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 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 2026 will be open from 25 September to 30 October 2025.

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Organisations receiving funding in 2025

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, Greenland, Latvia and Lithuania. Baltic organisations are involved in a total of seven partnerships.

Danmark

Colitis-Crohn Foreningen (CCF)
Dansk Blindesamfund
Fremtidens Børn (Children of the future)
Landsforeningen for Marfan Syndrom
NCL Danmark
Nordisk Handicap Forbund
Parkinsonforeningen
Sjældne Diagnoser/Rare Diseases Denmark

Finland

Erilaisten oppijoiden liitto ry
Finnish Disability Forum
Föreningen JAG
Muistiliitto ry/Alzheimer Society of Finland
Nordic Gynecological Cancer Patient Organisations Network (NGPO)
Nordpso/co Psoriasisliitto ry
Suomen Autismikirjon Yhdistys ry
Suomen CP-liitto ry/Finlands CP-förbund rf/The Finnish CP Association
Suomen Kuurosokeat ry
The Finnish Hemophilia Association

Färöarna

Deyvafelag Føroya

Island

ADHD samtökin
Einhverfusamtökin (The Icelandic Autistic Society)
Félag heyrnarlausra

Norge

Changing Places Norge
HIV-Norden
Hypofyse- og binyreforeningen/ungdomar
Hypofyse- og binyreforeningen/vuxna
Landsforeningen for Polioskadde
Norges Døveforbund Ungdom
Norsk cøliakiforening
The Norwegian Cystic Fibrosis Association (NFCF)

Sverige

Riksförbundet fibromyalgi & långvarig smärta
Riksförbundet FUB
Svenska hörselförbundet rf

Åland

Funktionsrätt Åland

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