- Holidays for Women* living in Greater London: Support to provide a recuperative holiday to recover health or strength after a long illness, physical or mental. The holiday must be applied for either during the illness or within 6 months of discharge from hospital or end of treatment and the application must be supported by evidence from an NHS professional. Please note this fund is for women* and their children of 16 years or less only. Applicants must live in the Greater London area.
*This fund is open to those who identify as women, inclusive of trans women, and also to non-binary people and people of other minoritised genders.
Items we will not fund include: day to day living expenses; council tax arrears; debts (including utility bills); fines; rent deposits, arrears or payments; moving costs; funeral expenses (including associated expenses, such as headstones); gifts (such as toys for birthdays, Christmas or other festivals); repayment of Social Fund or other loans; bankruptcy or insolvency costs; items already purchased; driving lessons; computers; televisions; citizenship applications; legal fees; passport applications; costs associated with employment or education (including school uniforms); sponsorship; general appeals; funding for projects or groups; holidays (except for women living in greater London), mobility scooters or similar mobility aids for use outside the home.
Grants of up to ?500 can be made under the Disability/Sickness priority area and up to ?600 for women’s holidays (depending on the size of the family).
If the applicant requires more than the maximum amount available from Family Action you will be asked to explain how the balance will be raised.
We are only able to consider one application per applicant in any 12 month period. We will only consider grants for a holiday (for women living in Greater London) every 3 years.
Up to date information on funds available will be provided on our website so please check as and when you want to submit an application
Grants Open Nationally: We are open for applications for people over the age of 60 who live anywhere in the UK including Greater London.
Grants Open in Greater London: We are open for applications for women in need of a recuperative holiday after a long physical or mental illness living within Greater London.
We are not open for any other applications than those listed above. We regret that any applications outside of these categories will be refused.
Due to the numbers involved, we regret that we are not able to email individuals or organisations when we have more funds.
Enter your email address at the login page at If you’re eligible to register, you’ll be taken to the registration process. This will check our systems online payday loans new Cardova and allow you to associate yourself with an existing organisation, or create a new one if required. You will then need to tell us some information about yourself, and verify that you can receive emails to the address that you specified.
Up to date information on funds available will be provided on our website so please check as and when you want to submit an application
Grants Open Nationally: We are open for applications for people over the age of 60 who live anywhere in the UK including Greater London.
Grants Open in Greater London: We are open for applications for women in need of a recuperative holiday after a long physical or mental illness living within Greater London.
We are not open for any other applications than those listed above. We regret that any applications outside of these categories will be refused.
Due to the numbers involved, we regret that we are not able to email individuals or organisations when we have more funds.
