Does ROCK make you smile?
I walked into Girls Rock School Edinburgh expecting noise. I did find noise, I also found friendly faces, laughter and joy! Real joy. The kind that shows up on faces when something clicks, when the beat lands properly and when you realise you’re doing something you didn’t think you could do. Girls Rock School Edinburgh […]
Any time can be “kairos” – Kairos Women+
Last year (2025), my journey around groups we’ve funded took me to Kairos Women+ in Paisley. It was a bright, sunny day and, after chatting with Katy, I got to spend time with some of the women who use the space; they were every bit as bright and sunny as the weather. We first came […]
Baby Cuddles and more at Amma Birth Companions
Shona recently had the privilege of visiting Amma Birth Companions in Glasgow, where I was welcomed by a group of incredible women and even got a few baby cuddles along the way. It’s a real perk of the job to meet all these wonderful women and the baby cuddles were the icing on the cake! […]
A little Sakina –
and why Scotland needs more of it When I visited the Sakina Ladies Group at Al-Meezan House, the room pulsed with gentle gup-shup: low, companionable chatter, quick bursts of laughter, and the soft concentration of women bringing colour to life on organza with paint and hairdryers. Younger women addressed elders as Baji “elder sister” a […]
Women’s Wellbeing Group – one of the beating hearts at the Crannie
Last year representatives from the Women’s Fund for Scotland, including Trustee Rebecca Bonnington, visited the Women’s Wellbeing Group at The Crannie, part of the Edinburgh Old Town Development Trust in Edinburgh’s Old Town. Nestled just off the Canongate, The Crannie is a warm, welcoming community hub – and this weekly women’s group is one […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
Creativity during Covid
Libertie Project, Inverness: £4899 Covid grant 2019: Supporting women through Covid leading to a new social enterprise development Purpose: Providing self care kits to women using the project to sustain them through Covid Achievements: In total we reached 98 women across the Highlands who had not used our services before through a referral partner network […]
FollowIt App helping women feel safer
The Media Co-op £30,000 over 3 years 2016 Tampon Tax award: Seed corn funding for a new project which resulted in a significant long term resource for women being stalked The £30,000 from Women’s Fund enabled Media Co-op to leverage funding for the overall project of £125,348, as follows: Glasgow City Council Cooperative Business Development […]