Welcome to the National Deaf Children's Society Family Fund Application

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What you'll need

  • Your personal details and contact information
  • Information about your family and household
  • Details about your child who is deaf or has hearing loss, and is a primary school or early years age, including babies
  • Information about support services your child receives
  • A copy of a document from a third party professional which tells us about your child's hearing condition
  • Approximately 15-20 minutes to complete
  • If you want to apply in Welsh, you can download a form here
  • Os hoffech wneud cais yn Gymraeg, gallwch lawrlwytho ffurflen yma.

Your privacy

We take your privacy seriously. Before you complete this application form, you should make sure you read our Terms and Conditions, which contains our Data Protection statement. We will ask you a mixture of mandatory and non-mandatory questions. The mandatory information you provide will be used solely to assess your grant application. All other responses are not part of our decision making processes, but we do encourage their completion to support the wider work of the National Deaf Children's Society.

Save your progress

You can save your application at any time using the "Save for Later" button, found at the end of each page of the application form. Your application will be securely stored for 10 days, after which point it will be deleted. Any in progress applications at the time that this programme closes will also be deleted.

To return to your saved application, you'll need to request a recovery link which will be sent to your email address.

Already started an application? Continue here →

Do you meet the criteria to apply?

To qualify for a National Deaf Children's Society grant, you must:

  • Live in the UK
  • Are you applying for a child age 0-11, or still in primary education?
  • Is the child deaf? (We use the term 'deaf' to refer to all types of deafness and hearing loss, from mild to profound. This includes deafness in one ear and temporary deafness such as glue ear.)

We'll check you meet the criteria in the next step.

Do you meet the criteria to apply?

Please answer these questions to confirm you meet the criteria to apply.

Consent

We need your consent to process your application and contact you about it.

Location and Residency
Child Information

Your Details

Tell us about yourself as the main applicant.

Personal Information Watch this in BSL

You must be 16 or older to apply

Contact Information Watch this in BSL

We'll use this to contact you about your application

Address Watch this in BSL

Enter your postcode (e.g., SW1A 1AA) to find your address

About this Application

Family Details

Tell us about your family and household.

Relationship Status
Hearing conditions in the family

Children's Details

Tell us about the child(ren) this application is for. You can add up to 5 children.

Adding multiple children

If you have more than one child who is deaf or has hearing loss, you can add them all to this application. Each child's information will be collected separately.

Child 1

Child's Personal Information Watch this in BSL
Disability payments
Education

Select all that apply

Hearing Loss Details

For example: learning disabilities, physical disabilities, autism, medical conditions

Communication and Technology

Select all that apply

For example: radio aids, soundfield systems, loop systems, etc.

Professional Support

Select all that apply

1 of 5 children added

Professional Contact

If you'd like, provide details of a professional who supports your child (optional).

Why we ask for this

Having details of a professional who knows your child (such as a Teacher of the Deaf, audiologist, or social worker) can help us better understand your child's needs. This section is entirely optional.

Professional's Details

e.g., Local Authority Sensory Support Team, NHS Trust, School name

What Funding Are You Applying For?

Tell us what you need and why.

Adding multiple funding items

You can request up to one funding item per child. If you have added multiple children to your application, you can add additional funding items below.

Watch this in BSL

Funding Item 1

Funding type
Funding item details

Tell us about the impact this will have

Is there anything else you'd like us to know?

Supporting Documents Watch this in BSL

Please upload at least one document to support your application.

Accepted formats: PDF, JPG, PNG (Max 10MB per file)

Review Your Application

Please check all the information below is correct before submitting.

Important: Please review all sections carefully. You can edit any section by clicking the "Edit" button next to it.

Declaration

By completing this section and signing the application you are confirming that you have informed, and have permission from household members, to pass their information to Family Fund in respect of this application.

Application Submitted

Thank you for your application

What happens next?

  1. You will receive a confirmation email at the email address you used to apply within the next few minutes.
  2. We may contact you if we need any additional information.
  3. Our team will review your application, and you will hear from us about the outcome of your application by the end of April.
  4. You will be notified by email once a decision has been made.

Need help or have questions?

If you have any questions about your application, please contact us:

  • Phone: 01904 550055 (Mon-Fri, 9am-5pm)
  • Email: ndcs@familyfund.org.uk
  • Website: www.familyfund.org.uk

We would love your feedback!

We would love to hear about your experience of applying to National Deaf Children's Society Family Fund programme. We'd be grateful if you could take a couple of minutes to complete this survey. This information helps us to improve our services and demonstrate the impact of our work.

Link to Survey

Additional support and resources

While waiting for your application decision, you may find these resources helpful: