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One of our most Frequently Asked Questions is ....
Are there grants for household items and help towards utility bills?
This includes washing machines, cookers, beds and carpets as well as other everyday essentials such as heating.
The Good News is.....Charities across the UK will help individuals and families struggling on low income – both with or without a disability.
Many of these charities are already included on the Disability Grants website in our other sections.
So, to make your search for funding easier we have grouped this information together all in one place with links to other agencies.
The charities are grouped by pages.....
Click the link to the page - this will open in a new window so you
can scan the list and look for charity at the same time.
BBC Children in Need - Essentials Fund (apply through Family Fund)
The Charlie Cookson Foundation (seriously ill children only)
Sailors Children's Society
S C Witting Trust
Sunny Days Children's Fund
Family Action (Welfare grants)
Other Charities
SHS Welfare Fund (where living conditions are affecting education. School to contact)
Elizabeth Finn Care
Florence Nightingale Trust (includes bedding)
Freemasonry Cares
R L Glasspool Charity Trust
Heinz, Anna and Carol Kroch Foundation
The Hospital Saturday Fund
The League of the Helping Hand
The National Benevolent Charity
Newby Trust (closed until April 2018)
The Percy Bilton Charity
The Talisman Charitable Trust
Vicars Relief Fund
Aid for the Aged in Distress (AFTAID)
Friends of the the Elderly
The Royal British Legion
The Soldiers Charity
The Royal Engineers Association
Women's Royal Naval Service Benevolent Fund
Margaret's Fund
The Sawyer Trust
Society for the Assistance of Ladies in Reduced Circumstances
St Andrew's Society for Ladies in Need
ABTA Lifeline
The Care Workers Charity
Cavell Nurses Trust
The Charity for Civil Servants
The George Stephen Charity
Grocery Aid
Hospitality Action
The Lighthouse Club Fund
The Queen's Nursing Institute
Retail Trust
The Royal Agricultural Benevolent Institution (RABI)
The Professionals Aid Guild (PAG)
Timber Trades Benevolent Society
True Colours Trust
The Joshua Wilson Brain Tumour Charity
Lennox Children's Cancer Fund
Leukaemia Care
Macmillan Grants
The Batten Disease Family Association (BDFA)
Mali Jenkins Fund
Motor Neurone Disease Association (MND)
Parkinson's UK Take control Grants
British Kidney Patient Association
The Cystic Fibrosis Trust
Interlink (Jewish individuals)
Gardeners Trust for the Blind
Lenderhand (Essex)
John Martin's Charity (Worcestershire)
St Andrew Holborn
St John's Southwold Fund
Skinners' Benevolent Fund (London and West Kent)
Cerebral Palsy Plus (BS postcodes)
Liskeard Relief in Need
Barnwood Trust (Gloucestershire)
Mayfield Home Trust Limited (Gloucestershire)
St John's Hospital (Bath)
Leeds community Trust
Sunderland Guild of Help
North West
Kensington Foundation (Blackpool/Flyde)
The Ben
The Borders Children's Charity
Douglas Hay Trust
ECAS
The George Crombie Trust
Glasgow Care Foundation
MND Scotland
RSABI
Scottish Shipping Benevolent Association
Latch
Electricity and Gas
British Gas Energy Trust/ Scottish Gas Energy Trust
E.on - Affordable Warmth Scheme
Water
Affinity Water - Low income Tariff
Bournemouth Water - Offer water bill to be paid direct from benefits.
Cambridge Water Company - The Assure tariff to help customers on low income (under £16,105)
Dee Valley Water PLC - Here 2 Help scheme for those struggling to pay for bills and on low income (under £15,500)
Essex and Suffolk Water - SupportPLUS
Northern Ireland Water - will spread bills over longer period
Northumbrian Water - SupportPLUS tariff
South East Water - Helping Hand
Southern Water - Essential tariff, New Start and Water Direct
South West Water - offer payment plans and water meters
Sutton and East Surrey Water - Social Tariff
Thames Water - Customer Assistance Fund
United Utilities - offer paying in instalments
Welsh Water - HelpU scheme to help those on low income (under £15,000) pay their bill
Wessex Water - offer a number of affordability schemes
Yorkshire Water - Community Trust