Hospital grants

Over the past five years we've funded care and service improvements in over 70 hospitals providing over £10m in funding.

How to apply for financial aid

You can apply to Kidney Care UK for a grant of up to £50,000 for a patient project, piece of equipment or renal unit infrastructure. Funding is available for staff posts such as renal social workers, physiotherapists, renal counsellors and youth workers up to a maximum basic salary of £50,000 per annum. It is important to remember that the we will only consider grant applications if funds are not available from the hospital trust or other relevant authority.

Please note

We have recently reviewed our grants paperwork and processes to ensure that our charitable funds work as hard as possible and make the greatest impact on the quality of patients' lives. Therefore please ensure that you read the guidelines before applying.

• Download guidelines for applying for a Kidney Care UK grant

Please download the application form which best suits your application

• Download grant for new post application form
• Download grant for project equipment application form

Hospital grants timetable

2023

Next round

• Applications deadline – 18 September 2023
• Grants Committee Meeting – November 2023
• Ratification by Main Trustee Board – December 2023

Performance and feedback reports

At the end of each year we expect applicants to complete the relevant feedback form showing the projects progress, measures of success and include any quotes we can use. Please choose the relevant form for your project:-

• Performance and Feedback Report - Project and Equipment
• Performance and Feedback Report - Staff

Individual patient grants

If you are a Social Worker or member of a kidney care team looking to apply for an individual patient grant, please visit the relevant page:-

• Financial support
• Holidays and respite breaks

Group travel funding

We fund group travel groups for things like the Transplant Games or our young adult residential weekend in Derbyshire.

Download the grant for group travel application form

Historical grants

See some of the grants we've given out in previous years:

• 2018
• 2019
• 2020
• 2021
• 2022

Funding for renal services

To find out more about our funding for Renal Services, the types of programmes that we fund and some recent examples of grants we've give download our Funding for renal services leaflet