The African edition of ehospice reports that The True Colours Trust have set aside funds towards a small grants programme for hospices and palliative care providers across Africa to support the development of palliative care. All work supported by this programme must adhere to the WHO definition of palliative care (http://www.who.int/cancer/palliative/definition/en/).
All funding decisions are made by the Trustees of the True Colours Trust, who meet twice a year to review applications. Applications and approved grants are administered by the African Palliative Care Association. Funding is primarily for one-off projects, with a duration not longer than 1 year. The size of grants will range from £500- £5,000.
Trustees favour support for items which directly improve the patient experience and the standard of palliative care services. Priority is given to the following, in no particular order:
- Training courses for palliative care service providers held in Africa (applicants must supply a curriculum/ outline of the topics covered, and supply the name of the accrediting body- funds will be released on receiving the letter of acceptance for the training)
- Equipment for patients (e.g beds, wheelchairs, etc) For equipment we will require at least two quotes attached to the application
- Projects supporting paediatric palliative care services (this could include purchasing toys, integrating paediatric services into an existing programme, developing materials for advocacy, etc.)
- Medicines
- Capital improvement costs (such as refurbishing buildings to improve the patient experience, buying furniture etc)
- Developing small palliative care projects (integrating palliative care components in existing health care services, adapting palliative care models, quality improvement activities e.g Palliative Care standards, developing materials etc.)
- Organisational development (Strategic planning, organisational capacity assessment, staff development, website development, board training and support, team building activities, mentorship support, etc)
Grants will not be approved for:
- Attending conferences outside Africa
- Education courses outside Africa
- General work with children and young people which does not adhere to the WHO definition of palliative care
Trustees are keen to make this programme available to as many organisations as possible; it is therefore necessary that there is a one year time lag between funded projects from the same organization. This means that an organization who has received funding from the small grants programme, will have to wait one year (counted from the date of approval of final narrative and financial report), before being eligible for another grant.
Click here to read the full report in the African edition of ehospice.
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