Every uplift starts with a real need.
Behind every piece of equipment, adaptation or delivery is a child and a family. Here's what your support makes possible.
WHAT'S THE GAP?
Between the support a child receives and everything a family actually needs.
Essential statutory support exists. The practical gap still exists. Together, we can help close it.
Essential statutory support
Depending upon need, assessment and eligibility, children and families may receive support through the NHS, councils, education and other statutory services — for example:
These services are vital. Uplift Me is not here to replace them.
The practical gap
But daily life doesn't fit neatly into a care plan.
Families may still experience:
THIS IS THE GAP.
How Uplift Me helps
This is where Uplift Me can help.
Uplift Me brings together businesses, manufacturers, retailers, donors, corporate partners, community partners, local leaders, volunteers, products, funding, technology and local delivery to help families access practical support.
Within the Foundation's charitable scope, this can include:
The gap is real.
12%
of UK children are classified as disabled
The proportion has risen from 7% a decade ago to 12%.
Department for Work and Pensions · Family Resources Survey 2024/25
23%
went without specialist equipment or home adaptations
In a UK survey of 4,262 families with disabled children, almost one in four reported going without specialist equipment or home adaptations during the previous year.
Contact · Counting the Costs 2024
33%
went without therapies
One in three families surveyed said their disabled child had gone without therapies.
Contact · Counting the Costs 2024
30%
live in a home that does not meet their disabled child's needs
Almost one third of families surveyed said their home did not meet their disabled child's needs.
Contact · Counting the Costs 2024
89,630
England datacommunity health waits over one year
In England, 89,630 community-health waits were longer than 52 weeks in March 2026. 83.8% of those long waits were within community paediatrics.
NHS England · Integrated Performance Report 2026
When a child needs more support, the whole family can feel the impact.
62%
of parent carers surveyed reduced their hours or left paid work
Caring responsibilities caused 62% of parents or partners surveyed to give up paid work or reduce their hours.
Contact · Counting the Costs 2024
£21,174
average reported annual income lost
Among those affected, the average reported reduction in family income was £21,174 per year.
Contact · Counting the Costs 2024
Bridging the practical gap.
Uplift Me brings together products, funding, businesses, communities and people to help meet practical needs that might otherwise remain unmet.
Public services provide the essential framework. Uplift Me helps provide what everyday life still needs.
HELP US CLOSE THE GAP.
When practical support is missing, it can affect how a child sleeps, learns, moves, plays and participates in family life. Your support helps us connect families with products and practical assistance that can make an immediate difference.
Essential support exists. The gap still exists. Together, we can close it.
Your support could help provide…
Current requests on the Uplift Me platform right now
Monthly. Annual. Lifetime.
Impact builds over time. We track our progress monthly and publish an annual review.
Monthly impact
Families helped, items redistributed and waste diverted each month.
Annual impact
A full year of progress, reviewed and published for transparency.
Lifetime impact
Everything we've achieved since the Foundation began.
The families behind the numbers.
Impact stories will appear here once published by the Foundation. Identities are always protected, and no story is published without consent.
Honest about our impact.
We measure what we can verify: children and families supported, practical uplifts delivered, equipment and adaptations funded, and items reused. We don't make claims we can't stand behind, and we never invent numbers. As our methodology develops, we'll share more.
