Deadline: 29-Dec-23
Giving Women is seeking applications to improve the lives of some of the most vulnerable girls and women around the world, by providing non-financial support.
A project circle is essentially a team dedicated to you, made up of your organisation and Giving Women members.
It usually consists of you (the Project Owner), members of your team, and 3-5 Giving Women members who volunteer their time, experiences and skills to support you in the areas for which you have asked for help in your application form.
How does it work?
- If your project is selected, you will have the chance present your organisation, project, challenges and the help you seek from Giving Women to their members, during what they call a Project Evening.
- Giving Women members can then volunteer to join your Project Circle.
- They will run on-boarding sessions for the Project Circles to help with kick-off.
- Each Project Circle has an assigned Coordinator
- Meetings are conducted via Zoom.
- A Project Circle lasts anywhere from 12-18 months.
How can a Project Circle support you?
- Sounding Board & Mentorship
- They provide an opportunity for the project owners to articulate concerns and challenges that they are facing in a safe and caring space. They then accompany them in a process to define how they can address these concerns and challenges
- Organisational & Strategic Development
- Projects they work with are often at a cross-roads where they need to re-evaluate their strategic direction and strengthen their organisational structures. help in this process which helps them to grow and become more sustainable.
- Communications & Marketing
- Often, lean and under-resourced projects lack a clear communications and marketing strategy which is essential for them to articulate their mission and thus attract funding opportunities. They help them craft this strategy by asking the necessary difficult and pertinent questions resulting in clear and concise communications.
- Monitoring & Evaluation
- Core to any social impact driven organisation is a strong monitoring and evaluation process. They encourage the projects to go through tried and tested processes to help them develop a robust monitoring and evaluation process essential for donor reporting and assessment of the project’s impact.
- Fundraising Strategy
- Giving Women does not provide funding or fundraising services to any of the projects they support. They do, however, help their projects to optimise their fundraising strategies and activities to become grant ready.
- Governance Structures
- Good governance supports the efficiency and sustainability of an organisation. They come in and evaluate their current structures, helping to identify what is not working and where needed, restructuring and reactivating the governing board.
Eligibility Criteria
- Your Project
- Your project has a direct impact on the lives of women and/or girls in need.
- Your project has been implemented for a minimum of 12 months and aims at financial sustainability.
- Possible project themes include empowerment of women and/girls through education & training & technology, livelihood creation, improved access to health and other innovative projects.
- Your project is looking for input or support from GW in the areas mentioned above
- Your Organisation
- Your organisation has been legally registered for a minimum of two years.
- Your organisation is non-denominational and non-political
- Your organisation is open to a constructive debate around your challenges as well as your medium and long-term vision and strategy.
- Availability of your founder/director from the selection process through to the end of the Project Cirlcle’s life-cycle.
For more information, visit Giving Women.
