Signposting for families
Organisations useful to know
Please contact the organisations directly for their up-to-date information.
Funding charities
You can also search on www.disability-grants.org and www.turn2us.org.uk
• AFK; www.my-afk.org
• Boparan Charitable Trust; www.theboparancharitabletrust.com
• Buttercup Children’s Trust; www.buttercupchildrenstrust.org.uk
• Caudwell Children; www.caudwellchildren.com
• Children Today; www.childrentoday.org.uk
• Cracker Jacks; www.crackerjacks.org.uk
• Elifar Foundation; www.elifarfoundation.org.uk
• Family Fund; www.familyfund.org.uk
• Florence Nightingale Aid in Sickness Trust; www.fnaist.org.uk
• Hospital Saturday Fund; www.hospitalsaturdayfund.org
• Independence at Home; www.independenceathome.org.uk
• Make Them Smile; www.makethemsmile.org.uk
• Sunny Days Fund; www.sunnydaysfund.org.uk
• Variety the Children’s Charity; www.variety.org.uk
Hiring equipment
Please note, this may be subect to fees.
• Better Mobility; www.bettermobility.co.uk
• Chunc; www.chunc.com
• In Car Safety; www.incarsafetycentre.co.uk
• Independence Mobility; www.independencemobility.co.uk
• Kihto Healthcare; www.kihto.com
• Little Hiccups; www.littlehiccups.co.uk
• Manage@Home; www.manageathome.co.uk
• Maxi-Cosi Happy Hips Service; www.maxi-cosi.co.uk/c/happy-hips-service
• Mobility Equipment Hire Direct; www.mobilityequipmenthiredirect.com
• Mobility Hire; www.mobilityhire.com
• National Mobility Hire; www.nationalmobilityhire.com
• Red Cross; www.redcross.org.uk
• Safespaces; www.safespaces.co.uk
• Tiny Explorers; www.tinyexplorers.co.uk
• Tryb4uFly; www.qef.org.uk/service/accessible-aviation/tryb4ufly
• Wenman Healthcare; www.wenmanhealthcare.co.uk
• Wheel Freedom; www.wheelfreedom.com
Donating equipment
Newlife does not take donations of equipment. If the equipment was funded or provided by any
organisation other than Newlife, please speak to them first before it is passed on.
• Disabled Equipment Sent Overseas; www.deso.org.uk
• Freedom Powerchairs; www.freedompowerchairs.org.uk
• Grace Cares; www.grace-cares.com
• Jacobs Well Appeal; www.jacobswellappeal.org
• Limbcare; www.limbcare.org
• Mid Devon Mobility; www.middevonmobility.org.uk
• Mobility Equipment Recycling Scheme; www.disabilitypartnership.org.uk
• New Forest Disability; www.newforestdis.org.uk/donating-equipment
• PhysioNet; www.physionet.org.uk
• Red Cross; www.redcross.org.uk
• Stairlift and Mobility Recycling; www.stairliftrecycling.co.uk
• The Disability Resource Centre; www.drcbeds.org.uk
• The Nigel Prosser Foundation; www.thenigelprosserfoundation.org
• Vocal, Treasure Tree; www.vocal.org.uk/advice-information/practical-information/treasure-tree
• Wheels to Heal; www.wheelstoheal.org.uk
• large charity shops may accept disability and mobility equipment
• hospices
• special needs nurseries and schools
• occupational therapists, physiotherapists and nurses may accept the equipment into their stores
car seats – Which; www.which.co.uk/reviews/child-car-seats/article/what-should-i-do-with-my-oldbaby-car-seat-aWIIP7f2jSx
Community resources
• Carers Card; www.carerscarduk.co.uk
• CEA cinema card; www.ceacard.co.uk
• Just Can’t Wait Toilet Card; www.bladderandbowel.org
• Radar Key / The National Key Scheme; https://shop.disabilityrightsuk.org/products/radar-key
• The Access Card; www.accesscard.online
Mental health support
• Calm; www.thecalmzone.net
• Mind; www.mind.org.uk
• Rethink; www.rethink.org
• Samaritans; www.samaritans.org
• Shout; www.giveusashout.org
Autism, sleep and behavioural support
• Cerebra; www.cerebra.org.uk/get-advice-support/sleep-advice-service
• Child Autism UK; www.childautism.org.uk
• The Challenging Behaviour Foundation; www.challengingbehaviourfoundation.org.uk
• The National Autistic Society; www.autism.org.uk
• The Sleep Charity; www.thesleepcharity.org.uk
Financial support
• Baby Bank Alliance; www.babybankalliance.org
• Cost of living support; www.gov.uk/cost-of-living/benefits-tax-work
• Energy Saving Trust; www.energysavingtrust.org.uk
• entitledto; www.entitledto.co.uk
• Household Support Fund; www.gov.uk/cost-living-help-local-council
• Money Advice Trust; www.moneyadvicetrust.org
• Money Helper; www.moneyhelper.org.uk
• The National Debtline; www.nationaldebtline.org
• Trussel Trust; www.trussell.org.uk
• turn2us; www.turn2us.org.uk
• Working Families; www.workingfamilies.org.uk
Other / general information and support
• Carers UK; www.carersuk.org
• Citizens Advice Bureau; www.citizensadvice.org.uk
• Contact, for Families with Disabled Children; www.contact.org.uk
• Gingerbread; www.gingerbread.org.uk
• Ipsea; www.ipsea.org.uk
• Kids; www.kids.org.uk
• Mencap; www.mencap.org.uk
• Sense; www.sense.org.uk
• Scope; www.scope.org.uk
• Shelter; www.shelter.org.uk
• Sibs; www.sibs.org.uk
• Special Needs Jungle; www.specialneedsjungle.com