Hi all, I completely understand that this might be a bit of a sensitive subject for some so huge thank you in advance for any replies! Anyway, I currently work for a very small charity that buys equipment for children with special needs or disabilities. The sort of things we buy are often recommended by a physiotherapist but not necessarily seen as "essential" so parents are unable to get funding elsewhere. Or we might just buy things which will make a family's life easier (for example, we are currently in the process of ordering a standard car seat for a family but one of the ones with a swivel base, which are fairly expensive, but will be so much easier for this family to use given their son's physical disability).
We are a very small charity and we are run completely by volunteers but I must admit that we struggle to get applications in from families who want our help because people just don't know about us in the local area.
My question for all of you is how would you start to look for help if you needed funding for some equipment? Or what sort of places would you do research so that we can advertise there? We really do want to help as many families as we can but people just don't really know about us.
Thank you for any replies, it's really appreciated.