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Spirit of Women Changemakers Grants Programme
Created: 02/12/2016, Updated: 05/12/2016
News/Events Category: Funding and FinanceThe Spirit of Women Changemakers Small Grants Programme has been created and funded by the Spirit of 2012 working in partnership with the Fawcett Society and the BE Group.
Registered charities, community interest companies and social enterprises in the UK can apply.
Grants of between £5,000 and £15,000 are available to fund new activity in the UK that improves the wellbeing of women and girls who are subjected to harmful gender norms and stereotypes.
The funded activity must be for the benefit of women in the UK and must be a new project for the applicant organisation. The funding cannot be used for the continuation of existing activity. The grants can be used to cover staff costs, capital or support costs associated with the delivery of the project.
Projects should offer creative, cultural, sporting or volunteering responses to at least one of the following two key impact goals:
- Improve women’s body confidence and challenging objectification in all areas of life, including in personal relationships; and
- Challenge traditional gendered caring roles and the undervaluing of care.
Projects must be completed by the end of March 2018 and meet each of the following requirements:
- The activity will contribute to social cohesion, bringing diverse groups together to engage in their communities;
- All projects must undertake to improve (and measure through agreed indicators) participants’ wellbeing;
- All projects must challenge perceptions of disability. This can be through the project activity itself or through ensuring inclusion of disabled people alongside non-disabled people in the project activity; and
- Activities must also have a celebratory aspect in the run up to the 2018 centenary.
The project does not have to be for women only. The funders are open to projects that work with people regardless of gender identity, and they are also open to projects that work with people of a specific gender identity on a case by case basis, depending on the justification. Groups must be able to say how the project will benefit women overall.
There is a three-stage application process.
The deadline for Expressions of Interest is Thursday 22 December 2016.
Find out more or apply to this fund by clicking here.
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