Aims: To support bereaved families, to raise awareness of cot death and associated risks and to fund research into sudden and unexpected death in infancy (SUDI): Provision of breathing monitors to all infants born into a family that has suffered cot death Raise awareness of cot death and ways of reducing the risks Support for…
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Aims: To provide captioning services for deaf, deafened and hard of hearing people who wish to enjoy arts and entertainment. Services provided: Offering: Captioning for theatre productions, and live subtitling comedy and talks, similar to television subtitles Speech to text provision using the same equipment for talks and workshops Deaf Awareness Training focuses on arts…
Challenger Children’s Fund
Aims: To give financial help to physically disabled children under the age of eighteen who reside in Scotland Summary: Funding is provided to meet a specific need not covered by statutory sources, e.g. clothing, apparatus, equipment, household appliances, furniture, adaptations to home or garden. Grants may be made for holidays. Grants cannot be made retrospectively. Applications:…
Disability Equality Scotland
Aims: We are a national charity working to make life more accessible, equal and inclusive for disabled people in Scotland. We promote access in its widest sense, including: access to the built and natural environment access to the same opportunities as are enjoyed by others in our communities  access to information,  access to inclusive communication…
Childhood Eye Cancer Trust
Aims: To provide support and information to families affected by retinoblastoma, at the point of diagnosis, during treatment and later in life as required To raise awareness of childhood eye cancer with health professionals and the public To promote and fund retinoblastoma related research. services provided: Provides support for anyone affected by retinoblastoma Runs events…
Children in Scotland
Aims: To provide independent and impartial advice and information about additional support for learning to parents, carers, children, young people and professionals who work with them. To raise awareness of additional support for learning so that children and young people get the most that they can from their education. Services provided: Enquire offers free, independent…