The True Colours Trust

True Colours is an independent funder working in the UK and Africa. Our work is focussed on:

improving access to palliative care for babies, children and young people in the UK
enabling disabled children and young people to live their lives to the full
improving access to pain relief and palliative care in Africa.

We have been working on these issues since 2002. We are working towards a time when everyone, wherever they live and whatever their age, is able to access good palliative care and disabled children and young people are able to live their lives to the full.

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Our Trustees

Lucy Sainsbury
Tim Price
Dominic Flynn
David Wood

Our Staff

Catherine Gathercole – Trust Executive
Catherine is responsible for the overall management of the Trust, including grant-making, governance and finance. She manages a diverse portfolio of the Trust’s programmes in both the UK and Africa, as well as the Breathing Spaces programme and the UK and Africa Small Grants programmes.
Jo Ecclestone Ford – Strategic Lead
Jo is responsible for a number of True Colours’ strategic programmes and acts as an adviser to staff and trustees on the Trust’s strategy in the UK and Africa.
Vesa Kahramani – Trust Administrator
Vesa looks after the administration of all the Trust’s grants and supports the team, ensuring the smooth running of True Colours.

Our Advisors

Tara Kerr-Elliott
Children's Palliative Care Nurse
Dame Christine Lenehan
Strategic Advisor to the National Children’s Bureau
Dr Linda Maynard
Nurse Consultant, Children's Palliative Care
Faith Mwangi-Powell
CEO, Girls Not Brides, formerly Founding Executive Director, African Palliative Care Association
Lisa Spinks
Parent Advisor

Who We Are

Our Trustees

Our Staff

Our Advisors