Financial grants
When a child is diagnosed with cancer, it has massive financial repercussions on the parents as often one or both parents need to give up work or take unpaid leave to care for their sick child. On average, families spend an additional £600 per month when their child is diagnosed with cancer - CANC£R COSTS: CLIC Sargent 2016.
Abby’s Heroes supports families when their child is having treatment by awarding Financial Hardship Grants to help relieve the financial crisis parents find themselves facing as a result of their child’s diagnosis. These grants can be for a host of reasons such as rent or mortgage payments, household bills and other everyday living costs while the child is in hospital or additional travel costs to hospital. These grants can be applied for on behalf of families primarily by one of our Abby’s Heroes Family Support Workers who are based on the Piam Brown Ward. For families who are not currently ward based or for families from the TYA Ward, please use ths link 'Apply for a Grant' and one of our grant administrators will contact you.
