Deadline: 20-Feb-23
Applications are now open for the Bath Women’s Fund.
Bath Women’s Fund brings together local women who want to support and celebrate women’s philanthropy in Bath and the surrounding area. Members contribute £25 per month and decide together how and where to give away these pooled funds. Their giving circle was launched in Autumn 2018 and has 70 members at the start of 2023.
They are committed to promoting equal opportunities and to valuing diversity regardless of age, gender, race, ethnic origin, nationality, religion/belief, culture, language, disability, learning difficulty, sexual orientation, marital status, economic status, health status, or any other discriminatory grounds. Bath Women’s Fund is inclusive: grants will be made to support all women, including trans women and gender non-conforming women.
Theme
- Bath Women’s Fund members have chosen the following theme for their grant making in 2023:
- Increasing the resilience of women and/or girls facing barriers, for example, mental health or financial but not limited to these.
Funding Information
- In 2023 they will be awarding one main grant of £15,000 and two smaller grants of £4,000.
Eligibility Criteria
They are inviting Expressions of Interest from organisations that meet the following criteria:
- Organisations must have:
- a charitable purpose
- a constitution or governing document appropriate to your legal entity. For CICs this must include an asset lock.
- a board of at least three unconnected trustees, or a management committee with at least three unconnected members, or for a CIC, three unconnected Directors, with no one being a Person of Significant Control.
- a bank account in the name of the organisation with at least two signatories who are not related to one another.
- all relevant policies (e.g. safeguarding), procedures and insurances in place
- a track record of working in Bath and the surrounding area (specifically Bath & North East Somerset) with local knowledge and connections.
- They want to fund:
- work/projects that fit within the chosen theme: increasing the resilience of women and/or girls facing barriers, for example, mental health or financial but not limited to these.
- organisations that can demonstrate the need for their project/service;
- projects/services that will make a positive difference to the women and/or girls supported;
- projects/services designed to meet the specific needs of women and/or girls and actively targeting them (rather than women and girls just happening to be the main users of a service);
- organisations that involve women and/or girls in the development of the project/service;
- organisations that are committed to equity and where at least half of the Trustees/Management Committee/Directors are women.
- Please note:
- priority will be given to organisations with an annual income of £500k or less; larger organisations may apply but will need to demonstrate that the funds will be used for something that could not otherwise be delivered;
- priority will be given to organisations based in Bath and the surrounding area; those based elsewhere with a track record of working in Bath and the surrounding area may apply;
- they will consider partnerships, but the lead applicant must have a track record of working in Bath and the surrounding area, with local knowledge and connections;
- they will consider requests for core costs. You will need to explain which costs the £15,000 would be contributing towards so that it is clear to their members what tangible difference any grant will make to women and/or girls;
- they are happy to receive applications from organisations that have applied to Bath Women’s Fund in previous years;
- they are keen to receive applications supporting specific groups of women and girls (Disabled, LGBT+, migrants or refugees, communities experiencing racial inequity) who have been under-represented in previous years and those supporting women and girls living in more rural areas of Bath & North East Somerset.
- they will not be funding work which is a statutory responsibility;
- they will not cover retrospective costs;
- they will not fund party political activity nor the promotion of religion;
- they expect most of the grant to be spent within 12 months.
For more information, visit Bath Women’s Fund.