True Colours Trust grants
True Colours Trust is a family foundation supporting disabled children and their families, in the UK and across Africa, giving around £1.53m to organisations.
Guidance last checked 16 July 2026· from the funder’s own website
Overview
True Colours Trust is a family foundation focused on disability and the relief of poverty, supporting children and young people, and other charities and voluntary bodies. It gave around £1.53m in grants to organisations, funding work in England, Wales and Scotland as well as across a number of African countries. Its programmes include UK Small Grants, of up to £10,000 (though many grants are smaller), and an Africa Small Grants programme supporting the development of palliative care, administered by the African Palliative Care Association (APCA).
What they fund
True Colours Trust funds general charitable purposes, the prevention or relief of poverty and disability, including a UK Small Grants programme and an Africa Small Grants programme for palliative care.
Who and where
It supports people with disabilities, children and young people, and other charities, funding work in England, Wales and Scotland as well as several African countries.
Who they help
Where they fund
What True Colours Trust says in its own guidance
Quoted directly from the funder’s own website, with a link to the page each quote came from. Always the most current word is theirs — check the source before you apply.
Grant sizes they mention
“It provides grants of up to £10,000, although many grants are smaller than this.”
Source: truecolourstrust.org.uk — The True Colours Trust | UK small grants →
“True Colours' Africa Small Grants programme provides funding to support the development of palliative care across Africa. The programme is administered by the African Palliative Care Association (APCA)”
Source: truecolourstrust.org.uk — The True Colours Trust | Africa small grants →
How they say to apply
“It is a condition of all our grants that you provide a report on the use of the grant within 12 months of the payment being made. Organisations in receipt of a grant must adhere to the Trust's safeguarding policy.”
Source: truecolourstrust.org.uk — The True Colours Trust | UK small grants →
“we ask that you draw down payment of the grant within 12 months of the award being made.”
Source: truecolourstrust.org.uk — The True Colours Trust | UK small grants →
What a typical grant looks like
| Grants published openly | 777 |
|---|---|
| Most recent published grant | 2026 |
Their charitable objects
As registered with the Charity Commission (their formal purposes):
The trustees will hold the trust fund and the income thereof(subject only to any express conditions imposed by any donor or testator) upon trust to pay or apply the whole thereof in such manner as the trustees shall in their absolute discretion think fit with power for the trustees (if in their absolute discretion…
How to approach them
Start with the official sources — they’re always more current than any directory, including this one.
Common questions
How much does True Colours Trust typically give?
Detailed grant-size averages are not available, though it recorded 777 grants, the most recent dated 2026. Its UK Small Grants programme provides grants of up to £10,000, although many grants are smaller than this.
What does True Colours Trust fund?
It supports general charitable purposes, the prevention or relief of poverty, and disability. Its Africa Small Grants programme specifically funds the development of palliative care across Africa, administered by the African Palliative Care Association (APCA).
Who does True Colours Trust help, and where?
It supports people with disabilities, children and young people, and other charities and voluntary bodies, funding work in England, Wales and Scotland, as well as African countries including Malawi, Uganda, South Africa, Tanzania, Ghana, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Cameroon, Lesotho, South Sudan, Sierra Leone and Togo.
What happens after I receive a grant from True Colours Trust?
Grantees must draw down payment of the grant within 12 months of the award being made, provide a report on the use of the grant within 12 months of payment, and adhere to the Trust's safeguarding policy.
How do I apply to True Colours Trust?
Its UK Small Grants and Africa Small Grants (the latter administered by the African Palliative Care Association) are separate programmes. See its website, www.truecolourstrust.org.uk, and its charity registration (number 1089893) on the Charity Commission register for current guidance.
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Contains public sector information from the Charity Commission for England and Wales licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and grants data from 360Giving used under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0. Figures are derived (filtered and summarised by TrusteeMeetings), not republished unchanged. About the data · Terms of use. This page is a starting point for your own research, not a promise of funding, and is not endorsed by or affiliated with True Colours Trust.