Empowering Women Fund

Description

Grants are available for small women’s groups and organisations in England, Northern Ireland and Scotland to support the development of innovative ways of empowering women in their local area, and to build organisations’ capacity.

The deadline for applications is 28 May 2021 (5pm).

Current Status: Open for Applications

Maximum value: £ 25,000

Objectives of Fund

The fund provides support to small women’s groups and organisations to develop innovative ways of empowering women in their local area, and to build the capacity of small organisations.

Value Notes

The following levels of funding are available:

• Seed Funding grants
  Grants of £500 to £1,000 are available to small women’s groups to establish and run micro women’s empowerment projects in their local area that support women to build skills and confidence, and decrease social isolation.
• Women’s Sector grants
  Small grants from £1,000 to £5,000 and large grants from £5,000 to £25,000 are available for women’s groups and organisations to develop capacity to respond to changing needs in their communities and run projects over a fixed duration of at least six months.

All grants must be spent within 12 months of award.

Who Can Apply

Applications will be accepted from women’s groups, centres and organisations based in England, Northern Ireland and Scotland. The following criteria apply:

Seed Funding grants – the organisation must:

• Have a safeguarding policy.
• Be able to provide two references.

Women’s Sector grants – the organisation must:

• Be a not-for-profit and led by and for women. Solace defines ‘led by’ as where more than 75% of an organisation’s Trustees, and more than 50% of staff members (including senior) are women.
• Be charitable in nature, legal, and operating for the benefit of women.
• Have a written governing document, eg a constitution or set of rules.
• Have a governing body with at least two unrelated members. The majority of these should be women.
• Have been active for at least one year and able to produce annual accounts for a whole year.
• Have a UK-based bank or building society account in the name of the organisation, with at least two unrelated signatories.

For more details on this fund please visit their website here Solace – Empowering Women Fund