Family Action’s Welfare Grants are available for clothing and general household needs such as beds and cookers but we can also help with more varied needs such as communication aids and medical adaptations. While there are no set limits, in general grants are made for £100 to £300. If you need a larger grant we advise you to also explore funding from other sources or to revise the amount you are seeking before submitting an application. You might find it helpful to search for other sources of funding at Turn2us, by visiting their website you will be able to carry out a search of grant-giving charities.
Funds available for use as Family Action welfare grants are restricted due to a lower return on our investments. As a result we are limiting the periods when we are open to welfare grant applications. Find out more details.
Who can receive a grant?
Our Welfare Grants mainly assist families and individuals with low incomes, particularly those living on benefits. Grants are available to people living across the UK. These grants are for the benefit of the whole family, for example, we might make a grant for a washing machine.
Welfare Grant applicants must fall into one or more of the following priority areas to be eligible for funding.
Priority Areas
Mental Health:
~Adults (over the age of 18) with a clinical diagnosis of a mental health problem.
~Parents and expectant parents (over the age of 18) with a drug or alcohol problem.
Domestic abuse:
~Grants to families or individuals in the first 6 months of fleeing the family home and/or the first 6 months after moving into a new home, or the first 6 months after the perpetrator has left the family home.
Older people:
~Support to promote independence, improve the quality of life and reduce isolation for those aged 60 and over.
Young people (aged 19 to 25):
~Grants to support young people living alone (i.e. not living with friends, family, others, including children).
Sickness/disability:
~Grants to pay for treatment or disability aids.
Holidays for women living in Greater London:
~Support to provide recuperative holidays for women who are resident in greater London.