Introduction Jewish Women’s Aid (JWA) is inviting tenders for research into the need for specialist Jewish sexual violence services and to examine how JWA should respond to that need, as part of a review of JWA’s existing services in order to identify areas for improvement and inform the options for developing SV services (if appropriate), more »
CONTINUE READINGGeneral Election 8.6.17. Registration closes today, but NOT for victims of VAWG The closing date for registration to vote is today for the majority, but for those fleeing VAW/DV, it is 31.5.17, and you can register anonymously – see this link for how to do it: 1q7dqy2unor827bqjls0c4rn-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Anonymous-registration-DV-Leaflet.pdf Its vital that we all have our say about more »
CONTINUE READINGGrants of up to £10,000 will soon be available for new and innovative children and young people’s projects that have an element of sustainability. The Quadstar Foundation aims to provide seed grants and mentoring to innovative and dynamic charities and social enterprise projects that focus on helping children and young people flourish. We are open more »
CONTINUE READINGBig Potential is a grants programme funded by Big Lottery Fund and managed by ourselves at Social Investment Business. It’s set to deliver approximately £20m of grant funding over a 3 year period with the aim of improving the sustainability, capacity and scale of VCSE organisations in order that they may deliver greater social impact. more »
CONTINUE READINGThe government has this morning published a major overhaul of the anti-lobbying clause, the implementation of which was paused in April. The effect of this is to significantly avoid the damage that the clause would have done to charities’ advocacy role. Since the beginning of the year and continuing after the pause we have been more »
CONTINUE READINGThe NAWO Young Women’s Alliance (YWA) is a group of young women and men under 25 from around the UK passionate about achieving gender equality. We specialise in supporting young advocates to understand their rights and have the confidence to call for them, especially using legal frameworks as tools for change. We are currently accepting applications for more »
CONTINUE READINGThe CEDAW Commission has published their findings after reviewing the government’s submission on the impact of legal aid cuts on women affected by violence. Read it here.
CONTINUE READINGWhat do you want? That’s the question women were asked twenty years ago as part of a campaign called What Women Want. It was supported by Anita Roddick founder of the Body Shop as a way of giving British women a voice at the United Nations World Conference on Women in September 1995. The idea was more »
CONTINUE READINGState of the women’s sector survey reportMay2016 Support services for women are under threat from an unprecedented level of public spending cuts, with many organisations losing staff, reducing services or closing altogether. This is a report of an analysis of a survey of women’s voluntary and community organisations (VCOs) across the UK conducted by Women’s more »
CONTINUE READINGWomen in London Report June 2016 As part of our London for All project, funded by London Councils, The report looked at London a “Tale of Two Cities” with enormous inequalities in the city and between boroughs. The combination of cuts to benefits and rising housing, transport, and childcare costs has hit women hard, with more »
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