NDCS Equipment Fund

The National Deaf Children’s Society has a fund for providing deaf children aged 4 to 6 in England and 4-14 in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland  who are in full time education and eligible for free school meals with a laptop.

NDCS Equipment Fund 2010

The NDCS Equipment Fund supports the following members.

• Families living in Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales with a deaf child aged 4-14 who meet the eligibility for Free School Meals*

• Families with children aged 4-6 in England who meet the eligibility for Free School Meals*

All families in England with a child aged 7-14 who meet the eligibility for Free School Meals* can apply for a Home Access Grant which provides computer equipment and internet access. follow this link for more information Home Access
 

All families in England with a child aged 7-14 have been on the NDCS equipment fund waiting list pre Feb 2010 have been sent a letter from us about the Home Access scheme.

All other  families currently on the NDCS equipment fund waiting list who are not eligible for the Home Access grant will remain on the list.

So that we can help as many children as possible, the NDCS Equipment Fund can only offer each family one grant. If you have already received a grant for a laptop from NDCS you are not eligible to apply for a second grant.

*Where authorities are operating free school meals pilot across the authority, only pupils who would have been eligible under normal assessment criteria will be eligible.

We are accepting applications and will add them to a waiting list.

You can download the form and FAQs here (you will need to be a member to sign in).

For more details about the NDCS Equipment Fund, look at our FAQs page or contact our Freephone Helpline on 0808 800 8880 (voice/text) or by email at: helpline@ndcs.org.uk