Access to Work aims to provide advice and support to both you and your employer if your health or disability has an impact on the way you do your job.

ELIGIBILITY

You may be eligible for support from Access to Work if you’re:

• In a paid job
• Unemployed and about to start a job
• Unemployed and about to start a work trial self-employed
• And your disability or health condition stops you from being able to do parts of your job.

Visit direct.gov to see if you are eligible to apply for the scheme. If so, you can download a letter about the scheme to show potential employers.

Aspire supports people with spinal cord injuries to live independent lives, offering housing, welfare support, assistive technology, and practical grants for mobility equipment.

ELIGIBILITY

• Open to UK residents living with a spinal cord injury, based on need.
• Applications are assessed on a case-by-case basis.

Visit aspire.org to see if you are eligible to apply for the scheme.

Set up in 2009 to aid children and young people across the UK, who are disadvantaged through disabilities, life limiting conditions or live in extreme poverty.

As a charity we take great pride in taking the time to listen, understand and help families who are often forgotten about, or whose needs are overlooked.

ELIGIBILITY

• The child must be under 19 years old.
• The child should have a disability, life-limiting condition, or be living in extreme poverty.
• Grants are usually for specific needs, such as equipment, therapies, or essential household items.

Visit theboparancharitabletrust.com to see if you are eligible to apply for the scheme.

Our vision is a future where no-one in the UK loses their life to meningitis and everyone affected gets the support they need to rebuild their lives.

You can access the Helpline by:

Phone: 0808 80 10 388 (9am-4pm Monday - Thursday and 9am-1pm Friday)

Email: helpline@meningitisnow.org. Emails are answered during office hours only

Visit meningitisnow.org to see if you are eligible to apply.

Motability Scheme enables people with disabilities to lease a new vehicle, scooter, or powered wheelchair by exchanging part or all of their mobility allowance.

ELIGIBILITY

• You must be receiving:
• Higher rate mobility component of DLA
• Enhanced rate mobility component of PIP
• War Pensioners' Mobility Supplement
• Armed Forces Independence Payment

Visit mobaility.co.uk to see if you are eligible to apply for the scheme.

Newlife provides specialist equipment for disabled and terminally ill children, including wheelchairs, buggies, and beds, often within emergency timeframes.

ELIGIBILITY

• Children under 19, UK-based, with significant disabilities or life-limiting conditions.
• Applications must include professional evidence of need.

Visit newlife.co.uk to see if you are eligible to apply for the scheme.

A personal wheelchair budget is a resource available to support people’s choice of wheelchair, either within NHS commissioned services or outside NHS commissioned services.

Please see the support and resources for professionals page, or contact the national Personal Health Budgets

teams by emailing england.personalhealthbudgets@nhs.net

Provides assessments and provision of wheelchairs, equipment, and postural support for long-term users through the NHS.

ELIGIBILITY

• Referral needed via your GP or healthcare professional. Services and criteria may vary by region.
• Speak to your GP or local NHS wheelchair service to get started.

Caudwell Children exists to make life fair for disabled and autistic children.

To change the world so that disabled and autistic children have the choice, opportunity, dignity and understanding they deserve.

We support disabled children by providing life-changing equipment, including sports wheelchairs, therapies, and services to help them thrive.

ELIGIBILITY

• UK-based families with children aged
• 0–18 who have a diagnosed disability or chronic illness.

Visit caudwellchildren.com to see if you are eligible to apply for the scheme.

Dan Maskell Tennis Trust is a tennis charity raising funds for people with disabilities who play tennis. We specialise in supporting disabled people and disability tennis programmes. Over the years, we have helped hundreds of individuals, clubs and groups to access and provide tennis for disabled people.

ELIGIBILITY

• All applicants must be UK citizens and resident in the UK.
• Applications will be considered by the Trustees of Dan Maskell Tennis Trust which meets 4 times a year.

Visit danmaskelltennistrust.org to see if you are eligible to apply for the scheme.

The LTA offers support for disability tennis programmes, including equipment, coaching, and club development. Our charity works with amazing people and organisations to inspire and improve lives through tennis in Great Britain.

ELIGIBILITY

• Individuals and clubs running disability tennis initiatives.
• Application periods vary.

Visit lta.org.uk to see if you are eligible to apply for the scheme.

AFK helps children and young people who are disabled or neurodiverse to live more independent, fulfilling lives. We provide specialist mobility equipment not available on the NHS to disabled children and young people up to their 25th birthday, across the UK.

ELIGIBILITY

• Applications from or on behalf of children and young people up to their 25th birthday
• Need specialist mobility equipment or a wheelchair to help them become more independent.
• The child or young person must be resident in the UK.

Visit afkcharity.org to see if you are eligible to apply for the scheme.

For 75 years, Variety has existed to improve the lives of disabled and disadvantaged children and young people across the UK. With your help, we can make a difference to even more children.

ELIGIBILITY

Children and young people are eligible for a grant if they meet the following criteria:

• They’re aged 18 or under
• They have a recognised disability or long-term health condition
• They are permanently resident in the UK

Visit variety.org to see if you are eligible to apply for the scheme.

Whizz Kidz are the UK’s leading charity for young wheelchair users. We create opportunities for young wheelchair users to get the equipment, skills and confidence to go further.

We know that with the right support, young wheelchair users are on a roll.

ELIGIBILITY

• Is the young person under 18 years old? Applications must be submitted before the young person's 18th birthday.
• Does the young person have a physical disability that permanently affects their mobility and participation?
• Have you approached your local NHS wheelchair service and found that the mobility equipment that your child needs is not available/provided?

Visit whizz-kidz.org to see if you are eligible to apply for the scheme.