Deadline: 31-Oct-24
The True Colours Trust has launched the Small Grants Programme to support projects which deliver palliative care in Africa Development.
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-centred and integrated health services that pay special attention to the specific needs and preferences of individuals.
Priorities
- 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.
Funding Information
- Grants are a maximum of GBP £5,000 each.
Eligibility Criteria
- 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.
For more information, visit The True Colours Trust.