Aims/priorities: The second round aims to achieve the following outcomes:
- Women and girls will be supported by organisations delivering frontline services to end male violence against women and girls, ensuring women and girls can be safe, healthy and equal.
- Women and girls organisations will be empowered and strengthened, meaning that they will be in a stronger position to survive, thrive and grow into the future.
The funding is intended to enable organisations to be in a stronger position to survive, thrive and grow by investing in organisational development work such as developing strategy, strengthening governance and leadership, a stronger voice in the women’s movement, creating stronger alliances and partnerships, increasing fundraising, volunteering and activism, demonstrating impact and more effective systems and processes.
Who can apply? Not-for-profit organisations may apply.
To be eligible, they must:
- Be a women’s and/or girls’ organisation. Rosa defines women’s and girls’ organisations as those which are run by, for and with women and girls. This means that organisations will be governed and led by women, with the main object of working with women and girls.
- Be an organisation delivering a frontline service to women and/or girls who have been affected by male violence and abuse including (but not limited to) domestic violence, coercive control, rape, sexual abuse, forced marriage, ‘honour’ based violence, Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), sexual harassment, economic and financial abuse.
- Undertake activities which are charitable, legal and for the benefit of women and/or girls (but organisations do not need to be registered charities).
- Have an income of between £100,000 and £500,000 from their last set of accounts.
- Have unrestricted reserves of no more than 12 months expenditure.
- Have a written governing document.
- Have a governing body with at least three unrelated members.
- Have a UK-based bank or building society account in the name of the organisation, with at least two unrelated signatories.
- Have an appropriate safeguarding policy in place.
- Deliver all their work in one or more of the four UK Nations: England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland.
Priority will be given to organisations which are:
- Led by and for Black and minoritised women and girls.
- Led by and for women and girls with disabilities.
- Led by and for LGBTQ+ women and girls.
- Operating in the top 10% of the most disadvantaged areas in the UK – based on the Indices of Multiple Deprivation (IMD).
- Based in Scotland, Wales, or Northern Ireland.
Grant amount: One-year grants of up to £25,000 are available for the period of January 2025 to December 2025.
It is expected at least 18 organisations across the four UK nations will be funded.
Application process: Guidance and an online application form can be found on the Rosa website.
There will be two ‘How to Apply’ webinars to help applicants develop their applications:
- Thursday 4 July (10am to 11am)
- Tuesday 23 July (11am to 12pm).
Registration is required and can be done via the Rosa website.
Deadline: Tuesday 30 July 2024, 5pm.
Contact information: Email: grants@rosauk.org
Website: Rosa's Stand With Us Fund - Rosa