Community Foundation for Merseyside Women’s Fund – United Kingdom

Deadline: 20-Dec-23

The Community Foundation for Merseyside has launched the Women’s Fund to​ ​support​ ​women​ ​who​ ​are​ ​most​ ​marginalised​ ​to​ ​overcome​ ​barriers that​ ​prevent​ ​them​ ​from​ ​fulfilling​ ​their​ ​potential.

The​ ​programme will benefit women and girls, investing in a wide variety of projects, that make a tangible and long-term difference to health, well-being, confidence and social/economic activity, as well as addressing equality gaps.

This​ programme aims to fund ​small​-scale interventions, ​​which​ ​will​ ​make​ ​a​ ​considerable difference to the lives and happiness of women and girls by raising their aspirations and combating the influences that affect their confidence.

Fund Priorities

• To support projects that meet the below themes:
  • Confidence, Aspiration & Self-Belief
  • Domestic Violence & Abuse
  • Mental Health & Wellbeing
  • Social Isolation

Funding Information

• The maximum amount you can apply for is £7,000.
• Merseyside budget available is £43,000.

Examples of the sorts of projects that may be funded:

• Supporting women coming out of domestic violence and abuse
• Providing counselling support
• Providing access to education and skills
• Supporting women to start up their own businesses or go into employment
• Projects to support women to gain confidence and self-belief and have aspirations

Which areas are covered?

• All boroughs of Merseyside.

Eligibility Criteria

• Organisations applying should be women-led, e.g.
  • Founder/CEO or
  • Majority of Board of Trustees/Directors/Management Committee
• Organisations also need to demonstrate that they have a track record of delivering projects and services for women or that provision for women is a key charitable objective of your organisation.

Ineligible

• The following items cannot be supported via the fund:
  • Statutory organisations or work that is their responsibility
  • National organisations that cannot demonstrate local governance and control of local finances
  • Private Businesses or Companies Limited by Shares
  • Organisations with fewer than three unrelated Trustees/Directors/Management Committee members
  • Commercial ventures
  • Purchase/maintenance of vehicles

For more information, visit Community Foundation for Merseyside.