Deadline: 21-Jul-21
The Women’s Resource Centre (WRC) is currently accepting applications for the Black & Minoritised Women’s Fund to support the Black and minoritised led-by and for women’s sector (charities and groups predominately working with women) who have been disproportionately impacted by Covid-19 with the core grants it needs to deliver critical services at this time.
Women’s voluntary and community organisations are a cornerstone for sustainable and stable communities, and are crucial to the advancement of equality and women’s rights.
Women’s Resource Centre (WRC) is a national charity committed to working towards human-rights by supporting and understanding small specialist women’s groups and charities.
Through delivering programmes, creating networking opportunities and by campaigning and influencing decision-makers, the work that WRC does is essential to ensure a diverse and thriving sector that achieves the best outcomes for women.
Black and minoritised women’s organisations reported markedly more demand than other organisations in the following areas: emergency basic services; refuge beds; enquiries/signposting and mental health support.
Funding Information
- Organisations/groups must be able to spend all of the £5,000 grant by June 2022, or within six months of signed agreement.
Eligibility Criteria
To be eligible for a grant, an organisation must:
- Be a Black and minoritised led-by-for women’s organisation, which is at least 75% of your senior team and/or trustees are women from Black and minoritised backgrounds
- Have an annual turnover of less than £100,000 for £5,000 grants and less than £350,000 for £10,000 grants
- Directly deliver services to Black and minoritised women and girls
- Be an organisation impacted by COVID-19
- Have an organisational bank account, or have a registered charity able to be accountable/hold funds on your behalf, which requires two different/independent people to authorise payments or cheques
- Be delivering services in England
- Be a charitable organisation or group with written governing document, i.e. constitutions or articles of associations
For more information, visit https://www.wrc.org.uk/1-who-can-apply-for-a-grant-bmwf