Applications can be made at any time.

Grants are available to registered charities in the UK for projects and activities that support children with hearing impairment, speech delay, language or communication difficulties.

Grants are intended to support small or local charities working in the following areas:

Children who have hearing impairment, speech delay, language or communication difficulties, or who have complex needs.
Medical innovation and new developments relating to these children.
Research in all topics relating to these children.

Grants are made at the discretion of the Trustees. The Trust will consider making one, two or three year funding commitments.

Recent grant awards have ranged from £3,000 to £20,000, based on the Trust’s latest published accounts.

Applications must be made by registered charities in the UK that are registered with the Charity Commission or hold a Certificate of Exemption from the Inland Revenue.

Overseas applicants must apply through a UK-registered charity that can receive and administer the grant on their behalf.

Applications from individuals will not be considered unless they are supported by a registered UK charity.

Funding can be used to support projects, services, and activities that improve outcomes for children with hearing impairment, speech delay, language or communication difficulties, including programme delivery costs, specialist resources, and associated core costs where they are directly related to the work.

Projects funded by the Foundation include:

Part time speech and language therapists for schools with high levels of deprivation and children who do not meet the criteria for EHCP’s.
Post graduate training in Educational Audiology at Mary Hare School.
The acoustic treatment of classrooms by The Jewish Deaf Association.
Research into Childhood Deafness by RNID.
A Pilot project for ICAN’s Award winning 'Tots Talking' Programme.
The provision of laptops for speech and language therapy.

The majority of grants are awarded to local projects but the Foundation has supported overseas projects, including:

Hearing aids to a medical centre in India and a School for the Deaf in South Africa.
Technological development for online learning at a Centre for disabled children in Israel.

Applications can be made at any time. Applicants should email a brief outline of their project to administrator@slhf.org.uk. This should include the charity's registration number and a short description of the project, its total cost, the amount requested from the Foundation, and the period which the funding will be spent.

Applicants whose proposals meet the criteria will be invited to complete a full application form, either online or by post.

The Trustees will write to applicants with their decision, which may take several months.

Application guidelines are available on the Trust’s website.

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