Introducing our March 2024 Grant Partners!
We were open for applications from 9th October 2023 until 16th November 2023 We received 87 applications with a total requested amount of £398,000 and project costs of £811,000 22 local authorities were represented 67 applications were first time applicants We sifted these applications and 36 were selected to have a full assessment. The 36 […]
Fund Her Future
Why We Must Invest in Specialised Women’s Charities Guest Post by Mercedes Jones, Funds Adviser, Foundation Scotland In Scotland you are never more than 50 miles away from a project supported by the Women’s Fund for Scotland and since its inception, the Women’s Fund has distributed almost £3 million in grants to over 640 community […]
She rOars Leanne Maiden – the power of the wolf
In an extraordinary feat of courage and determination, Leanne Maiden, a 42-year-old amateur rower residing in Bearsden, East Dunbartonshire, is gearing up to embark on a solo row across the treacherous Atlantic Ocean. Maiden, who moved to Scotland two decades ago from South Africa, aims to become the first South African woman to complete the […]
Feisty Gals!
Welcoming all our Feisty Guys, Gals and non-binary pals! Join us at our inaugural networking event to be held at The Place Hotel on Friday 2nd June. Book your tickets here: Feisty Gals
Funding the future of not-for-profit work for women and girls 12+
We need your voices to make our own stronger! Only 1.8% of funding makes its way to the women and girls sector – we want to challenge and change this. We need evidence. Please fill in this survey https://buff.ly/3LNiD8D and share it with other groups who work with, by and for women and girls 12+
Introducing our March 2023 Grant Partners!
We were open for grant applications from 25 October 2022 until 29 November 2022: We received 87 applications with a total requested amount of £403,000 and project costs of £1.2 million 22 local authorities were represented 61 applications were first time applicants to the Women’s Fund for Scotland We sifted these applications and 37 were […]
Routes to Power and Influence
In 2021 we were pleased to join a group of funders involved in informal conversations about opportunities for women’s groups across the UK to being about change at local and national levels. The discussion evolved into a more formal discussion and we made the link between our interests and ‘Routes to power and influence’. As […]
ReTweed volunteering changing lives
Re-Tweed, Scottish Borders: £3,500 Covid grant 2019: Sustaining women using a textile training project and offering community support in a crisis. Purpose: To contribute to the cost of supporting the women to attend online support sessions, increase the hours of the support worker and provide food parcels to those in need which requires volunteers and […]
Glasgow and Clyde Rape Crisis – textline for survivors
Glasgow and Clyde Rape Crisis: £2,788 Covid grant 2019: A new textline support service which has been successful with young women and is being continued post pandemic. Purpose: setting up a textline that has been used increasingly by young women and girls to make their first contact with the organisation. Our aim was to offer […]
Goal! girls and the SFA Coaching Qualification
Glasgow Girl’s Football Club: £9,408 in 2019, Tampon Tax Community Fund: Purpose: to contribute towards providing training and qualifications for 12 members to become volunteer football coaches. Achievements: Young women achieving level 3 coaching qualifications: After a delay due to Covid restrictions we started the programme on 12th May2021, running through to 27th October 2021. […]