# Life of Riley

- Type: Trust / foundation
- Charity number: 1219793 (https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-search/-/charity-details/1219793)
- What it funds: General charitable purposes, Disability
- Who it helps: Children / young people, Other charities or voluntary bodies
- How it gives: Makes grants to individuals, Makes grants to organisations, Provides services
- Area of operation: Throughout England and Wales
- Trustees: 4
- Last verified: 2026-11-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Canonical URL: https://opengrant.co.uk/funders/life-of-riley

Life of Riley provides grants to children with critical illness and their families in Cheshire, the Midlands and North and Mid-Wales, to help meet costs associated with hospitalisation and related care and to provide comfort during treatment or hospital stays. We may also provide grants to other charities and organisations that directly support these children and families.

## Open and forthcoming schemes (0)

None in OpenGrant's sources right now.

## Charitable objects

> To relieve the needs of children with critical illness and their families in cheshire, the midlands and north and mid-Wales for the public benefit by providing grants to: 1. Children with critical illness and their families, to meet the costs of hospitalisation and related care and to provide comfort during treatment or hospital stays2. Other charities and organisations that provide support directly to such children and families;

## What it funds

Life of Riley is registered under the Charity Commission purposes disability for children / young people and other charities or voluntary bodies; the register records that it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides services.

The Charity Commission register lists its area of operation as England and Wales.

## How to apply

OpenGrant has not found an open scheme from Life of Riley in its sources (last checked 4 Nov 2026). It may fund by invitation only, or through programmes that OpenGrant's sources do not cover. OpenGrant does not take applications; always check the funder's own guidance.

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