Parkinson's UK Personal Assistance Grants
People with Parkinson's or other forms of Parkinsonism, and their principal unpaid carers, can apply for a Parkinson's UK Personal Assistance Grant up to £1,500.
If you need help with funding activities, home goods, specialist equipment, home adaptations or respite care, we may be able to help. If you meet the criteria, you could be eligible for a Parkinson’s UK Personal Grant.
There will be one more opportunity to apply for a Parkinson’s UK Personal Grant in 2025:
- Round 1 is now closed. Round 2 opens on Monday 28 July and closes on Sunday 14 December
Applications received after the closing date cannot be accepted and you would need to submit a new application when the first round opens in 2026.
Essential Guidance for your Application
The Guide for Applicants is currently unavailable to view as changes to the guidance and criteria are being made in preparation for Round 2.
The guide has been put together to ensure you are supported with your application and breaks down the application form section by section explaining exactly what information we need.
Please take the time to read the updated guide before starting your application. This will become available to view here when Round 2 reopens on Monday 28 July.
If you're living with Parkinson's, or care for someone who does, you can apply for an amount up to £1,500 to fund electrical items, respite care, specialist equipment or activities.
To qualify you must:
- have Parkinson's or another form of progressive parkinsonism or be an unpaid carer of someone with Parkinson's (we don't count Carer's Allowance as being paid)
- have household savings less than £6,000 if you apply for up to £500
- have household savings less than £16,000 if you apply for more than £500
We're committed to offering grants to people with Parkinson's, and the people who love and care for them, who are in the greatest financial need.
- Activities: you can receive a maximum grant of £250 if your household savings are less than £6,000.
- Electrical items: you can receive a maximum grant of £500 if your household savings are less than £6,000. Grants for electrical items are limited to 1 application per household.
- Respite care: you can receive a maximum grant of £1,000 if your household savings are less than £16,000. Grants for respite care are limited to 1 application per household.
- Specialist equipment or home adaptation: you can receive a maximum grant of £1,500 if your household savings are less than £16,000. Grants for specialist equipment or home adaptation are limited to 1 application per household.
- We don't fund holidays, long-term financial commitments or daily living costs. We won’t consider applications to fund items that you've already paid for, or committed to pay for.
- We don't fund items or respite where funding should be available from the government or from your local authority.
If you don't qualify for a Parkinson's UK Grant, take a look at the Turn2us Benefits Calculator and Grants Search for information about other sources of grant funding for people with Parkinson's and the people who love and care for them.
Have any questions about the Grants Programme?
If you have any questions about the Grants Programme, please do not hesitate to contact us by email to: [email protected] or by phone on: 020 7963 3765.
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