The True Colours Trust

The Africa Small Grants Programme was founded by the True Colours Trust in 2009 to support the development of palliative care across the continent by providing small grants to local providers. The programme is administered by the African Palliative Care Association (APCA), a membership-based, pan-African Non-Governmental Organisation with headquarters in Kampala, Uganda.

Funds disbursed through the Small Grants Programme should be used for activities which increase access to palliative care, improve the standard of palliative care services and directly improve the patient and family experience. Priority is given to the following, in no particular order:

• Equipment for patients
• Palliative care for children and young people
• Palliative care medicines
• Capital improvement costs
• Increasing access to palliative care in rural areas
• Developing small palliative care projects
• Training courses for palliative care service providers held in Africa