Grants of up to £250,000 available to UK women’s organisations which provide frontline services to meet the needs of women and girls facing multiple disadvantage across one or more strands of Violence against Women & Girls (VAWG).
Comic Relief are continuing their partnership with the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) and the UK’s devolved administrations to open this £1.2 million fund to support organisations across the UK tackling violence against women and girls (VAWG).
The fund has been made available through a grant from the Tampon Tax Fund.
Proposals should respond to one or more of the programme’s aims:
UK women’s organisations which provide frontline services to meet the needs of women and girls facing multiple disadvantage (the overlapping experiences of violence / abuse, mental ill health and substance misuse) are eligible to apply.
A total of £1.2 million is available.
The fund is expected to make up to 15 investments of £50,000 – £250,000. The investments will be split across the UK as follows:
The deadline for applications is 4 September 2019.