Wheelwrights Fund

The fund is available to anyone who has acquired a spinal cord injury within the past five years.  You can apply for any equipment or activities to help you stay active, get active, or help you achieve your sporting potential.  The funding has been made available through the Worshipful Company of Wheelwrights, in association with National Tyre Distributors Association.

Most grants made will be in the range of £100 to £1,000. Examples of grants made in previous rounds include contributions to purchasing your own sports wheelchair, shooting equipment (rifles, pistols etc.) and archery equipment. Other grants have included contributions to tennis lessons, travel expenses to help you get to training sessions or competitions, and competition entry fees.

Applicants applying for part-funding should remember that funds will only be paid when the full balance is raised. Please bear in mind your other funding sources and your ability to raise the total amount before making an application.

Our preference is to help individuals in the final stages of meeting their funding target, or to make grants to purchase an item or activity outright.

Individuals applying must have acquired a spinal cord injury within the past five years. Applicants must provide contact details of a referee. Referees are usually physiotherapists, occupational therapists, WheelPower Physical Activity Advisors or another professional related to the activity you are interested in. You must be a UK resident. To make an application, please read the guidance notes downloadable from this page, then complete the application form and send it to the email address given on the form.

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Find funding for a Sports Wheelchair

Here is a list of charities that can provide support with purchasing a sports wheelchair and equipment. If you don’t find what you are looking for then Active Partnerships are located in every county and can direct you to local funding.

Please see below a list of charities that can provide support with purchasing a sports wheelchair and equipment:

Get Kids Going

Children up to 26 years
www.getkidsgoing.com

Whizz-Kidz

Children under 18 years
https://www.whizz-kidz.org.uk

Ready

Children under 21 years
www.readycharity.org

Lords Taverners

Children up to the age of 25
www.lordstaverners.org/applications

Caudwell Children

Children under 18 years
www.caudwellchildren.com/equipment

Variety Club

Children up to and including 18 years
www.variety.org.uk

Make Way Foundation

Children
www.makewayfoundation.org

Family Fund

Children aged 17 and under
www.familyfund.org.uk

Ready Charity

Children and young people up to 21 years
www.readycharity.org

Children Today

www.childrentoday.org.uk

Aspire

Supporting people with a spinal cord injury
www.aspire.org.uk

Tishie Yong Foundation

Funding considered in the East & West Midlands, South & West Yorkshire, Greater Manchester, Oxfordshire, and Gloucestershire.
www.dtdcharity.com

True Colours Trust

Applications from organisations only
www.truecolourstrust.org.uk

Barchester’s Charitable Foundation

Adults (18+)
www.bhcfoundation.org.uk

Cerebra

Freecycle children’s equipment
www.cerebra.org.uk

Roald Dahl’s Marvellous Children’s Charity

Children and young people under 25 years
www.roalddahlcharity.org

Cash for Kids

www.cashforkids.org.uk/grants

Dickie Bird Foundation

Children under 16 years
www.thedickiebirdfoundation.co.uk

Steve Morgan Foundation

For organisations only
www.stevemorganfoundation.org.uk

Muscular Dystrophy UK

People with muscular dystrophy or related condition
www.musculardystrophyuk.org

Elifar Foundation

Children and young adults aged 28 years and under
www.elifarfoundation.org.uk

Children’s Hope Foundation

www.childrenshopefoundation.org.uk

Boparan Charitable Trust

Must be aged 18 years old or under
www.theboparancharitabletrust.com

Southern Spinal Injuries Trust

South and South West of England only
www.ssit.org.uk

Regain

For tetras with a sports related spinal cord injury
www.regainsportscharity.com

Disability grants (funding advice)

www.disability-grants.org

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