Grants
We often supply the Major Elite pushchair to families on behalf of Charities, in particular: Charities
www.charitychoice.co.uk/charities
Easy to use online resource to either find a charity - a charity based in your area, or a charity with a special interest relevant to you - or to donate money.
3h Foundation
Organises subsidised group holidays for physically disabled children and adults and in parallel afford a period of respite for their regular carers.
Action For Children
We amplify the voices of children and young people, and work to bring lasting change to their lives. We do this by carrying out research, working with politicians, and designing public campaigns.
AFK
We help prepare young people with learning disabilities and autism for life after school through our accredited education, training and work experience programmes. We also provide mobility equipment not available on the NHS to disabled children and young people up to age 25 across the UK.
The ACT Foundation
ACT provides grants to individuals and other charities, principally in the UK, with the aim of enhancing the quality of life for people in need, particularly those who have a physical or mental disability or the aged.
National Autistic Society
Their aim was to encourage a better understanding of autism and to pioneer specialist services for people with autism and those who care for them.
Autism West Midlands
The leading charity in the West Midlands for Autistic adults, children, young people and those who love and care for them.
AVOW Shopmobility
AVOW Shopmobility operates a fleet of manual and electric mobility scooters and a variety of wheelchairs for use by anyone with mobility issues, for use within Wrexham city centre or further afield.
BIME
The Bath Institute of Medical Engineering is a design and development charity in medical engineering; working with users and medical professionals to solve problems of disability and healthcare with practical technology.
Blessing in Disguise
Blessing in Disguise children's charity actively raises funds through events/activities and through the kind generosity of donors, support from the community and local and national businesses to provide a range of essential and special needs equipment, such as special needs prams, walkers, sensory equipment, communication aids etc.
Boparan Charitable Trust
Our mission is to enrich the lives of children who are disadvantaged through poverty, disability and terminal illness.
Brainwave
Charity dedicated to achieving the potential of children with Developmental Delay. Providing support for Parents, Schools and Health Professionals.
Caudwell Children
Caudwell Children is a national charity for sick and disabled children across the UK. It provides specialist equipment, treatment and therapies as well as our Destinations Dreams holiday for children (and their family) fighting life threatening conditions.
Cerebra
Cerebra funds ground-breaking research into brain injury and neurological disorders, supports parents with information or services, and offers grants to help improve the quality of life of children with neurological conditions.
Charity For Kids
Charity for Kids was established in 2011 to provide help for disabled, sick and terminally ill children, and their families, across Hastings & Rother. They help children and their families with specialised equipment that is either not available via the health services or comes with a very high cost, which is not always possible.
Childrens Hope Foundation
Children's Hope Foundation is a young growing charity whose aim is to improve the quality of life for children and young people affected by illness, disability or poverty by meeting, within our power, their social and medical needs.
Children Today
Children Today is a National Charity, working at a Local level to provide grants for vital, life-changing equipment for children and young people with sickness or disabilities, across the UK
The Children's Trust
The UK's leading charity for children with brain injury working with children and young people from across the UK, both from their specialist centre in Tadworth, Surrey and in communities around the country.
Contact a Family (CaF)
Contact a Family is the only UK charity providing support and advice to parents of children in the UK who are born or diagnosed with a serious disability.
If you are new to this, then this is a good place to start.
Council for Disabled Children
Promotes collaborative work between different organisations providing services and support for children and young people with disabilities and special educational needs.
Crackerjacks Children's Trust
Helping Children with Disabilities. Providing respite breaks, specialist equipment and support to families for children with disabilities.
DEMAND (Design & Manufacture for Disability)
DEMAND provides specially designed equipment for people with disabilities where no other equipment exists.
Disabled Living
Based in Greater Manchester, Disabled Living has given an invaluable service to disabled people of all ages for over 108 years. They offer a comprehensive range of services to improve the quality of life of disabled people, their families and carers.
Disabled Living Foundation
A national UK Charity it is our vision to provide the best possible choice for people who use equipment to live a more independent life.
Dorset Children's Foundation
Aims to improve the lives of sick and disabled children by providing financial support towards medical expenses, therapies, equipment and life-enriching experiences not normally provided by the NHS.
Dravet Syndrome UK
UK charity dedicated to improving the lives of those affected by Dravet syndrome through support, education and medical research.
Disabilities Trust
Charity providing a range of services have including purpose-built accommodation, community-based housing, respite care, education, community enabling and rehabilitation.
Equipment for Disabled Children
EDC gives help to local disabled children who live or are educated in the Guildford area or are under the care of the Royal Surrey County Hospital Children's Unit. We provide equipment to disabled children to make their lives as full as possible.
Every Life is For A Reason - ELIFAR Foundation
Run almost entirely by volunteers. ELIFAR aims to help improve the quality of life mainly of profoundly disabled children and young adults, whether living at home or in residential care.
Family Fund
Our purpose is to ease the stress on families in the UK who care for severely disabled children under 16, by providing grants and information related to the care of the child
Fledglings
A not-for-profit organisation which helps parents and carers of a child with special needs of any kind to find simple, affordable solutions to practical problems.
We offer a free product search service to locate toys, clothing, developmental aids and other items which may stimulate the childs development or give relief to the carer.
Freddies Friends
A website to help disabled children and their families.
Get Kids Going
National charity which gives disabled children and young people - up to the age of 26 yrs - the wonderful opportunity of participating in sport.
Gloucestershire Cloud 9
Cloud 9 sends seriously ill and physically handicapped children on the holiday of a lifetime
Handicapped Childrens Action Group
Working to provide specialist equipment for children with disabilities, learning difficulties and other special needs. Funding for all types of specialist equipment that will help to give the disabled child independence and mobility. To give a lot of our children the ability to join in with the activities of children their own age.
Independence at Home
Provides grants to people of all ages who have a physical or learning disability and need financial help to improve quality of life at home.
Internet Resources for Special Children
The IRSC web site is dedicated to communicating information relating to the needs of children with disABILITIES on a global basis.
The Harry Johnson Trust
The Trust offers help and support to children and teenagers who receive care from the Oncology Team at The Princess Royal Hospital in Shropshire..
Kids Active
National charity promoting play for disabled children.
Kids Needs
A worldwide resource that provides children with special needs, families and other caregivers with access to comprehensive information and resources.
The Harry Johnson Trust
The Trust offers help and support to children and teenagers who receive care from the Oncology Team at The Princess Royal Hospital in Shropshire..
Kids in Action
Kids in Action is a charity providing sporting and social activities, day trips and holidays for children, young people and young adults with disabilities and special needs . Providing subsidised caravan holidays and outreach activities in other areas.
Lagan's Foundation
The UK's first and only National Charity to provide support and at home care to families with babies and children under the age of 5 diagnosed with acquired or Congenital Heart Defects (CHD) OR feeding difficulties.
Lenderhand
Essex-based charity helping underprivileged children and young adults by providing them with the support they need to thrive. By providing practical assistance, we are extremely proud to help offer life-changing experiences to children and young adults who would otherwise not have the opportunity.
Lifeline 4 Kids (formerly The Handicapped Children's Aid Committee)
Formed for one purpose - to provide essential equipment to help improve the quality of life for children with disabilities and special needs irrespective of their race or creed.
The Lily Foundation
Funds research to improve diagnosis and increase treatment options, and ultimately find a cure for children with Mitochondrial Disease. Raises much needed awareness of these conditions both in the general population and the medical community. Supports families affected by this condition
Link Foundation
The Link foundation is a Maidenhead based children’s charity committed to improving the lives of children and their families in the local community and surrounding areas
Make A Wish
Grant magical wishes to enrich the lives of children and young people fighting life-threatening conditions.
MACS
MACS is the UK's national charity for children born without eyes or with underdeveloped eyes. They help 1800 people across the UK, supporting them at each stage of their journey by providing peer support, financial aid and opportunities to take part in life-changing activity trips.
Make Them Smile
Helps children with a wide range of adverse medical conditions including Leukaemia, Cerebral Palsy, the Deaf and Blind, Terminal Illnesses, and all other life hindering conditions.
Miracles
MIRACLES is a British-based charity with a worldwide reputation. Born of a graveside hug between a Muslim and a Christian at the height of the Bosnian war, many a miracle has been achieved over the years since MIRACLES came into being.
MIRACLES VISION is to create little MIRACLES for those who really need them.
Motivation
Our mission statement is "to initiate self-sustaining projects to enhance the quality of life of wheelchair users"
Muir Maxwell Centre The centre's remit is to provide practical support to children and their families coping with severe epilepsy and to increase awareness and understanding of epilepsy and help remove the stigma associated with the condition.
Mumsnet
Excellent resource for information and advice plus a very active forum.
Muscular Dystrophy UK
Living with a progressive muscle wasting and weakening condition means you may need access to specialist equipment throughout your life. This can come at a substantial financial cost. However there is financial support available from the Joseph Patrick Trust to help with these costs.
Newlife the Charity for Disabled Children
The UK's leading Child Health and Research Charity, formerly focussing on conditions arising from birth defects burt now with a wider scope to help all disabled and terminally ill children
Funding vital medical research to understand, prevent, combat and treat inborn conditions. Dedicated nurse service to comfort, inform and support families and those at risk. Providing grants to affected families, funding vital equipment and assistance support. Campaigning to raise the level of awareness helping people to act, prior to pregnancy, to reduce the risks.
NHS Wheelchair Services Directory
A complete listing of all of the NHS Wheelchair Services in the country !
ORCHYD
ORCHYD is a registered charity of Ruislip Churches providing day trips and residential holidays for children with disabilities. Apart from unforgettable memories, we provide respite and grants for families.
PACT - Parents Association of Children with Tumours and Leukaemia
Provides support and relief for individuals who are under the care of Sheffield Children’s Hospital Paediatric Oncology & Haematology Unit.
PACT Charity (Parents and Children Together)
PACT is one of the UK’s leading independent adoption agencies, placing children with secure and loving families and supporting them with specialist therapeutic support.
Percy Hedley Foundation
A charity providing specialist services for disabled people in the North East of England, The Percy Hedley Foundation promotes the rights, needs and aspirations of disabled children and adults through specialist, high quality services.
Physcap - Big help for Little People
PhysCap is a charity dedicated to improving the quality of life for children suffering from severe physical disabilities, by purchasing specialised and therapeutic equipment.
Queen Elizabeth Foundation Disability Information Service
has been at the forefront of disability information dissemination. It aims to make high quality, impartial and independent information available to enquirers across the UK.
RADAR
The Royal Association for Disability and Rehabilitation is a national organisation of and for disabled people.
React
Rapid Effective Assistance for Children with Potentially Terminal Illness, giving depth to short lives.
Red Eagle Foundation
Empowering disadvantaged children and granting wishes to children with life limiting illnesses.
Roald Dahl Foundation
Offers practical assistance to children and families in three areas: neurology, haematology and literacy. Provides a programme of grant-giving to charities, hospitals, and individuals.
Shine
Provides specialist support from before birth and throughout the life of anyone living with spina bifida and/or hydrocephalus, as well as to parents, families, carers and professional care staff. Shine enables people to get the best out of life.
SCOPE
A disability organisation in England and Wales whose focus is people with cerebral palsy. Scope's aim is that disabled people achieve equality.
Sky Badger
Sky Badger finds help and adventure for disabled children and their families in the UK. Find sports, grants, help at school, sibling groups, holidays, free stuff and so much more !
Southampton Doing It For The Kids ( SDIFTK )
Support young people with additional needs, and their families, all from the SO post code area.
Special Needs Kids
Information Directory and shopping site to help parents and carers of children with special needs.
Special Kids in the UK
Families who have children and young people with special needs often deal with similar challenges. They may have concerns about education, services, therapies, respite and other issues directly related to their child. Special Kids in the UK aim is to bring families together for friendship, to share information and to support one another.
Starburst Foundation
Based in Farnborough Hampshire its sole purpose is to help local children with special needs by funding specialist or bespoke equipment to help them in their day to day lives.
Strong Bones
Help alleviate the pain, suffering and financial burden of families who have children suffering from brittle bone disease, bone cancer, scoliosis, arthritis, and all other serious conditions of the bone.
Steps
Charity supporting children and adults affected by a lower limb condition.
The Teeside Family Foundation
A registered charity run by voluntary Teesside trustees who help, support and provide assistance to Teesside families and individuals who simply do not have the means, are underprivileged or have fallen on hard times due to ill health.
Tiny Tim Trust
A small charity established in 1994 providing valuable resources and grants for children with special needs in Derbyshire.
Tree of Hope
The Tree of Hope offers hope to the families of sick children in the UK who need specialist medical surgery treatment, therapy and equipment in order to free them from suffering, giving a better quality to their young lives.
Treloar Trust
Provides education, therapy, care and independence training for young people with disabilities. We aim to provide each individual with the support, confidence and skills to achieve the best in all aspects of their life.
We Are Beams
Provides comprehensive support services to families of children and young people with any form of physical, learning or sensory impairment living in the Dartford, Gravesham, Sevenoaks and the surrounding areas. We aim to support the whole family through a menu of services that directly benefit and assist those dealing with the challenges of raising a disabled child.
Well Child
WellChild is the national UK children's charity making it possible for children and young people with serious and complex health needs to be cared for at home instead of hospital, wherever possible.
Wheelchair Children
Helping wheelchair using children get mobile.
Whizz-Kidz
National children's charity with a very simple goal - to give disabled children independent mobility.
By providing customised wheelchairs, tricycles and other specialised mobility equipment, Whizz-Kidz improves the quality of life of disabled children across the UK and literally lets children be children.
Wipe away those tears
Aims to grant a wish and bring a sparkle into the lives of terminally or seriously ill children in Essex. A charity with no overheads or administration costs, so every penny that is raised goes towards helping very special children.
Founded and run by Gail O’Shea, winner of the Compassionate Tesco Mum of the Year 2015.
Youreable
Youreable is the one-stop Internet site for disabled people,their carers, family and friends Commercial
Active Design
Active Design manufacture a range of postural management products, including the CAPS II seat.
Adaptive Mall
US resource for special disability equipment, it's surprising what is available including a large range of specialist pushchairs - but you would probably have to import it yourself.
Crelling Harnesses for Disabled
Manufacturers of specialist wheelchair and car seat harnesses for the disabled.
Delichon
Suppliers of the Delta all terrain pushchair and Hippocamp beach models.
Ebay Disability Resources
The place to buy and sell spare disability equipment.
Hip-Pose
Hip-Pose manufacture an award winning range of clothing for babies and toddlers being treated for hip dysplasia (DDH). Hip-Pose clothes have been designed with the help of NHS staff treating DDH and approved by the International Hip Dysplasia Institute. They are safe to wear during treatment and allow the hip harness to do it's job.
Special Kids Company
Functional and fun bodysuits designed for children with special needs, including garments for children who are tube fed.
Specialised Orthotic Services (SOS)
Manufacturers of supportive seats, and many other things, for children and adults with special needs.
Special Needs Pushchairs
Our other website ! If you want to be more adventurous and go off road - the beach, woodlands etc. then you will need a pushchair with larger wheels designed specially for the job. Advance Mobility Independence & Freedom All Terrain Pushchairs.
Stabilo Vacuum Seats Support
Re-usable micro bead vacuum formed seat inserts for pushchairs, including the Maclaren Major Elite. Creates a custom seat for a child who needs more support. Converts a standard pushchair into something more specialist.
Wike Special Needs Bicycle Trailers
Suppliers of specialised bicycle trailers which can be converted to pushchairs with the potential for transporting TWO older/larger children.