True Colours Small Grants UK COVID 19 support
Overview
Through the Small Grants UK Covid-19 Support programme, funding of up to £5,000 will now be available to help smaller charities to adapt their services to enable them to continue or resume supporting disabled children, children with life limiting conditions and their families during the pandemic
The deadline for applications is 5pm on 21st September.
For this round, Trustees will make grants of up to £5,000 to help smaller organisations to adapt and continue to deliver their vital services in light of Covid-19. This may include normal running costs of programmes which are resuming, or adaptations to existing services to allow them to take place safely.
For the purpose of this funding round, smaller charities are defined as those with an income under £1million, in line with the criteria for membership of the Small Charities Coalition, and priority will be given to organisations whose income is under £350,000.
Proposals for the following areas of work will be considered, in no particular order:
- Activities for disabled children, children with life limiting conditions and their families
- Adaptations to services including PPE, digital service provision and physical changes to spaces to be Covid-19 compliant.
- Siblings’ projects
- Bereavement Support
- Respite which supports the whole family
- Support for children/families who are shielding or unable to return to school
- Specialised play equipment / access to play and leisure
Trustees will only consider retrospective funding for item 2 above.
Trustees will prioritise applications from organisations:
- Which support a high proportion of children and families from BAME communities
- Which operate in areas of high deprivation or areas which are experiencing a second lockdown
- Whose annual income in 2019/20 was under £350,000