The Smallwood Trust: Women’s Sector Resilience Fund has grants of between £20,000 and £30,000 to support vital front line jobs and support services of women’s organisations affected by the Covid pandemic. Grants will be available to support organisations:

• providing services and support for vulnerable women, for which there is increased demand as a result of the Covid-19 crisis;
• supporting women who experience disproportionate challenge and difficulty as a result of the Covid-19 crisis;
• which connect communities and support communities to work together to respond to Covid-19.

Funding can pay for staff salaries, running costs/overheads, project costs and goods and equipment to support the adaptation of front line services. Priority to organisations supporting and led by BAME women, women with disabilities and financially vulnerable LGBT+ women.  Funds must be spent by 31 March 2021. Applications are being accepted at any time, but deadline for first application panel is 5pm on 16th October. Further deadlines to be published shortly. The advice is to apply quickly. Organisations must have an annual income of less than £1 million to apply. Funding from the Trust is being matched by government’s Match Challenge Fund

For further information go to https://www.smallwoodtrust.org.uk/organisations  If you have any questions on the application process or guidance notes please email grants@smallwoodtrust.org.uk

The Smallwood Trust