Victoria Foundation

The Foundation funds practical equipment and capital works that address disability and health challenges. This includes mobility aids such as powered wheelchairs, adapted vehicles for accessible transport, and medical support items. They also provide toolkit grants and elective bursaries to medical students from lower socio-economic backgrounds across the UK, aiming to widen participation in medicine. Geographically, the Foundation's mobility aids programme serves individuals and registered charities in the London boroughs of Richmond, Kingston, and Hounslow, while the student grants programme operates nationally.

Registered charities and individuals can apply for support. For the mobility aids and medical equipment programme, applicants must be based in or serve the London boroughs of Richmond, Kingston, or Hounslow. Local hospices serving disabled children, elderly, or seriously ill people are also eligible. For the toolkit grants and elective bursaries, applicants are medical students from lower socio-economic backgrounds across the UK. The Foundation prefers small to medium-sized charities, typically those with modest annual incomes.

The Foundation does not fund work that has already taken place or that replaces statutory funding. Exclusions include festivals, sports, leisure, fundraising activities, websites, publications, conferences, and seminars. For their mobility aids programme, core costs, events, training, and research are also excluded. For student grants, international students and tuition fees are not funded.

The Foundation provides funding as one-off grants for specific items such as equipment or capital works. Their student grants are also one-off. The Foundation welcomes unsolicited applications via a downloadable form submitted by email or post.