Grant A Smile© is a non-profit intervention support service, working alongside parents/guardians battling chronic conditions across the UK. We also work internationally with families in poverty, supporting them with basic food and health supplies and sponsoring learning opportunities for children. Along with our chronic illness support, our volunteers can help with shopping, gardening and we offer extreme cleaning services.
Grant A Smile© aims to give tangible, personalised support to parents, children, relatives, and carers of those fighting a difficult battle. From a free-of-charge home clean, to helping with dreams and wishes, we have an amazingly simple mission – to put the smiles back where they belong.
Living in an environment of pain, uncertainty, mental and physical challenge should not define a child – or an adult. We want to be the hand that reaches out to offer a completely non-judgemental support service where it is most needed.
Grant A Smile© believe we can be the “right time, right place” organisation to offer the “sunlight through the clouds” moment – when it’s needed most, to the people who need it most. We support Social Services to help families stay together by finding a way to grow their own abilities. We can be hands on, we can be a listening ear, we can be a couple of hours of cleaning just to get back on top of the mountain again. We understand that sometimes, it’s the little things that give you a chance to breathe once more.
Grant A Smile© understand that support is not a “one-off” solution – it needs to be in place for more than a day. Our goal is to build a support mechanism for families, to allow them to define their own needs and create their own skillsets. We want to provide an ongoing level of care to allow children and their families to find their own wings – and their smiles.
FOR CHILDREN
We grant special wishes to young children from ages 2 – 18, in order to help put a smile back on their faces and create beautiful and lasting memories. Wishes, however big or small they may be, we want to be able to make any child’s dream come true.
We organise an annual independent life skills/coaching children’s workshop. Children will be taught various skills that may help them prepare better for the future i.e. arts & craft, social media, mindsets, cooking, entrepreneurship, baking, hairdressing and of course some fun and games.
FOR PARENTS
Ensure that sick and vulnerable parents know they are not alone. We will be there to listen and be someone to count on when it comes to providing support with the daily struggles of running the home.
Provide germ- and clutter-free homes for parents battling illnesses, removing the stress associated with cleaning and thereby easing the load for parents & children. Parents tell us exactly what they need help with at home and we organise an appropriate time for a helper or local cleaning company to go over to their home.
