Frenkel Topping Charitable Foundation

The Frenkel Topping Charitable Foundation, established in 2015 by the Frenkel Topping Group, is the UK's only charity dedicated to supporting adults and children with catastrophic injuries, debilitating illnesses, or clinical negligence who fall outside statutory compensation schemes. Rooted in compassion and advocacy, it empowers those with spinal, brain, or neurological impairments—along with their families and carers—to rebuild lives through holistic physical, mental, and social recovery. Its values emphasize dignity, inclusion, resilience, and transformative rehabilitation, guided by trustees with lived and professional expertise in injury recovery.

The foundation funds charities, projects, and individuals addressing unmet needs in specialist care, therapies, equipment, prosthetics, counselling, advocacy, respite, research, and adapted sports like the LimbPower Games or Ability Counts Football League. Priorities target severe disadvantage from accidents, illness, or negligence, fostering independence, health improvements, and social integration for those with physical or cognitive disabilities.

Eligible applicants include UK-registered charities, academic institutions, community groups, and individuals based in the UK (primarily England and Wales, with discretionary support elsewhere). No income thresholds apply, favouring grassroots to medium-sized entities serving ineligible beneficiaries. Applications are unsolicited via email or post using website forms, requiring evidence like GP letters, ID, quotes, and references; reviewed on a rolling basis by trustees with decisions in weeks to months. Typical grants range from £1,000 to £10,000, tailored for projects or personal needs, excluding core costs.

Distinctive for its flexible individual and organisational funding, national reach, and person-centred approach, it fills critical gaps in post-injury support without religious restrictions or thematic limits beyond its core focus.