Financial support grants

The Motor Neurone Disease (MND) Association is able to offer some financial support to help with:

• emergency funding while staying at home during the coronavirus outbreak

• funding equipment and services that people with MND have been assessed as needing

• funding for children and young people living with someone with MND

• non-paid carers supporting someone living with MND

• improving quality of life for someone living with MND

Types of Grant

• Coronavirus Emergency Grant of up to £250

• MND Support Grant (Care) grant of up to £1500 requires a health and social care professional assessment and must be processed by Support Services at FCH.

• Quality of Life (QoL) grant of up to £500 can be funded by the branch or groups.

• Carer’s and Young Carer’s grant (age 16 or over) of up to £500 in any 12-month rolling period can be funded.

• Children and Young Person’s (CYP) (age 18 or under) of up to £250 in any 12- month rolling period can be funded. A child or young person must reside with a person living with MND or their parent/guardian has MND.

• Communication Aids (incl voice banking) grant (amount dependant on application) requires a health and social care professional assessment and must be processed by FCH. www.mndassociation.org/support-and-information/our-services/communication-aidsservice/

• Wheelchair Accessories grant (amount dependant on application) requires a health and social care professional assessment and must be processed by FCH. www.mndassociation.org/support-and-information/our-services/wheelchair-service/

For more information, please visit: https://www.mndassociation.org/app/uploads/2020/09/Support-Grant-Application-Flowchart-2020.pdf

Guidance about benefits during lockdown

The Association's Benefits Advice Service can offer guidance about benefits during the lockdown. The team of qualified advisers can provide support by phone and e-mail in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. Web chat is also available in England and Wales. A telephone interpreter can be arranged at a set time if a language other than English is required.

Please visit: https://www.mndassociation.org/support-and-information/our-services/benefits-advice/

Additional information

To see our Policy and Guidance document, please visit https://www.mndassociation.org/app/uploads/2021/02/Support-Grant-Guidance-2021.pdf