The Adamson Trust - disabled children's holiday charity

Overview

Who can apply?

Individual families can apply and, in addition, they accept applications on behalf of groups of children, organisations and other registered charities.

Criteria

To receive a grant, the child must be between 3 and 17, and they require evidence of a disability or illness from a medical or social services professional. 

They may ask for evidence that the grant has been used for the holiday proposed. Grants usually cover a relatively small part of the holiday cost, and the Trustees may - but by no means always - seek assurances that the family has sufficient personal or supplementary funding to cover the balance. 

They also believe that disabled children should be able to go on holiday with or without their families. In the latter case, an added benefit is respite for the family.

Most applicants are from Scotland or England, although the number from Northern Ireland and Wales has increased in recent years. Applications from other charities and schools remain fairly steady, but most are from individual families. Some have children with physical disabilities such as Down’s Syndrome or cerebral palsy, others have children who seriously ill, or who are autistic or have other neurological-developmental problems.