The True Colours Trust provides grants to help support families, children and young people in the UK with complex disabilities and/or life-limiting and life-threatening conditions. The Trust seeks to bring about better lives for children and their families through a broad mix of research, advocacy, service delivery and innovation.
The UK Small Grants programme supports local organisations and projects that work to improve the lives of disabled children and young people up to the age of 25, children and young people with life-limiting conditions, and their families.
Grants of up to £10,000 are available, although many grants are smaller than this.
Grants can be used for the following:
Projects:
- Activities for disabled children, children with life-limiting conditions and their families.
- Activities which support siblings of disabled children or siblings of children with life-limiting conditions.
- Bereavement support for children and young people and families bereaved of a child.
- Family support / parent-led peer support for parents of disabled children.
- Respite which supports the whole family.
Equipment and Materials:
- Renovation, upgrading and additional equipment for hydrotherapy pools and multi-sensory rooms.
- Minibuses.
- Specialised play equipment/access to play and leisure for disabled children, children with life-limiting conditions and their families.
Who Can Apply?
Applications are accepted from UK registered charitable organisations and community interest companies that:
- Have an annual income of less than £350,000.
- Are delivering projects in the UK.
- Are working with children and young people aged from 0-25 years.
- Are open to children and families of all faiths, backgrounds and cultures.
The Trust is particularly keen to receive applications from organisations which operate in areas of high deprivation.
The Trust aims to support as many organisations as possible and is unlikely to fund any organisation in consecutive years. Successful organisations should wait at least a year after the completion of their funded project before reapplying.
How to Apply:
Applications can be made at any time. The Trust aims to respond to applications with a final decision within eight weeks.
An online application form is available from the Trust's website.