The Baily Thomas Charitable Fund is a registered charity which provides funding to voluntary organisations working in the field of learning disability.
The funding is available for projects that aid the care and relief of those affected by learning disability.
The Trustees consider learning disability to cover the conditions generally referred to as severe learning difficulties, together with autism. Funding is available for projects concerning children or adults.
The Baily Thomas Charitable Fund describes people with learning disabilities as having three things:
- Global intellectual impairment (intelligence quotient less than 70)
- Need for support/help to fulfil ordinary daily activities
- Onset before the age of 18 years.
Learning disabilities may have a recognised cause, e.g. Down syndrome, Williams syndrome, but often the cause is not known.
Children, young people, and adults with learning disabilities often also have other physical and mental health conditions, disabilities, and/or impairments as well as having learning disabilities.
