The Funding Scheme

Apply for funding for Nordic cooperation between disability organisations and chronic disease organisations

Through our funding scheme, the Nordic Welfare Centre distributes approximately SEK 1.5 million each year to stimulate cooperation between disability organisations and chronic disease organisations in the Nordic and Baltic countries.

The funding is intended to help organisations exchange experiences and knowledge and build cooperation with similar organisations in other countries. The activity must promote the interests of people with disabilities or chronic diseases in society.

Funding can be obtained for:

• Networking activities with participants from at least three of the Nordic countries (Denmark, Finland, Faroe Islands, Greenland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden and Åland). Organisations in the Baltic countries can also apply for funding or participate in the cooperation. A minimum of two participating Nordic organisations is always required. The activity must have a specific programme and take place in the Nordic region or in the Baltic region.
• In connection to networking activities, some additional project activities may also obtain funding. It is not possibly to apply only for project funding.

The application for funding for 2027 will be open from 24 September to 29 October 2026. Please find the link to the application here.

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Organisations receiving funding in 2026

The list indicates the principal organisations submitting the application. Each grant goes to a network of between three to eleven organisations. Participating organisations also include organisations from Estonia (4), Greenland (4), Latvia (5) and Lithuania (5).

Denmark

Danmarks Bløderforening
Dansk Cøliaki Forening
Nordisk Handicap Forbund
Nyreforeningen
NCL Denmark (Neuronal Ceroid Lipofuscinoses)
Stomiforeningen COPA

Finland

NGPO (Nordic Gynecological Cancerpatient Organisations Network)
Immunodeficiency Patient’s Organisation Finland
Suomen Kuurosokeat ry
Nordpso c/o Psoriasisliitto

Faroe Islands

Alzheimerfelagið

Iceland

Átak, félag fólks með þroskahömlun
Einhverfusamtökin
Félag Heyrnarlausra
Einstok börn – Rare disease Iceland

Norway

ADHD Norge, Norge
PCOS Norge (Polycystic Ovary Syndrome)
Mage-tarmforbundet
Diabetesforbundet
Foreningen Norges Døvblinde (FNDB)
Norges Fibromyalgi Forbund
Hypofyse- og binyreforeningen
Norges Blindeforbund

Sweden

Unga med synnedsättning Stockholm Gotland
HIV-Norden
AHC Sverige (Alternating Hemiplegia of Childhood)
Svenska hörselförbundet / Nordiska Hörselskadades Samarbetskommitté
Svensk Dystoniförening
Hjärnskadeförbundet Hjärnkraft
Sveriges Dövas Ungdomsförbund, SDUF
EDS/HSD- föreningen (Ehlers-Danlos syndrom/Hypermobilitetsspektrumstörning)
Retina Sverige
Organiserade Autister Örebro

Åland

Funktionsrätt Åland