John Lyon’s Charity fund our Ealing Team for another 3 years

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Thursday 3 April 2025

Tags: Contact Ealing

We are delighted to announce that we have been successful in securing a £45,000 a year for the next three years from John Lyon’s Charity to help Contact’s Ealing team support even more families with disabled children in the borough.

Thanks to this generous funding from John Lyon’s Charity, Contact’s Ealing team will be able to continue the vital work they do supporting families with disabled children there by offering high quality and expert one to one advice, school outreach work, parent workshops and meet ups, as well as running popular family events that bring families together and reduce isolation.

Contact has been working in the London borough of Ealing for over 40 years.  

Brigitte Bistrick-Bryan, Contact’s Ealing manager says: “We’ve been lucky enough to have had the support of John Lyon’s Charity for the last three years, and we’re extremely grateful that they have agreed to fund our work for a further three years. The funding they provide makes a huge difference to Contact and the families we support. It means that parents and carers in Ealing can rely on us to be there for them when they need us with information, advice and support.

“The funding from John Lyon’s Charity couldn’t have come at a better time as families with disabled children in the borough – and across the UK – face disability benefit changes, squeezed education, health and social care support and a daily battle to get the support they are entitled to for their disabled children and their families.”

John Lyon’s Charity gives grants to benefit children and young people up to the age of 25 who live in nine boroughs in North and West London including Ealing.