MONEY & PRACTICAL SUPPORT
Explore support for people using prostheses or orthoses, and their families, across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
A device or diagnosis does not automatically qualify you. Support depends on how your condition affects you and the rules of each scheme.
Find support for me ↓Answer a few questions to get a shortlist of schemes to explore. This is a signposting tool, not an entitlement decision or a payment estimate. No name, medical records or financial details are needed. Your answers stay on this page and are not saved or submitted.
Not listed does not mean not eligible. Residence, immigration, duration, existing benefits and detailed assessments are not checked here. Use the full directory or speak to a welfare rights adviser.
Sources checked 3 November 2026. Follow each provider’s link for current rules and applications.
England · Wales
For people aged 16 to State Pension age making a new claim, with long-term difficulties in daily living or mobility. Assessment is based on the impact on activities, not diagnosis. Working or having savings does not itself prevent a claim. Duration, residence and other conditions apply.
Check criteria and how to apply ↗Northern Ireland
Help with the extra costs of long-term disability, assessed against daily living and mobility criteria. Check the Northern Ireland claim process, age, residence and duration requirements.
Check criteria and how to apply ↗Scotland
Scotland’s benefit for daily living and mobility needs. For new claims, age and residence rules apply. Income and savings are not assessed; the effect of your condition matters.
Check criteria and how to apply ↗England · Wales · Northern Ireland
For children under 16 who need substantially more care than a child of the same age, or have mobility difficulties. Duration and component-specific age rules apply. Follow the Northern Ireland application link on the official page if applicable.
Check criteria and how to apply ↗Scotland
New applications are for children under 16 with disability-related care or mobility needs. Component age, duration and residence rules apply. Existing awards can continue beyond 16 under the scheme’s rules.
Check criteria and how to apply ↗England · Wales · Northern Ireland
For people at State Pension age with qualifying care or supervision needs. It has no mobility component. Check duration and residence rules and the Northern Ireland claim route. Existing PIP awards may continue after pension age: seek advice before changing a claim.
Check criteria and how to apply ↗Scotland
Scotland’s support for care needs at State Pension age. It is not means-tested and has no mobility component. Existing Adult Disability Payment recipients should not assume they must switch.
Check criteria and how to apply ↗England · Wales · Scotland
Practical support where disability affects paid work or getting to work. You must normally be 16 or over and working, or starting or returning within 12 weeks. Employment, self-employment and other scheme conditions apply.
Check criteria and how to apply ↗Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland has a separate scheme for disability-related practical support at work. Contact the scheme to check your employment circumstances and eligible costs.
Check criteria and how to apply ↗England · Wales
Council support for necessary and appropriate home adaptations. Eligibility and any contribution depend on the circumstances; adult applications can be means-tested. Apply before starting work. Ask your council for an assessment.
Check criteria and how to apply ↗Northern Ireland
Home adaptation funding through the Northern Ireland Housing Executive, subject to assessment and scheme conditions. Seek approval before starting work.
Check criteria and how to apply ↗Scotland
Ask your council for an assessment of equipment or adaptations. Funding arrangements depend on the adaptation and housing circumstances. Scotland uses its own arrangements.
Check criteria and how to apply ↗UK
Grants for eligible families raising a disabled or seriously ill child or young person. Income, support needs, age and the programme in your nation affect eligibility. Funding is not guaranteed.
Check criteria and how to apply ↗UK
Search charitable funds using your circumstances, location and background. Each fund has its own rules, eligible costs and funding availability. Ask whether an adviser must apply for you.
Check criteria and how to apply ↗UK
Use a free calculator listed by GOV.UK to explore income-related support such as Universal Credit or Pension Credit. Household income, savings, housing and other benefits matter. These calculators do not replace disability assessments.
Check criteria and how to apply ↗Explain the help you need, how often you need it, and whether you can do activities safely and repeatedly with your usual aids. Your clinical team may be able to provide relevant evidence. Ask your prosthetics or orthotics service about NHS provision before paying privately; a grant may not cover an item already purchased.
For an estimate of income-related benefits, use a free benefits calculator listed on GOV.UK. For help with applications or an existing award, contact Citizens Advice or a local welfare rights service. Special rules can apply for terminal illness; speak directly to the benefit provider.
This is a starting point, not a complete list of support.