Action for Kids www.actionforkids.org Helping disabled children and their families with mobility aids, family support. Association of Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus www.asbah.org Association of Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus ASBAH is the UK charity providing information and advice about spina bifida and hydrocephalus to individuals, families and carers. Association of Charity Officers www.aco.uk.net This organisation lists a number of charities that help individuals in need. Barnardos www.barnardos.org.uk Barnardos offer a range of support to disadvantaged children and young people throughout the UK including disabled children. British Institute for Brain Injured Children www.bibic.org.uk BIBIC works with parents and carers to help improve the quality of life for brain injured children. The Bobath Centre www.bobath.org.uk Helping in the treatment of cerebral Palsy. Contact a Family www.cafamily.org.uk Contact a Family is a UK wide charity that provides advice, information and support to the parents of all disabled children. Caudwell Children’s Charity www.caudwellchildren.com Help disabled children throughout the UK by providing assistance with treatment, therapy, specialised equipment and holidays. Cerebra www.cerebra.org.uk Helping to improve the lives of children 16 and under with brain related conditions through researching, educating, and directly supporting children and their carers. CLIC Sargent www.clicsargent.org.uk Caring for children and young people with cancer Family Fund www.familyfund.org.uk Family Fund helps families with severely disabled children to have choices and the opportunity to enjoy an ordinary life. Great Ormond Street Hospital Charity www.gosh.org Great Ormond Street Hospital Charity works to keep the hospital at the forefront of international paediatric medicine. Jennifer Trust for Spinal Muscular Atrophy www.jtsma.org.uk Jennifer Trust is the only national charity dedicated to helping children and families affected by Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA). | | Kids About Kids www.kidsabout.co.uk About aims to provide help for disabled children and young people, such as specialist equipment. Lifeline4Kids www.lifeline4kids.org Formed to provide essential equipment to help improve the quality of life for children with disabilities and special needs. Muscular Dystrophy Group (Joseph Patrick Memorial Trust) www.muscular-dystrophy.org Covers over sixty different neuromuscular conditions including duchenne muscular dystrophy. Newlife Foundation for Disabled Children www.newlifecharity.co.uk Newlife help disabled children via nurse services, equipment grant services, such as wheelchairs, beds and communication aids and medical research. RETT Syndrome Association UK www.rettsyndrome.org.uk A national charity who offer information, advice, practical help and friendship to people with Rett Syndrome, families and carers. Fund research into the condition. Special Kids in the UK www.specialkidsintheuk.org Special Kids in the UK is a charity offering contact information and support for families of children and young people with special needs throughout the UK. Turn2us www.turn2us.org.uk Turn2us exists to help people access the money available to them through grants, benefits and other financial help. The Variety Club, Children’s Charity www.varietyclub.org.uk Variety Club has been helping disabled children for over 50 years. They help with equipment, holidays and in many other ways. Association of Wheelchair Children www.wheelchairchildren.org.uk AWC is a specialist charity that runs expert wheelchair training courses for children and their families across the UK and Ireland. Whizz Kidz Charity www.whizz-kidz.org.uk Whizz Kidz Charity help disabled children and young people with their independence, at home, school and at play. They provide mobility equipment, training, advice and life skills. When You Wish Upon a Star www.whenyouwishuponastar.org.uk Grants wishes to children suffering from a life threatening illness, from the age of 2 to 16 years old. |
