Kinship Care Grants

The Fashion & Textile Children’s Trust is a small charity with a long history of providing financial support to families in the UK fashion and textile industry.

Our grants fund items which are essential to a child's health and wellbeing. Families applying for a kinship carer grant are encouraged to apply for either essential household items to cover start-up costs or ongoing items the children may need to support their needs, for example:

• Children's bedroom furniture, e.g. beds, bedding, clothes storage furniture (chest of drawers)
• Children's soft furnishings, e.g. curtains/blinds, rugs. Please note, we typically do not fund carpets or other flooring
• Essential clothing, this includes, seasonal clothing and school uniform and PE kit.
• Baby essentials, e.g. highchairs, safety gates and cots
• Other essential household items e.g. a bigger fridge or larger capacity washing machine. All items will be considered at the discretion of the grants team

Please note: we do have capped amounts for most items. Amounts awarded are at the discretion of the charity.

Specialist support: If you are caring for children with additional health or psychological needs, we can provide funding for specialist items and therapy to meet their needs, these include:

• Speech and language therapy
• Physiotherapy
• Psychotherapy (e.g.talking therapies or counselling)
• Play therapy
• Art therapy
• Music therapy
• Mobility equipment
• Specialist items
• Sensory items
• Adapted seating

Our Kinship Care grants grants help families who are raising children of relatives or friends. Grants can help to cover set-up costs for the children or support with ongoing health and wellbeing needs.

To apply for an FTCT grant, one carer/parent must work OR have recently worked in the UK fashion and textile industry, for at least one year within the last nine years.