True Colours Trust

Posted on January 13, 2017

Local organisations and projects that support disabled children and their families have the opportunity to apply for funding through the True Colours Trust. Grants of up to £10,000 are available for usually one-off purposes, in order to help smaller organisations develop and deliver programmes for children, their siblings and families.

The True Colours Trustees are particularly keen to award grants for:

Hydrotherapy pools
Multi-sensory rooms
Mini buses
Young carers projects
Sibling projects
Bereavement support

There are no deadlines for applications, which can be made at any time.

For further information, please visit the True Colours website.

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