Deadline: 30-Jun-22
The Adamson Trust is now accepting applications to provide financial help with the cost of holidays or respite breaks for disabled children aged between 3 and 17 with physical, mental or emotional impairments.
The conditions for receiving a grant are straightforward and should not discourage anyone from applying. There must be evidence of a disability from a medical or social services professional. They may ask for evidence that their grants have been used for the holidays proposed in the applications. Also, where an award constitutes a relatively small part of the cost of the holiday, the Trustees may seek assurances that the child's family has sufficient personal or supplementary funding to cover the balance.
They now have a website, and the seven Trustees consider many more applications every quarter and give away a lot more money. The May meeting is the one at which we have the most applications, often 50 or 60, as families plan summer holidays. Most applicants are from Scotland or England, although the number from Northern Ireland and Wales has increased in recent years. Applications from schools and other charities remain fairly steady, but there are now many more from individual families. Some have children with physical disabilities such as Down’s Syndrome or Cystic Fibrosis, but increasingly there are applications from families with children who are autistic or have Asperger’s Syndrome.
Eligibility Criteria
- Individual families can apply and, in addition, they accept applications on behalf of groups of children, organisations and other registered charities.
For more information, visit The Adamson Trust.
For more information, visit https://www.theadamsontrust.co.uk/
