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What we do
Roald Dahl's Marvellous Children's Charity exists to make seriously ill children's lives better.
Quentin Blake Nurse Illustration Roald Dahl's Marvellous Children's Charity cares about children with lifelong neurological and blood conditions. These rare conditions receive very little funding, even though they have a huge impact on both the child and the family around them.

We work in partnership with organisations who share our belief that all children have the right to the best possible quality of life. We raise money to help support children in the UK living with conditions like acquired brain injury, neuro-degenerative conditions, rare forms of epilepsy and long-term blood diseases (excluding cancer).

We help these children by:

* Funding specialist nurses and carers.

* Supporting parent groups and charities that help families with information, activities and all-important fun.

* Making grants to hospitals to help improve children's facilities.

* Giving direct assistance to families with grants to help pay for things like expensive equipment – wheelchairs for example – or activities such as weekends away with other children and families experiencing the same illnesses.

If you are seeking support for your charity or organisation, click here to find out more.

If you are seeking support for an individual child, click here for our detailed guidelines and information about how to apply for a grant.

GUIDELINES:

Click on the appropriate square below to download our grant guidelines:

Grants to Individuals Guidance Notes

Grants to Organisations Guidance Notes
Meet Kyra


Kyra is 4 years old and was recently diagnosed with epilepsy. Thanks to Roald Dahl's Marvellous Children's Charity, Kyra and her family now have the support of Lynn, a specialist epilepsy nurse who helps them to understand the condition and how best to care for Kyra.

“There's so much misunderstanding around epilepsy”, said Lynn.
“My job is to reassure parents that they're not alone and help them
make sure that, largely, their child can lead a normal life.”