True Colours Trust Africa Small Grants Programme (Up To £5,000)

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The True Colours Trust Palliative Care Development in Africa Programme for Small Grants call for applications is now open. The True Colours Trust has announced the opening of the 32nd round of its Africa Small Grants Programme, providing support to organizations working to improve health, disability inclusion, and child welfare across Africa.

The Africa Small Grants Programme offers funding to small local organizations that are making a measurable difference in their communities through innovative, community-based projects.

Africa Small Grants Programme Grants Details

Grants are a maximum of GBP £5,000 each. Applications should focus on the immediate delivery of palliative care.
Grants are intended for use over a maximum 12-month period and the programme will not consider multi-year funding.

What the Programme will Fund

A minimum of 60% of the budget for all applications must be towards one or more of the following priority areas:

Palliative care medicines. Medicines from the approved IAHPC and WHO lists of palliative care medicines will be considered. When completing the budget template for this objective, please complete Sheet A. If other medicines are requested, please add them to the bottom of the sheet (Sheet A). Do not include the budget for this objective anywhere else on the Budget Template sheet.
Equipment for palliative care. Equipment from the WHO approved list of palliative care equipment will be considered. When completing the budget template for this objective, please complete Sheet B. If other equipment is requested, please add it to the bottom of the sheet (Sheet B). Do not include the budget for this objective anywhere else on the budget template.
Transport for the delivery of palliative care services (fuel, bicycles etc.)
Data or mobile technology for the remote delivery of palliative care services.
Bereavement support.

In addition, applications may address any of the following secondary priority areas, if these are delivered in conjunction with one or more of the areas above. These priority areas should make up no more than 40% of the total budget:

Training in palliative care delivery for providers, volunteers or home-based care workers.
The provision of food for palliative care patients.
Additional costs associated with the delivery of home-based palliative care.
The delivery of psychosocial or spiritual support for palliative care patients and their families.
The delivery of rehabilitation for palliative care patients.
Core costs (up to a maximum of £750 per application).

They recommend that you do not seek to address more than four of the priority areas listed above in your application. Applications which only include the secondary priority areas will not be successful.

Key Priority

Priority will be given to the following:

Projects which are providing palliative care to children.
Projects which are providing palliative care to vulnerable populations e.g. people with disabilities, refugees, older persons, prisoners.
Projects which provide palliative care irrespective of the condition or disease of the patient.

Eligibility Criteria for Africa Small Grants Programme

The programme is open to registered hospices and palliative care providers based and managed in Africa
Any organisation which is currently in receipt of funding from The True Colours Trust, is not eligible for funding, even if that funding is not from the Africa Small Grants Programme.
Any organisation which has received funding from the programme previously should wait at least one year from the submission of its final narrative and financial report before reapplying.
Organizations with an average income of $500,000 USD and above over the last three years are not eligible to apply. However, small palliative care units which operate within hospitals or larger institutions, but which do not have separate financial accounts, are welcome to apply, provided the application is exclusively for the provision of palliative care services. For guidance, please contact the Programme Officer.

How to Apply for Africa Small Grants Programme

Please complete the application form.
- The application form is a Microsoft Word document.
- It is intended to capture information about the impact you hope to achieve.
- Page one of the document will be removed for the panel review to ensure that applications are anonymous. Please provide your organisation’s name in question 1. Please avoid writing the name of your organisation elsewhere on your application.
- If you are applying for training (objective f) as part of your application, then please also complete “Sheet C – Training” on the final page of the application form. If you are not applying for training, please do not complete this sheet.
Please complete the budget template.
- The project budget template is a Microsoft Excel document.
- It is intended to capture the items which you will need to pay for to enable you execute the activities of your project.
- If you are applying to purchase medicines or equipment, the project budget template also captures information about this under sheets A and B which should be completed.
Ensure you have completed all items on the checklist and that all necessary accompanying documents are provided.
Submit the completed form and accompanying documents via email to truecolourssmallgrants@africanpalliativecare.org

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Application Deadline: 30th November 2025