The Vaila Fund is now CLOSED as all funding has been distributed.
Voluntary Action Shetland (VAS) is the administrator for the Vaila’s Travel Fund. All applications must be made by a suitable third party such as a social worker, school head teacher, third sector organisation or registered charitable organisation.
The travel fund can help:
- Children suffering from mental, physical or sensory disabilities
- Children suffering from behavioural and psychological disorders
- Children deprived of normal lives because of family circumstances
- Children living in areas of deprivation or stress, who are deprived of amenities generally available to other children of a similar age group
- Children who are carers in the home
You can apply for help with
- Funding for a school trip
- Funding for independent travel
- Other items or relevant expenditure without which travel would not be possible
To enquire about this fund, please contact Ellen Hughson by e-mail at: [email protected] or by telephone on: 01595 743903
Alternative funding sources for young people are listed below:
http://www.wssociety.co.uk/charities/jwt/
https://www.familyfund.org.uk/
http://www.henrysmithcharity.org.uk/holiday-grants-for-children.html
http://www.buttleuk.org/need-support
https://www.princes-trust.org.uk/help-for-young-people/programmes
http://grants-search.turn2us.org.uk/
