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The True Colours Trust

True Colours Trust UK Small Grants

Our UK grants support local organisations and projects that work withmdisabled children and young people, children and young people with life-limiting conditions, and their families.

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You could get
Up to £10,000
no fixed round
Deadline
Rolling
apply any time
Effort
Moderate
full application with documents

Who can apply

  • UK registered charitable organisations and Community Interest Companies delivering projects in the UK, with annual income under £350,000 and at least one full year of accounts
  • The work must support disabled children and young people or children and young people with life-limiting conditions (aged 0 to 25) and their families
  • Condition-specific organisations, schools, PTAs and 'Friends of' school charities, and local authorities cannot apply
  • Faith-based organisations can apply if they are open to children and families of all faiths, backgrounds and cultures
  • The Trust is unlikely to fund an organisation in consecutive years: previous grantees must wait 12 months after their end of grant report, and unsuccessful applicants a year from their application

What it funds

Work with disabled children and young people, and children and young people with life-limiting conditions, aged 0 to 25, and their families. Projects:

  • Activities for disabled children, children with life-limiting conditions and their families
  • Activities supporting siblings
  • Bereavement support for children and young people and for families bereaved of a child
  • Family support and parent-led peer support for parents of disabled children
  • Respite that supports the whole family

Equipment and materials: renovation, upgrading and additional equipment for hydrotherapy pools and multi-sensory rooms; minibuses; specialised play equipment and access to play and leisure.

Grants are up to £10,000, and many are smaller.

The Trust is particularly keen to hear from organisations operating in areas of high deprivation.

What it will not fund

  • Newly registered organisations which do not yet have a full year of accounts
  • Organisations with annual income of £350,000 or more
  • Condition-specific organisations
  • Schools, Parent Teacher Associations or 'Friends of' charities supporting specific schools
  • Local authorities
  • Overnight activities where children are not accompanied by their parents
  • Wish-granting activities or regranting
  • Organisations registered outside the UK
  • Projects taking place outside the UK
  • Individuals or organisations set up to support one individual only
  • Organisations with a live True Colours grant, or which submitted an end of grant report within the last 12 months
  • Organisations that are not registered charities or CICs
  • Organisations not open to children and families of all faiths, backgrounds and cultures
  • Reapplying within one year of an unsuccessful application

How to apply

  1. Read the UK Small Grants guidelines and the 'Tips for Applicants' PDF
  2. Gather everything before you start, because the online form cannot be saved part-way
  3. Go to the online application portal (truecolourstrust.powerappsportals.com) and complete the eligibility quiz
  4. Complete the application form in one sitting: organisation details, activities, staff and volunteers, income, expenditure and reserves, statutory funding, amount requested (maximum £10,000), project description and budget, service users, numbers reached, area, fees charged, previous True Colours funding and safeguarding checks
  5. Upload your latest annual accounts and safeguarding policy (and a full budget if you wish), then submit; you receive an automatic acknowledgement email
  6. The Trust aims to give a final decision within twelve weeks and will contact you whether or not you are successful
  7. If awarded, accept the grant conditions (ideally within six weeks of the award letter), draw down payment within 12 months, and report on use of the grant within 12 months of payment

A Microsoft Word version of the form is available on request from info@truecolourstrust.org.uk.

The Trust does not give individual feedback on unsuccessful applications.

Have ready

  • Completed online application form, including a project budget with estimated costs
  • Latest annual accounts
  • Safeguarding policy

A full project budget may also be attached if you wish; successful grantees must follow the Trust's safeguarding policy.

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