Transforming the lives of children with special needs has always been the vision of businessman John Caudwell. In March 2000 he founded Caudwell Children, RCN 1079770, to provide funding for specialist equipment, treatments, therapies and dying wish holidays for sick and disabled children throughout the UK.

Since March 2000, Caudwell Children has contributed nearly £7 million towards making a significant and lasting improvement in the lives of 2000 children and young people.

Caudwell Children processes all applications quickly and effectively ensuring children do not have to wait months or even years for the help they need. As well as providing financial support to families in desperate need, the Charity also organises the provision of all equipment and services from beginning to end, ensuring a stress free process.

Recognising the vital contribution of Caudwell Children's work, a recent report has independently acknowledged that Caudwell children is the second largest provider of specialist equipment in the UK.

Moving forward the Charity is passionate about making a real and substantial change for children with any disability or medical condition.

Meet some of the Children

THERAPY	TREATMENT	EQUIPMENT
Mustafah	Bobby	Chrylser
Mustafah, aged four from Birmingham, has Autism. Caudwell Children granted £5,000 for ABA Therapy. This therapy will teach him the skills he needs to be able to learn and communicate.	FIve year old Bobby from Devon has a rare form of childhood cancer. Caudwell Children donated £30,000 towards Immunotherapy treatment. This treatment, only available in America, will increase his chances of surviving this rare condition.	Ten year old Chrysler from London has Agenesis of the Corpus Callosum - a rare neurological condition. Caudwell Children provided her Wheelchair, giving her more independence to go out to the park and play with her friends.

There are currently 770,000 disabled children in the UK.
Since 2001, Caudwell Children has provided over £4 million worth of treatments, equipment and therapies to disabled children throughout the UK.

Families with a disabled child on average need 3 pieces of equipment to provide basic care.
In March 2007, Caudwell Children was independently acknowledged as the second largest voluntary provider of specialist equipment in the UK.

Over 13,000 children in the UK have autism.
To date, Caudwell Children has made over 1000 donations, spending over £1.2 million, on treatments and therapies for autistic children.

55% of families with a child with a disability live in or on the margins of poverty.
Caudwell Children supports over 1000 families nationwide with ongoing treatment and therapy.

There are over 100,000 children who currently use wheelchairs in the UK.
To date, Caudwell Children has donated almost £1 million to help children with wheelchair needs.