Deadline: 31-Mar-24
The True Colours Trust is seeking applications for small grants programme for the Palliative Care Development in Africa.
All work supported by this programme must adhere to the WHO definition of palliative care:
- Palliative care is an approach that improves the quality of life of patients (adults and children) and their families who are facing problems associated with life-threatening illness. It prevents and relieves suffering through the early identification, correct assessment and treatment of pain and other problems, whether physical, psychosocial or spiritual.
- Addressing suffering involves taking care of issues beyond physical symptoms. Palliative care uses a team approach to support patients and their caregivers. This includes addressing practical needs and providing bereavement counselling. It offers a support system to help patients live as actively as possible until death. Palliative care is explicitly recognized under the human right to health. It should be provided through person-centered and integrated health services that pay special attention to the specific needs and preferences of individuals.
Priority Areas
- Applications should focus on the immediate delivery of palliative care. All applications must address one or more of the following primary priority areas:
- Palliative care medicines. Medicines from the approved IAHPC and WHO lists of palliative care medicines will be considered. If other medicines are requested, please list them on the form (sheet A).
- Equipment for palliative care. Equipment from the WHO approved list of palliative care equipment will be considered. If other equipment is requested, please list it on the form (sheet B)
- 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:
- 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).
Funding Information
- Grants are a maximum of GBP £5,000 each.
Priority Projects
- 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.
- Applications which come from organisations with an income of under $500,000 USD pa.
Who can apply?
- The program is open to registered hospices and palliative care providers.
- Any organization which is currently in receipt of funding from The True Colors Trust, is not eligible for funding, even if that funding is not from the Africa Small Grants Programme.
- Any organization which has received funding from the program previously should wait at least one year from the submission of its final narrative and financial report before reapplying.
For more information, visit The True Colors Trust.