Guidelines For Applicants

Our Mission

To provide assistance to those community nurses in need, hardship and distress.

This includes district nurses, community psychiatric nurses, community learning disability nurses, community midwives, health visitors, school nurses and other registered nurses who have undertaken specialist nurse education to work in the community.

Beneficiaries

Beneficiaries may be working, unemployed or retired and are often experiencing financial difficulties or health problems. Applicants need to produce evidence of their employment as registered nurses in the community. The Fund provides grants for help with living expenses and can help with the purchase of specialist equipment or household goods.

Ineligible

Grants cannot be awarded to assist with:
Care home fees
Private healthcare
Payment of debt
Payment of rent or council tax

Other Agencies

If you find that you are ineligible for a grant from the 1930 Fund for District Nurses please see a list of other Nursing organisations who may be able to help by clicking here.