Deadline: 16 January 2017
Rosa, the UK Fund for Women and Girls, is seeking applications for its Woman to Woman Fund, with grants of up to £25,000, no fewer than 100 local grassroots women’s organizations across the UK will be supported using funds from the ‘Tampon Tax.’
Grants are available for groups with an income of under £100,000 per year, to support a wide range of charitable work that benefits women: from building confidence and leadership skills, tackling harassment and violence, to training in financial literacy and increasing engagement in decision-making – and much more besides.
Rosa especially wants to support groups that work with disadvantaged communities or in disadvantaged areas. Grants can pay for core work, as well as mobilizing volunteers, leadership development, communications and advocacy.
Funding Information
- Grants of between £5,000 and up to and including £25,000 are available.
- Any grant awarded must be spent within 12 months of receipt.
Eligibility Criteria
- Applicants are a women’s sector organization
- Applicants are a charitable organization – their organization need not be a registered charity, but applicant’s activities must be charitable and legal
- Applicants are a local organization, which is not part of a national enterprise
- Applicants have an annual income less than £100k or applicants employ less than two full-time paid members of staff
- Applicants have a written governing document, such as a constitution or set of rules
- Applicants have a governing body with at least 3 unrelated members
- Applicants have a UK-based bank or building society account in the name of their organization, with at least two unrelated signatories
How to Apply
There are two stages to submitting an application to the Woman to Woman fund.
- To apply for a grant applicants will first need to complete the stage 1 application.
- Rosa will notify all applicants in January 2017 if they have been shortlisted for stage 2 of the application process.
Applicants can complete stage 1 of the online application process via given website.
Eligible Country: UK
For more information, please visit Woman to Woman Fund.
