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