Wow. Another wonderful day in the lives of two Women’s Fund for Scotland grantmakers. We’ve just allocated £69,000 in our small grants programme to 15 diverse organisations from the Highlands to the Central belt. Today’s grant making included the last of the Tampon Tax funds; this is money collected as VAT on sanitary protection products…
Projects we fund
Pink Ladies, Midlothian
Our grant provided training and tutors for workshops held in a safe environment aimed at vulnerable Midlothian women. This project is such a success that there is now a waiting list for membership to the group. Two recently widowed ladies felt deflated and isolated at the beginning of the project. By the end of the…
Muslim Women’s Association of Edinburgh
Our grant supported a multicultural fashion show enabling women from various cultures to display and inform people of their traditional dress. Alisha, 23, co-ordinated the fashion show from start to finish, including organising the clothes, models, music and the lists of sequences: “I had not done anything like this before and I’m now very confident…
Renfrewshire Women’s Association (RWA)
Our grant helped organizers run a local workshop event in Paisley Town Hall to raise awareness across Renfrewshire of the sensitive issues surrounding gender violence. One woman who attended gives her account of how the workshops and conference have helped her move forward with her life, including becoming a member of the RWA: “I feel…
Acharacle Community Company
Our grant supported training sessions for women to develop their IT skills to increase their employability. Heather Findlay: “For the last year I have been attending a computer course in my village of Acharacle, which has been of much benefit to me…being able to ask for help makes such a difference. I am most grateful…
The Hidden Gardens Trust
Our grant supported the running costs of a Mother and Toddler Group Of the 33 who attended regularly 45% were BME. One of these regular BME attendees was Samina, a local mum with triplets who was finding it difficult to meet new people having just recently moved to the city and then falling pregnant. She…
