Family Fund webinar for Glasgow HSCP

Salena Begley MBE, Scotland Partnership Development Manager for Family Fund, is hosting a webinar to provide information and answer questions about the grants and support available to children, young people and families via Family Fund. We invite you to join us at 9.30am on Thursday 21 January for this free one-hour webinar.

Grants and services which will be covered include:

• Grants for essential items for families in Scotland raising disabled or seriously ill children and young people
• Grants to support disabled young people aged 18-24
• Take a Break’s short breaks grants for carers
• Digital skills training to help families get the most from their digital device
• Power Up, which provides guidance to parents and carers to use digital tools to manage their finances  
• BBC Children in Need Emergency Essentials Programme, which provides grants for essential items to families in crisis

Background information

Family Fund is the UK’s largest charity providing grants for families on low incomes raising disabled or seriously ill children and young people., providing 92,585 essential grants and services worth over £32 million to families across the UK last year.

We provide grants for essential items such as kitchen appliances, sensory toys, family breaks, bedding, tablets/computers, furniture and clothing. It can be a struggle financially, emotionally and physically for families raising a disabled or seriously ill child, and these grants help break down many of the barriers families face, improving their quality of life and easing the additional daily pressures.

We also provide a range of programmes and services, as well as information and advice to families that apply to us, in order to help them access more of the support that may be of help to them in raising their child or young person.

Family Fund also administers the BBC Children in Need Emergency Essentials Programme, which supports children and young people who are facing exceptionally difficult circumstances. The programme provides items that meet a child’s most basic needs such as a bed to sleep in, a cooker to provide a hot meal and other items or services critical to child’s wellbeing.

Please sign up to the webinar below.