Grants for Disabled Children From the Family Fund

7th November 2021

We help families across the UK who are raising a disabled or seriously ill child or young person aged 17 or under. You can apply to Family Fund if:

You live in England, Northern Ireland, Scotland or Wales (Please note: If you are a family living in Wales, please visit our Wales application pages to apply.)

You are the parent or carer of a disabled or seriously ill child or young person aged 0-17 who lives with you
You are currently living in the UK and done so for at least six months, or three months if your child is less than six months old.
You are eligible to work and apply for public funds
Your child is not in Local Authority care
You need to also have evidence of entitlement to any one of the following:*
Universal Credit
Child Tax Credit
Working Tax Credit
Income-based Jobseeker's Allowance
Income Related Employment Support Allowance
Income Support
Housing Benefit
Pension Credit.

Your child or young person has a high level of additional support needs arising from a long term disability or disabling condition or a serious or life limiting illness. By long term we mean lasting or likely to last 12 months or more. Please read our child and young person eligibility criteria.

*All of the above income evidence, needs to be the most recent award received and should contain the name of the main carer who has applied for the grant, and their current address as detailed on the grant application. Documents provided can be sent electronically or in paper form. Please note it is in your best interest to send copies of paper documents as we cannot return the originals. Should you send your evidence electronically it can be either through screenshot, photo or emailing into us. If you do not provide us with documentation showing the full legal name of yourself and the child/children applied for, this may delay the grant getting to you. Please be advised that carers allowance cannot be used as proof of income.

Full details can be found at https://www.familyfund.org.uk/