Vitalise helps thousands of disabled people and carers each year take much needed breaks but there are many thousands more in desperate need of support.

1 in 4 people in the UK is affected by disability – either they are disabled themselves or they care for someone who is.

Only a small amount of people are born with a disability, many people have to learn to adapt to living with debilitating conditions.

How your support of Vitalise benefits disabled people and carers

Vitalise spends over £8.3 million a year to ensure high quality care for disabled guests at our Centres, yet we receive no central government funding. We have to make every penny count and we urgently need the support and generosity of our fundraisers.

• We cater for over 150 different disabilities including cerebral palsy, Alzheimer’s disease and MS.

• Over 3 in 5 people in the UK will become carers at some point in their lives and provide unpaid care and support to ill, frail or disabled friends or family members. We help carers take a break from the stresses and difficulties of their everyday lives.

Your fundraising can help in so many ways.

It might help towards providing nursing care for a disabled person, the purchase of mobility equipment for one of our Centres or subsidising the cost of running a specialist Alzheimer’s week.

However you fundraise and whether you can raise a small amount from a cake sale to larger amounts from sporting events, we are immensely grateful for all your hard work.

Take a look at our Lifeline Appeal to see some of the people that your fundraising can help.


It’s good for the carer to be cared for, for a change... Coping with Alzheimer’s can be extremely stressful, and thanks to the efforts of the staff and the wonderful volunteers, I have come home refreshed and ready to cope alone once again. The thought of returning for another break helps keep me sane!
- Beryl and Don Bennett. Beryl cares for Don who has Alzheimer’s.