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…
Building skills and confidence
Reports show on average, women have less income, access to resources, assets and financial independence than men. By funding organisations where women can learn new skills, it will give them the ability and certainty to return to the workplace and apply for new jobs. World Health Organisation research showed that girls had consistently lower confidence than boys. By building confidence from a young age it will allow girls to grow up challenging social norms and believing they can achieve their goals. Building girls and women’s confidence will allow them to move forward with their lives in all areas to reach their full potential
Access to industry – securing accredited qualifications
Access to Industry, Edinburgh: £4942 2016 Tampon Tax: Funding for beauty therapy course for vulnerable women which developed expertise in on line delivery of practical courses and new partnerships with agencies working with vulnerable women contributing to on going work. Purpose: to run five beauty therapy courses, all delivered online, 4 introductory courses and a…
Growing in a pandemic
Transitioning to digital to support women in business Do you know that women are not only more likely to run service delivery businesses i.e., cleaning or counselling, but they are also more likely to be in what is known as self-employed poverty? Delivering their services and keeping customers happy whilst not growing their businesses or…
No creche – no class!
Learning English as a woman who speaks other languages As an English speaker it is easy to take communications skills for granted. However, if you are a woman who has come to Scotland as a refugee or asylum seeker, this is a big issue which will affect all aspects of your life. In Glasgow in…
Fighting fear with fire; camp fire
Have you felt the fear, loneliness, confusion and loss of bullying? Imagine going through every day at school ignored by your peers or abused and insulted by them. Have you experienced the heart-stopping moment of touching your pockets or bag and not being able to find your smartphone? Imagine feeling like that every second of…
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…
