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Fletchers Foundation provides financial grants that can be used for aids and equipment, rehabilitation treatment, or a whole host of wider uses that will help individuals with their recovery or quality of life.

You can apply if:

• You or a member of your family are living with the long-term effects of serious personal injury, medical negligence, or illness.
• You are a registered charity, school or local group working with individuals and families living with the long-term effects of serious personal injury, medical negligence, or illness.

Fletchers Foundation will consider requests for funding towards:

• Aids or equipment
• Rehabilitation Therapies (physiotherapy/Hydrotherapy/SLT/OTCBT, etc)
• Prosthetics
• Counselling for the individual who are suffering from mental health issues because of the serious injury, medical negligence, or illness.
• Projects, groups, or events that can be proven to make long term-impact. The project, group or event must be in partnership, jointly branded and meet the eligibility criteria.

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Geographical areas funded: Scotland UK East Ayrshire North Ayrshire South Ayrshire Clackmannanshire Falkirk Fife Stirling East Lothian Edinburgh Midlothian West Lothian East Dunbartonshire East Renfrewshire Glasgow Inverclyde North Lanarkshire Renfrewshire South Lanarkshire West Dunbartonshire Aberdeen Aberdeenshire Argyll and Bute Highland Moray Na h-Eileanan Siar Orkney Shetland Dumfries and Galloway Scottish Borders Angus Dundee Perth and Kinross

Fund type

Type of funding:

Grant

Type of cost:

Capital

Fund award sizes

Maximum:

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Notes on award amounts:

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Who can apply

local community groups, registered charities, or schools working with individuals and their family with the long-term effects of serious personal injury, medical negligence, or illness.

When to apply

At any time. Applications and supporting documentation to the trustees will be submitted to the Trustees on the last Friday of the month, and you will receive a response within two weeks of that.

How to apply

Please send the following supporting documentation to info@fletchersfoundation.org.uk:

Information about:

• The condition/injury.
• How it was obtained and when.
• The progress made so far.
• How what you’re asking for will make an impact and how can this be measured.
• Why it can’t be provided by local statutory services and/or yourselves.

INDIVIDUALS:

• a supporting letter from a professional such as your GP, occupational therapist or physiotherapist that includes the following:
• a quote from the supplier showing what you’re applying for and the cost, without VAT.

GROUPS:

• Your legal number/status.
• A fully costed project / event plan.
• Evidence from participants that they have asked for this and need it.
• A measurement framework to show the impact can be measured.
• The relevant insurances such as public liability.

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Exclusions

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Activites funded: Health care and wellbeing

Beneficiaries funded: Ill-health Disabilities Physical disabilities

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