Family Fund - Helping Disabled Children

Your Opportunity: Help for 18-24 year-olds

Your Opportunity supports disabled and seriously ill young people, aged 18-24 years old, who are living at home. Young people cannot apply on their own, the application has to come from the parent or carer.

Funding for Your Opportunity is limited and we will accept applications from families on a first-come, first-served basis until the funding is fully allocated. Grants are available across the UK.

Who can apply?

You can apply if you can say yes to all of the following:

• You are the main parent or carer of a disabled or seriously ill young adult aged 18-24, who lives at home with you 
• You have not received a Your Opportunity grant on behalf of this young adult in the past 12 months 
• You have lived in the UK for the last six months
• You have a low household income, or if you receive a benefit such as Universal Credit, Working Tax Credit, Child Tax Credit etc.