Registered charity 287866 · Helping since 1983
We fund medical equipment, hospital travel, therapies and everyday essentials for individual sick, disabled and low-income children across the UK. Every penny you give reaches a child, because our trustees cover all running costs.
Every gift helps a child today. UK taxpayers can add 25% through Gift Aid.
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Over 40 years of help
An independent trust set up in September 1983, separate from the BBC appeal.
Every penny to children
Our trustees personally cover all running costs and expenses.
Help for individuals
We support individual children, not only institutions, through trusted referrers.
£1m+
raised for children since 1983
Unlike many charities, we help individual children as well as institutions. Since September 1983 we have funded specialist medical treatment, holidays, food, gifts and welfare support for sick, disabled and low-income children across the UK.
We work through hospitals, schools, social workers, doctors, faith leaders and support groups who know families best, so help arrives quickly and goes exactly where it is needed.
Three areas where a small grant makes an immediate difference to a child and their family.
Travel costs when a child faces a long hospital stay far from home, wheelchairs and tricycles for children with spina bifida, and therapies such as physiotherapy and neuromuscular massage that are not available on the NHS.
Specialist equipment so children with special needs can take part in learning, plus funded places on summer camps and school trips so no child is left out for financial reasons.
A sofa bed so a parent and child can sleep separately, white goods after a long hospital stay, special toys that help disabled children play, and wishes for children who are seriously ill.
The children, families, supporters and partners behind everything we do.
We do not take applications directly from families. If you are a social worker, doctor, nurse, teacher or support worker, you can refer a child to us and we will review every case with care.
Travel costs, toys and aftercare so families can stay close to their child in hospital.
Adapted trikes and wheelchairs so children can play with friends without feeling left out.
A first ever residential break for pupils whose families could not afford a holiday.
Every month we share a new video update from the children and projects you support. This month the Tropical Island friends make a Monty Mango smoothie.
Quick answers about referrals, donations and Gift Aid. Cannot find what you need? Get in touch.
We do not accept applications directly from families. A social worker, doctor, hospital, school or other professional can send a referral to us on the child’s behalf.
We help children living in the UK who are sick, disabled or in financial hardship. Most grants go to individual children, and at times we fund schools and organisations that care for them.
No. We are an independent charity set up in 1983 and registered with the Charity Commission under number 287866, with no connection to the BBC appeal.
All of it. Our trustees personally cover every running cost and expense, so donations are used solely to help children.
If you are a UK taxpayer, Gift Aid lets us claim an extra 25p from HMRC for every £1 you give. It costs you nothing extra.
We fund medical equipment, hospital travel, therapies not available on the NHS, educational support, holidays and everyday essentials such as beds and white goods.
From a sponsored run to a gift in your will, there are many ways to change a child’s life.
