Medical care
Neurology appointments, diagnostics and co-pays covered for families who would otherwise go without.
Spinocerebellar Ataxia
Balance is lost slowly. Support should arrive quickly.
Hope for Ataxia funds the care, equipment, rehabilitation and research that let people living with SCA keep their independence — and keeps their families standing too.
- People supported
- 12,400+
- Granted since 2019
- $4.9M
- Spent on programmes
- 87%
- Research centres funded
- 9
People supported
Granted since 2019
Spent on programmes
Research centres funded
“The mobility fund fitted my home in under a month. I stopped falling.”
Daniel, 58 — Manchester
What we fund
Three things change the day-to-day of ataxia
Progression is slow and relentless. Practical, timely support is what preserves independence — so that is what we pay for.
Mobility & rehab
Rollators, adaptive chairs, home adaptations and twelve-week balance and speech therapy blocks.
Research
Seed grants for disease-modifying therapies, biomarkers and gait science — published open-access.
Ongoing campaigns
Fund a specific need
Live fundraisers, each with a costed goal. Choose one and your gift is tracked to it.
Mobility
2,418 donationsMobility Equipment Fund
Walkers, rollators, adaptive wheelchairs and home rails delivered within 30 days of assessment.
United States & Canada
$184,300 raised74% of $250,000 goal
Medical care
1,362 donationsNeuro-Rehab Scholarships
Twelve weeks of specialist balance and speech therapy for families who cannot cover co-pays.
12 partner clinics
$97,650 raised65% of $150,000 goal
Research
3,907 donationsSCA Research Consortium
Seed grants for early-career scientists studying disease-modifying therapies for SCA 1, 2, 3 and 6.
9 research centres
$412,000 raised69% of $600,000 goal
Family support
874 donationsCaregiver Respite Programme
Paid respite hours, counselling and peer circles for the people who care around the clock.
Global
$58,900 raised65% of $90,000 goal
Mobility
1,093 donationsHome Safety Retrofits
Ramps, grab rails and non-slip flooring fitted in the homes of people at high fall risk.
United States
$71,240 raised59% of $120,000 goal
Medical care
726 donationsSpeech Therapy Access
Weekly online speech and swallowing therapy for people losing clear speech to ataxia.
Online, worldwide
$43,880 raised55% of $80,000 goal
Voices
What support actually changes
“Two years after my SCA 3 diagnosis I could not cross a room alone. The rehab scholarship gave me twelve weeks of balance work. I walked my daughter to school last week.”
“The mobility fund fitted my home with rails and a rollator in under a month. I stopped falling. That is not a small thing when you live by yourself.”
“Respite hours meant my mother could sleep and I could finish my degree. Someone finally saw the carers too.”
Newsroom
Latest from Hope for Ataxia
Research
Six new SCA research grants awarded
Our consortium funded six early-career scientists across gene silencing, biomarkers and gait analysis.
Impact
1,000th piece of mobility equipment delivered
A milestone reached four months ahead of schedule, thanks to 2,400 monthly donors.
Partnership
Four new partner clinics across the EU
Families in Portugal, Poland, Ireland and Spain can now access subsidised neuro-rehabilitation.
$25 a month keeps a rehab place open all year.
Monthly giving lets us commit to a family before the money arrives. Pause or cancel any time.