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FUNDING FOR COMMUNICATION AIDS
Since the end of the CAP project many school pupils in England have lost the opportunity to gain access to the equipment they need for communication and learning. However, the CAP project never supported adults with the same needs and did not help pupils in Scotland and Wales so it was only ever a partial service. The aim of CAP was to complement rather than replace services but the project did highlight the desperate need for communication aid and other equipment that is going unmet throughout the UK.
Currently the only routes we have been able to fathom out that you may get access to provision are via your local education service (if you are a pupil with special educational needs) or through ICES.
A new Group has formed known as "New Communications" See the notification of their first conference at the bottom of this page.
Watch this space for more information about obtaining funding from your local education authority. We are researching this and will upload to the website soon.
Meanwhile, here are some charitable routes to funding which may help:
Finding additional sources of funding
Reference books
Have a look in your local library for the following publications for further funding opportunities:
> A Guide to Grants for Individual Needs
Published by the Directory of Social Change,
24 Stephenson Way, LondonNW1 2DP.
Issued every 2 years
> The Education Grants Directory
This is a comprehensive book on all aspects of funding for education, giving lists of national and local contacts
> Local Areas Grants Guide
> Charities Digest
A Comprehensive guide to benevolent funds and disabled associations. Produced annually by Family Welfare Association and published by Waterflow Information Services
> The Voluntary Agencies Directories
> IPW Charities Directory
> The Grants Register
Funding Opportunities
There are many charities that may be able to assist you financially towards the cost of your Communication Aid. Below is a list of just some of these organisations. There are many more Charities able to help so it is worth searching locally. Most charities would require a referral from your Speech and Language Therapist, A Doctor or Social Worker in order to consider any application made to them.
The Sequal Trust
3 Ploughmans Corner, Wharf Road, Ellesmere, Shropshire, SY12 0EJ.
Tel: 01691 624222
Website: www.the-sequal-trust.org.uk
Aidis Trust
First Floor, 54 Commercial Street, London, E1 6LT
Tel: 0207 426 2130
Fax: 0207 7374 4794
Website: www.aidis.org
Family Welfare Association
Grants Service, 501-505 Kingsland Road, LondonE8 4AU
Tel: 020 7254 6251
Fax: 020 7249 5443
Website: www.fwa.org.uk
Finding a Voice
49 Beaver Lane, Ashford, Kent, TN23 5NU
Tel/Fax: 01233 64044349
Website: www.findavoice.org.uk
Motor Neurone Disease (MND) Association
PO Box 246, Northampton, NN1 2PR
Tel: 01604 250505
Fax: 01604 638289/624726
BEN (Benevolent Fund)
Lynwood, Sunninghill, Ascot, Berkshire, Sl5 0AJ
Tel: 01344 620191
Fax: 01344 622042
Website: www.ben.org.uk
Each year Dreams Come True Charity brings a smile to the faces of hundreds of children and young adults between 2 and 21 years, who are suffering from a serious or terminal illness. We aim to bring some happiness into their lives, the benefits of which are many and varied for both the children and their families.
Dreams Come True Charity,
Knockhundred House, Knockhundred Row,
Midhurst, West Sussex, GU29 9DQ
Tel: 01730 815000
Fax: 01730 813141
freephone: 0800 0186013
Make-A-Wish Foundation® UK
329-331 London Road
Camberley
Surrey
GU15 3HQ
Telephone 01276 24127
Grant wishes of children and young people aged 3 to 17 living with life-threatening illnesses
http://www.make-a-wish.org.uk/
The Nihal Armstrong Trust
111 Chatsworth Road • London • NW2 4BH
This is a small charity set up in memory of Nihal Armstrong, who died aged 17, on the eve of his GCSE exams. Nihal had cerebral palsy. They provide children with essential pieces of equipment, communication aids or specific services that their local authority does not provide.
Their webiste is: http://www.nihalarmstrongtrust.org.uk/
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