Aims/priorities: Now in its sixth year, the funding is for women’s and girls’ organisations to deliver activism and campaigning to raise awareness of the issues women and girls face.
The campaigns could be targeted at local communities, the general public, local or national government, media, service providers or businesses.
Rosa will fund organisations which:
- Have identified the issue they want to campaign on.
- Have an understanding of their intended audience.
- Are ready to start, or have started, their campaign.
- Need resources to support their campaigning and influencing work.
Given the large number of applications that are expected with this round, Rosa has advised that they are only able to fund organisations which have identified the issue they want to campaign on; have an understanding of their intended audience; are ready to start, or have started, their campaign and which need resources to support their campaigning and influencing work.
Who can apply? Women's sector voluntary and community organisations in the UK are eligible to apply.
To be eligible, applicants must:
- Meet Rosa’s definition of a women’s and girls’ organisation as those which are run by, for and with women and girls.
Their organisation will be governed and led by women.
They will have a Board of Trustees (or similar) where the Chair is a woman, and the majority of members are women.
The majority of their organisation’s employee leadership team will be women.
Their organisation will have the principal objective of working with women and/or girls and the majority of their organisation’s beneficiaries are, and will always be, women and/or girls.
- Be a not-for-profit organisation.
- Have a written governing document, e.g, a constitution or set of rules.
- Have a governing body with at least three unrelated members.
- Have a UK-based bank or building society account in the organisation’s name with at least two unrelated signatories.
- Have been active for at least one year and can produce annual accounts for a whole year.
- Have an appropriate safeguarding policy in place.
- Not have received a Voices from the Frontline grant from Rosa in 2022.
Priority will be given to organisations that are:
- Operating in the top 20% of the most disadvantaged areas in the UK based on the Indices of Multiple Deprivation (IMD).
- Based in Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland.
- Led by and for Black and minoritised women and girls.
- Led by and for disabled women.
- Led by and for LGBTQ+ women and girls.
- These are all priority groups and not listed in priority order.
Grant amount: One-year grants of between £500 and £7,000 are available.
It is expected that between 30 and 35 grants will be awarded in this round.
Application process: The new application guidance, FAQs and eligibility criteria can be found on Rosa’s website.
There is a two-step application process:
Step one is to submit the brief online application form which can be found on Rosa’s website.
- Step two is to send a three-minute video by We Transfer, outlining how the funding will be used.
- Rosa will be hosting two ‘How to Apply’ webinars to help applicants develop their applications.
Registration is required:
Deadline: Wednesday, 11 October, 2023, 4pm.
Contact information: Email: grants@rosauk.org
Website: Voices from the Frontline - Rosa