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    • Is emergency help available?
    • What help is given?
    • What is a charitable fund?
    • Who can apply for help?
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About charitable funds

In this section, you can learn more about how charitable funds work and the support, including grants, that they give to people in financial need.

• What is a charitable fund?

  Find out more about charitable funds and their eligibility criteria.

• Who can apply for help?

  Each charitable fund will have its own qualifying rules about who they can help. Discover how to match your needs and background to eligibility criteria.

• What help do charitable funds give?

  Information about the kind of help charitable funds can provide and how it is given through grants and other forms of support.

• Is emergency help available?

  Charitable funds may give help in an emergency or crisis. Find out more.

• A-Z of charitable funds

  If you know the name of the charitable fund you want to find, use our A-Z list to find it.