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Gwen’s story on completing the Cal Chall
The Caledonian Challenge is one of the toughest endurance events in the calendar. Individuals sign up to test their mental and physical stamina while tackling 54 miles in 24 hours or 24 miles in 12 hours. The Caledonian Challenge is one of Scotland’s toughest challenges. “Harder than you think. More rewarding than you can imagine” is the phrase used […]
Grant Making Showcase
Grant Making Showcase 2015 The Women’s Fund for Scotland hosted a grant making event whereby four project groups took to the stage to pitch to the audience about they deserved a grant. Here are the highlights of the event:
Did you say an all female cast?!
“THANKS to the remake of Ghostbusters with an all women cast, the world is being forced once again to listen to one of the most tired, insulting and wrong-headed statements ever made: women aren’t funny”, reads the article in the Herald Scotland defending funny women. When the movie remake of Ghostbusters was announced many focused […]
Dancetime
As Lorna’s parents looked around the local play area and found needles and syringes lying around, they questioned how child-friendly the surroundings were. It motivated them to enroll their daughter, Lorna in Dancetime – the community based dance class where she could have fun, learn a new skill, make friends and be in a safe […]
Our New Grant-Making Programme
Thanks to a £600K grant from the UK Government’s Tampon Tax, the Women’s Fund for Scotland recently launched a large grants programme. Whilst retaining the existing small grants programme, the WFS introduced a multi-year large grants programme, which will distribute up to £30,000 over 3 years. The cap of £250,000 on annual turnover has been […]
Karibu Scotland
Karibu (meaning ‘welcome’ in Swahili) was set-up in 2004, responding to a need to provide support to the refugees and asylum seekers arriving in Glasgow at that time as past of the Asylum Seeker’s Dispersal Programme. The work of Karibu Scotland really is helping to develop new skills, new contacts and ultimately to build confidence of […]
International Women’s Group, Glasgow
Heavily pregnant and warned of having low iron levels… Saima* was about to pop with her new baby. However nothing was stopping her from attending her weekly meeting with the International Women’s Group. The International Women’s Group focuses on teaching women sewing skills, including how to use a sewing machine. Before attending the group Saima […]