We would like to let all parents/guardians know about the website below which is currently providing grants to families who have children and young people with additional support due to a disability, disabling condition or with a serious or life limiting illness.
Family Fund
"The Minister of Health in Northern Ireland, Robin Swann MLA, has provided Family Fund with £500,000 of additional funding to support approximately 1000 more families facing challenging fuel and energy costs, post-pandemic financial and wider pressures and disproportionate extra costs associated with raising a disabled or seriously ill child or young person."
There is an easy to understand video found here that gives a brief explanation of who is eligible for the grants being offered.
Family Fund uses its own Child and Young Person’s Eligibility Criteria to assess whether a child is eligible for a grant. This criteria is based on a social model of disability.
