuing their efforts to provide support and advice for the Charity Sector during these challenging times with their Reference Guide to Cost Cutting Measures, available in their Advice and Support pages.
If you would like to see coverage of specific news or subject to help your charity, your project, your community group or enterprise, you can get in touch by email at info@mva.org.uk, you can also contact MVA via the website.