Women’s Fund for Scotland grant making
It was an early start with a meeting in Glasgow this week to decide on grants from the Women’s Fund for Scotland. There is a huge amount of work for both of us in early October, to go through 99 applications for large grants totalling £2.5M, in order to get an agreed shortlist of eight […]
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 […]
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 […]
YMCA Edinburgh Women’s Group
“I’ve got all my life to live and I’ve got all my love to give and I’ll survive, I will survive, hey, hey…”. The catchy tune with a powerful uplifting message, ‘I will survive’ blasted around The Acorn Centre in Edinburgh. However it was not Gloria Gaynor singing, it was the YMCA Women’s Group. This […]
YMCA Edinburgh Women’s Group
“I’ve got all my life to live and I’ve got all my love to give and I’ll survive, I will survive, hey, hey…”. The catchy tune with a powerful uplifting message, ‘I will survive’ blasted around The Acorn Centre in Edinburgh. However it was not Gloria Gaynor singing, it was the YMCA Women’s Group. This […]
Dumfries Get Together
Who fancies taking a trip to the cinema, or the theatre or even to the bingo or a quiz night? Perhaps having a dance, hitting the shops or venturing out on a day trip sounds like fun to you? Although these activities sound like great fun, many women have very few people they can ask […]
Dumfries Get Together
Who fancies taking a trip to the cinema, or the theatre or even to the bingo or a quiz night? Perhaps having a dance, hitting the shops or venturing out on a day trip sounds like fun to you? Although these activities sound like great fun, many women have very few people they can ask […]
Make a House a Home project
The Women’s Fund for Scotland awarded the Make a House a Home project £1,690 to provide workshops that help women in the community to build skills and confidence through DIY training and useful craft-making. Claire Lees grew up watching her mum single-handily tackle wall-papering, painting and laying down carpets in their home. This had an […]
Make a House a Home project
The Women’s Fund for Scotland awarded the Make a House a Home project £1,690 to provide workshops that help women in the community to build skills and confidence through DIY training and useful craft-making. The Make a House a Home project focuses on building skills such as painting, decorating and creating household objects and in […]