We’re pleased to announce that 28 grassroots organisations from across Scotland have been awarded grants through the Women’s Fund for Scotland’s most recent funding round. These groups are set to make an important impact in their communities – with an estimated 3,641 women and girls expected to benefit from the funded projects.
Our funding call was open from 7th October to 18th November 2024 and during that time we received 116 completed applications, with total project costs reaching over £1.05 million and funding requests of more than £550,000. It shows that the demand for flexible, accessible support for women and girls remains high across the country.
Following a detailed assessment process, 37 applications were taken forward for full consideration. We were joined by two expert sector representatives on the grant panel, which met at the end of February 2025 to make final funding decisions.
We’ve awarded a total of £114,963 to support this inspiring cohort of community-led initiatives. The grants span 14 local authority areas, with 20 organisations receiving a Women’s Fund for Scotland grant for the first time.
Who We’re Funding
The successful groups represent a diverse mix of communities, characteristics, and priorities. This round saw us invest in five of our six strategic themes — with our theme responding to poverty the only theme not represented in this particular cycle.
We’re especially proud to support smaller grassroots groups:
- 13 organisations have an income of less than £100,000, with two reporting no income in the previous financial year.
- 5 organisations have incomes between £100,000 and £200,000
- 7 organisations between £200,000 and £300,000
- 2 organisations over £300,000
- 1 organisation with income over £400,000
You can meet all 28 of our latest grant partners and learn more about their vital work via links to their websites below:
Organisation | Local Authority | Project Description | Investment Theme |
Glasgow City | To fund the cost of Al-Meezan running its Sakina social group for women aged over 55 for one year. | Growing Social Connections | |
Ayr North Exclusively Women's Group | South Ayrshire | To fund the cost of Ayr North Exclusively Women’s Group running a programme of activities aimed at improving the mental health and wellbeing of its members in 2025. | Improving Health and Well-being |
Aberdeen City | To support the 'Restore' project that increases services offered to women, to improve their skills, confidence and opportunities for employment. | Building Skills and Confidence | |
Glasgow City | To support CWIN's women's weekly sewing workshop, offering social connection and skills development opportunities to women in Townhead and surrounding areas | Building Skills and Confidence | |
Glasgow City | To contribute towards core operational costs, ensuring the continuity of services empowering women into employment. This investment will sustain the increased demand and expansion of the service, with a positive impact on employment opportunities. | Building Skills and Confidence | |
Dumfries and Galloway | To cover the operating costs of DYMCA’s Full Circle project in a bid to target women over the age of sixty-six and reduce social isolation and counteract socio-economic disadvantage to the benefit of their wellbeing. | Growing Social Connections | |
Scottish Borders | To fund a six month leadership development course using equine-facilitated learning sessions for 12 women from marginalised or disadvantaged backgrounds to build their confidence and emotional resilience. | Developing Leadership & Innovation | |
City of Edinburgh | To contribute towards the costs of organising a weekly wellbeing session for women, allowing participants to access a safe, supportive space to tackle issues such as trauma, addiction, and domestic violence | Improving Health and Well-being | |
City of Edinburgh | To cover the costs of running free music classes for women aged over 18 in Edinburgh. By creating safe spaces for musical expression, the project supports adult learners to develop confidence and friendships that improve their wellbeing. | Building Skills and Confidence | |
Glasgow City | To fund the tutor costs associated with the Skills Barn STEAM workshops for women, supporting participants to build their skills base. | Building Skills and Confidence | |
North Ayrshire | Funds towards the salary of the Female Support Officer to manage individual pathways through the Bridge to Shore project, aiding women's transition from addiction to self-sufficiency long-term recovery, community reintegration and employment or education. | Improving health and Well-being | |
Kurdish Women Community Group | Glasgow City | To contribute towards the costs of organising a series of training sessions for the organisation's volunteers, helping them to more effectively run outreach sessions for women who are claiming asylum or have refugee status | Building skills and confidence |
Aberdeenshire | To contribute towards core running costs for LATNEM's services, supporting perinatal mental health and improving wellbeing for mums and birthing people. | Improving Health and Well-being | |
Eilean Siar | To fund LTCH's three-strand project for women, covering yoga sessions, mindfulness facilitator training, and leadership development. The intended impact is enhanced physical and mental health, improved skills and confidence. | Improving Health and Well-being | |
Angus | To contribute towards the costs of delivering additional creche hours and provide training and professional-led sessions to meet increasing demand | Growing Social Connections | |
Dundee City | To contribute towards costs of monthly pain management sessions and staff training at Dundee Women's Prison and Stirling Prison, thereby supporting individuals with chronic pain to improve their mental wellbeing, and prepare for community reintegration. | Improving Health and Well-being | |
Glasgow City | To contribute towards the costs of establishing a journalism fellowship training programme, helping under-represented women establish themselves in the industry. | Building Skills and Confidence | |
City of Edinburgh | To fund workshops and counselling sessions that help empower women who have experienced abuse to reclaim their narratives and advocate for themselves. | Moving on from Abuse | |
Midlothian | To support the Story Cafe to deliver creative writing workshops for women affected by domestic abuse in East Lothian and Midlothian. | Moving on from Abuse | |
Glasgow City | To contribute towards the costs of introducing a Net and Natter club to support the mental and physical wellbeing of older women in Glasgow. | Improving Health and Well-being | |
City of Edinburgh | To contribute towards the Embracing Change project, which supports ethnic minority women only, navigating perimenopause and menopause by increasing awareness, reducing isolation, and improving wellbeing. | Improving Health and Well-being | |
Falkirk | To contribute towards delivering the Wild Wummin project, a year-long Women’s Empowerment Group in Falkirk and Stirling for women from disadvantaged backgrounds experiencing poverty and isolation. | Building Skills and Confidence | |
Glasgow City | To contribute towards a songwriting project for women currently serving custodial sentences at the Lilias Centre in Glasgow, to build confidence and learn new skills. | Building Skills and Confidence | |
Orkney Islands | To fund materials for five six-week women-only creative and gardening courses, to reduce social isolation and improve well-being among vulnerable women in Orkney. | Growing Social Connections | |
Dundee City | To contribute to the costs of a programme of activities for females between the ages of 12 and 16 years old in a bid to improve confidence levels and foster positive relationships. | Building Skills and Confidence | |
South Ayrshire | To cover costs of delivering weekly activity sessions for young women aged 12 to 18 living in Girvan and the surrounding villages. Young women will build skills and confidence, strengthen their support network and improve their mental wellbeing. | Building Skills and Confidence |
