Welcome to Skiggle

Carers, parents, individuals, do you have…

  • Surplus or unwanted care products that could help someone with similar needs?
  • Specialist medical equipment or everyday items for sale or to give away?
  • Enough stock of care consumables to help someone out in an emergency?
  • An unexpected urgent need for care products which can't be sourced elsewhere?
  • Join our UK-wide support network today… Register Here

Skiggle - providing help for disabled people

Skiggle is a registered charity providing help and support to disabled people, their families and carers.

Our online marketplace is intended to allow our friendly community to rehome much needed supplies, providing support for disabled adults and children.

So, are you looking for disability care products, care equipment or care-based essential items? If so, join the Skiggle community today.

Skiggle can help

We’re the only disability charity of its kind in the UK, and we exist to support people in unexpected and urgent times of need.

Because you never know when something essential might be forgotten, go missing, or need immediately replaced.

Our growing charity has a community of individuals across the UK who are willing to help others by providing and sharing consumables and equipment in times of need. Of the charities that help disabled adults and children, Skiggle are the only one to offer an Emergency SOS.

So whether you're running out of specialist feed, continence products, or suction catheters, Skiggle has a passionate community ready and willing to come to your aid.

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About Us

Christmas Bauble

Those of us in the disability/special needs world understand the importance of the senses to our loved ones. Textures, colours, shapes, and sounds all play a crucial role in taking a simple object and transforming it into something magical – all through the power of imagination and storytelling.

So, we’re absolutely delighted to have partnered with the fantastic people at Barton Grange Garden Centre near Skiggle’s HQ in Lancashire to create our very own bespoke Skiggle Christmas bauble. 

If you can’t get to Barton Grange’s amazing Christmas grotto to buy your own charity Skiggle bauble, click below to get your hands on one! 

Christmas Bauble

Donations

We rely on outside support so are immensely grateful for every donation we receive.

You can donate as an individual, a trust or company. Your support will help us to:

  • Ensure vulnerable families and carers can send an SOS in difficult times
  • Reduce waste and relieve pressure for supplies on the NHS
  • Support a growing community of carers deal with challenging times

Thankyou

Christine, Helen and James x 

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Be a fundraizing Hero

Skiggle is so excited to once again be official partner charity for #UKCharityWeek! We had so much fun last year and are looking forward to sharing our creative endeavours with you between 06th-10th December!

We'd love you to be involved too! FundraizingHero have made that really easy, so dust off your superhero capes and christmas jumpers and become one of Skiggle's Fundraizing Heroes ⏬

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"UK Charity of the Year" Finalist

What an incredible month we are having! Firstly the honour of being shortlisted as a finalist for the Pink Link Ladies Enterprise Vision Awards #EVAS10 and now we are delighted to announce we are a finalist in the 'Charity Today' awards in the UK CHARITY OF THE YEAR category!

Voting is now open! Please take a moment and vote for us at: www.twitter.com/charityawards 

Voting is open from 06th-08th December!

Further information from Charity Today can be found here: https://www.charitytoday.co.uk/20-charity-today-awards-finalists-announced-after-a-year-of-inspiration/

Christine and I cannot thank you all enough for the support you continue to show Skiggle. It is an absolute honour to have been shortlisted for this incredible award!

 

Introducing James

We'd like to introduce you to James, the inspiration behind Skiggle!

We’ve obviously talked about him before and shared our family stories but we’ve always tried to protect him by never posting any photographs.

Well, now that our wonderful young man has turned 17 he wants everyone to get to know him – he just loves being centre of attention! As my husband said, “If he was able to, he’d no doubt be drinking with his mates and would probably be all over social media 😂"

You can find out more about him here

James would love for you to send him a "HELLO" as while he might not be able to read the messages for himself, he certainly loves us reading to him 👋 

The Skiggle Community

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Emergency SOS

Sign in and shout out to the Skiggle community. Across the UK, we're here to help with urgent requests for care-based essentials, providing much needed support for disabled adults and children.

Marketplace

Search, sell, save and support. Our online marketplace is the place to be if you're looking to rehome surplus care-based essentials and equipment. Browse supplies for disabled people on our community marketplace, including enteral feed, feed equipment, incontinence products and electric wheelchairs.

Facebook Forum

Our disability support service extends to social media. Your space to connect with like-minded people. Get help, support, advice, and a virtual arm around your shoulders from our Facebook family.

Carers for Change

Your chance to make a positive difference, not only to the lives of other members through SOS and Marketplace but also across the wider community.

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Get Involved

You can help to support us in so many ways. If you would like to get involved through volunteering, arranging your own event, share our social posts or make a one-off donation – please get involved today!

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OUR LATEST NEWS

UK Charity Week

Skiggle will once again be an Official Partner Charity for "Charity Today" #UKCharityWeek 06th-10th December 2021! 

With the help of FundraizingHero, you will be able to download all of the fundraising materials you will need to support us in what promises to be a very exciting week! Please become a FundraizingHero and access everything you will need to get started, or get in touch at info@skiggle.co.uk if you have any questions! 

UK Charity of the Year

What an incredible month we are having! Firstly the honour of being shortlisted as a finalist for the Pink Link Ladies "Enterprise Vision Awards" #EVAS10 and now we are delighted to announce we are a finalist in the 'Charity Today' awards in the UK CHARITY OF THE YEAR category!

Voing is now open on the Charity Today Twitter page: www.twitter.com/charityawards 

Christine and I cannot thank you all enough for the support you continue to show Skiggle. It is an absolute honour to have been shortlisted for this incredible award!

Helen (Development Manager)

Disabled Veterans

We offer support to ex-armed forces personnel with a range of different injuries.

We provide an online marketplace for disabled veterans, their families, and carers to find care-based essentials when they need them. Our community often have spares they are looking to rehome, so why not search our marketplace or donate your own unwanted supplies?

Read more on our new page dedicated to veterans.

Veterans Gateway

We'd like to say an enormous thankyou to Veterans Gateway for adding Skiggle to their local support listing: https://www.veteransgateway.org.uk/local-support/ 

We really hope that as a charity we can help support Veteran and Military families live their fullest and happiest lives ❤️

Dementia 

Skiggle is a registered charity providing help and support to people living with dementia, their families, and carers.

We offer support through our community marketplace, a place where you can connect with others and find much needed care-based essentials.

Read more on our new page dedicated to dementia.

Skiggle is working in collaboration with Revitalise

Revitalise is a national charity, who for nearly 60 years have been providing respite care in a holiday setting for disabled people and their carers. They run three accessible centres in Chigwell, Southhampton and Southport.

"A total stranger coming to our rescue when we forgot to bring a feeding tube extension with us. They came out in the dark to meet us and saved our weekend."

S Randles (Facebook Review)

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