UK Care for Children

Registered charity 1124927 · since 2008ukc4c.org·Jordan, Lebanon·Updated 30 October 2026

At a glance

Open to applications

Rolling, no deadlines · unsolicited applications welcome

Key takeaways

Your work fits best if it serves refugee children and their families, or vulnerable people in deprived communities, in Jordan or Lebanon, which is the area the Geographic focus line gives.
The annual report gives no grant size or range, so ask the charity about typical amounts before you set a figure for your request.
Applications are accepted on a rolling basis, and for significant projects you should send a written application, which the trustees consider and approve.
Approved projects are monitored regularly for delivery of expected outcomes, so set out how you will measure results.
A project outside the stated programmes of children's welfare, development aid, refugee relief, seasonal humanitarian aid, education and health is a weaker fit.

Overview

UK Care for Children is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 1124927).

UK Care for Children is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales. It was established to help mitigate the effects of conflict and poverty for the most vulnerable in Lebanon, and it has since expanded to work in Jordan, helping refugees and others in need. Its programmes serve refugee children and their families through Children's Welfare, Development Aid, Refugee Relief and Seasonal Humanitarian Aid. It supports over 2,000 children through its Child Sponsorship Programme across Lebanon and Jordan's refugee camps every year.

What they fund

Priority Areas

UK Care for Children supports refugee children and their families, alongside other vulnerable people and deprived communities in Lebanon and Jordan. Its programmes cover children’s welfare, development aid, refugee relief and seasonal humanitarian aid. The work includes support for children’s medical costs, education, nutrition and sponsorship; emergency assistance for refugees and families, including shelter, food, financial and medical aid; and food and financial help for vulnerable people affected by seasonal circumstances. It also supports longer-term community development, including capacity building and work with local organisations. The charity says it works through local field offices to design and deliver programmes with sensitivity to local context, with a focus on aid benefiting individuals and society.

Themes

Children’s welfare
Development aid
Refugee relief
Seasonal humanitarian aid
Education
Health

Geographic Focus

Jordan; Lebanon.

How to apply

For significant projects, submit a written application for funding. The trustees consider and approve applications; approved projects are monitored regularly to check delivery of expected outcomes.

Where they fund

Where it says it funds

Jordan
Lebanon

Similar funders

Funders supporting work similar to UK Care for Children.

Give a Child a Brighter FutureRollingGave £480k Saïd FoundationInvitation onlyGave £9.5M Embrace the Middle EastNo public processGave £2.4M Hope and PlayNo public processGave £359k Care International UkNo public processGave £53.7M The Aid ShopNo public process Friends of the Holy LandNo public processGave £936k HOPING FoundationRollingGave £212k The Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of JerusalemNo public processGave £184k

Five years of accounts

Financial year	Income	Expenditure	Grants paid	Accounts document
year to 31 December 2020	£4,852,716	£1,529,108	—	Accounts for year to 31 December 2020
year to 31 December 2021	£1,746,191	£2,770,902	—	Accounts for year to 31 December 2021
year to 31 December 2022	£1,587,040	£2,803,746	—	Accounts for year to 31 December 2022
year to 31 December 2023	£1,405,502	£1,903,879	—	Accounts for year to 31 December 2023
year to 31 December 2024	£1,366,459	£1,766,388	—	Accounts for year to 31 December 2024

— No grants figure for those years.

Figures from the charity’s filed accounts and its register entry. The document icon links to the charity’s entry on the Charity Commission register, where its filed accounts can be found.