Florence Nightingale Aid In Sickness Trust

Florence Nightingale Aid In Sickness Trust

The Florence Nightingale Aid in sickness Trust provides funding towards medical equipment for children and adults of all ages affected by a disability or long-term illness.

Grants considered by the trust are:-

Medical aids, specialist beds, electrics and manual wheelchairs, standing wheelchairs, power packs, mobile hoists, riser/recliner chairs, sensory equipment, communication aids, computers, specialist software, fridges for the storage for medication, washing machines if the client is incontinent, microwaves for a client who is unable to cook on a standard cooker and freezers for bulk buying.

Grants are also considered towards respite breaks by paying for the sick person to stay in a nursing home or hospice, giving their carer at home a well-earned rest. Convalescent breaks in a nursing home or convalescent home following a stay in hospital are also considered.

Applications should be referred to the Trust by a third party: Ataxia UK.

Please fill out the attached Application Form and send it electronically to help@ataxia.org.uk or in the post to our address at the bottom of the page.