About Us

Photo: Little girl at a hospice in sub-Saharan Africa

The True Colours Trust has always been passionate about making a difference to the lives of children with special needs and their families. We believe that all children and their families should be able to live happy, fulfilled lives with opportunities for play, friendship and education without the burdens of poverty, exclusion and discrimination.

We are currently focusing our grant making in the following three areas:

  • Improving the geographical spread and range of palliative care services available for children and young people in the UK
  • Improving the service delivery and support offered to children with complex disabilities and their families and siblings in the UK
  • Promoting and developing the palliative care sector in sub-Saharan Africa
Photo: Young boy singing

The True Colours Trust aims to focus on the major barriers and challenges expressed by families, children and young people with complex disabilities and/or life-limiting and life-threatening conditions. We work closely with organisations that share our ambitions to provide imaginative, practical and often ground-breaking services in addition to delivering programmes that bring about sustained change both at a policy or practice level.

The Trust has so far sought to bring about better lives for children and their families through a broad mix of research, advocacy, service delivery and innovation.