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For all parents, keeping your child warm, safe and healthy is always the priority. But for those raising a disabled or seriously ill child on a low income, fulfilling these basic needs for your child is now harder than ever before.
The families we support across the UK are now facing sky-high costs for items their child can’t live without. They’re unable to work as they want to, juggling round-the-clock caring responsibilities and struggling with debt while still trying to make ends meet.
At Family Fund we’re here for families raising a disabled or seriously ill child when they need us most. We give grants for the essentials they tell us they urgently need. We take off just a little bit of the pressure families are now facing every day.
Easing the weight of worry
Watch our new video below, featuring families we’ve supported. We joined them in their daily lives. We witnessed their day-to-day challenges and the moments of joy made possible by the grants that our generous donors make happen.
Changing lives, one item at a time
We spoke to Louise, mum of six-year-old Ruairidh, about the impact Family Fund has had on their lives: “Family life for us can be quite chaotic. Ruairidh spends a lot of his time anxious and dysregulated. Family Fund granted us a family break. It was so nice to get away from our four walls. Seeing Ruairidh enjoying himself, exploring and running was magical.”
“It took me a long time to accept that support was available to our family, from charities like Family Fund. It took a long time to realise that we needed to accept the support.”
“By offering us grants, a break or support, Family Fund are saying to families like ours, ‘We see you, and we know how hard it is’. “
– Louise, pictured alongside dad, Alfie, and their children, Eilidh and Ruairidh
You can give families a breather
When you support Family Fund, your kindness ensures families receive the support they need most, when they need it most. Whether this is a fridge to store their child’s life-saving medication, a trampoline to calm and regulate their child after a tough day, or a family day out to pause from the chaos of daily life.
Your donation of any size makes a real difference to families like Ruairidh’s.
