Deadline: 17-Nov-2025
The Women’s Fund for Scotland offers grants to support projects that empower women and girls, aiming to promote systemic change and address disadvantages and discriminatory practices.
The fund seeks to develop a sustainable network of grassroots organizations throughout Scotland, supporting initiatives that align with its themes and priorities. The grant programme offers unrestricted grants to sustain existing work or support new projects focused on women and girls. Priority is given to single-sex services, and mixed-sex groups are not eligible for funding.
The grant size is up to £5,000, and applications must meet the fund’s criteria and priorities. The fund aims to ensure a Scotland-wide distribution of funds, with priority given to organizations with an annual turnover not greater than £300,000.
Applications must align with at least one of the fund’s themes: Thrive, Heal, or Rise. Thrive focuses on funding the potential of women and girls to thrive through leadership, skills-building, innovation, and creativity. Heal supports the spaces and support systems that women need to heal from violence, marginalization, and injustice. Rise aims to support women rising together and on their own terms, out of loneliness, poverty, and into a more equal Scotland. While projects may meet more than one theme, applicants are advised to stay focused and not dilute their request by appearing to spread across multiple areas if not appropriate.
Eligible applicants include women’s organizations, especially those run by and for women and girls. For the purposes of the application, such organizations should have the principal objective to work with women and girls, with all those accessing services being women or girls. The Board of Trustees should be chaired by a woman, with most members being women, and the leadership team should be majority women. Community-based organizations running projects with women and girls and projects supporting disadvantaged women and girls are also eligible.
For more information, visit Women’s Fund for Scotland.
