UK Small Grants

Every grant we make is intended to support disabled children and children with life-limiting conditions and their families.

We will consider applications from organisations working with children and young people aged from 0 – 25 years.

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 for 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.

The programme is open to applications at any time. We aim to respond to your application with a final decision within twelve weeks. During peak times, this can take longer but we will keep you informed of timelines.

We aim to support as many organisations as possible, and therefore are unlikely to fund any organisation in consecutive years. If you have received a grant previously, please wait at least a year after submitting your end of grant report before reapplying.

If you are unsuccessful, we also ask that you wait at least one year from the date of your application before reapplying.

What sort of organisation do we fund?

• We fund UK registered charitable organisations and CICs delivering projects in the UK.
• We fund organisations whose annual income is less than £350,000.
• We are committed to working towards a culture of diversity, equity and inclusion. We will fund organisations which share our goal and which are open to children and families of all faiths, backgrounds and cultures.
• We are particularly keen to receive applications from organisations which operate in areas of high deprivation.

We regret that we cannot consider applications from the following:
• Newly registered organisations which do not yet have a full year of accounts
• Condition-specific organisations
• Schools, Parent Teacher Associations or 'Friends of' charities supporting specific schools
• Local authorities
• Organisations seeking funding for overnight activities where children are not accompanied by their parents.
• Organisations seeking funding for wish-granting activities or regranting
• Organisations which are registered outside the UK
• Projects taking place outside the UK
• Individuals or organisations set up to support one individual only
• Organisations which have a live grant with us, or which have submitted their end of grant report within the last 12 months. (If you have recevied a grant from us before, we ask that you wait at least 12 months from submitting your end of grant report before applying to us again).

To apply for a UK Small Grant, please click the following link to complete our online form:
Apply using the online form (opens in a new tab).

Please see our Tips document for more guidance on completing the form:
‍Tips on how to complete the form‍ (PDF - opens in a new tab).

If you have any further questions or experience any technical problems with submitting your form, please email us at info@truecolourstrust.org.uk. We can also provide a Microsoft Word form for anyone who may need one.