Women’s voluntary and community organisations are a cornerstone for sustainable and stable communities, and are crucial to the advancement of equality and women’s rights.

Women’s Resource Centre (WRC) is a national charity committed to working towards human-rights by supporting and understanding small specialist women’s groups and charities. Through delivering programmes, creating networking opportunities and by campaigning and influencing decision-makers, the work that WRC does is essential to ensure a diverse and thriving sector that achieves the best outcomes for women.

The trustees have decided to continue to give total priority this year to assisting small local charities in danger of having to close down their activities as a result of the disruption caused by the current crisis. We have made available £100,000 for distribution before April 2022. We will consider requests from any charity struggling to survive. Priority however, will be given to those to whom we have given  assistance in the past. Our continued focus is to support small charities within Bristol, North East Somerset and South Gloucestershire.

The UK government has announced that Round 2 of the new £150 million Community Ownership Fund is due to re-open for applications in December 2021. The fund is part of the UK Government’s strategy to build back better from the pandemic and to foster a sense of community and will make grants to help communities across the UK take ownership of local facilities, community assets and amenities such as:

The Voluntary Community and Social Enterprise (VCSE) Health and Wellbeing Fund 2021/22 is now live with a focus on providing support to families and children’s services due to a predicted increase in paediatric respiratory viral infections during autumn and winter 2021.

A new fund has been launched by Comic Relief and Walkers worth up to £1.7m that will award up to 12 charities grants of between £100,000 to £300,000. The funding is open to schemes that use the arts and comedy to challenge mental health stigma.

The funding is available for between 18 months and 30 months, and will support organisations that focus on early intervention and community-based approaches and have an income of between £75,000 and £10m. Applications can include a mixture of project delivery and core costs.

The Denman Charitable Trust is prioritising small local (Bristol, South Glos, NE Somerset) charities in danger of having to close down their activities as a result of the disruption caused by the current crisis. £100,000 is available for distribution before April 2022. The Trust will consider requests from any charity struggling to survive but priority will be given to those that have had assistance in the past.

Deadline for applications is Friday 17th September 2021.

The Strengthening Communities grant programme aims to support small (up to £500k income per annum) grass roots organisations who are embedded in the community, working within the most deprived areas of the UK.

To access a flyer with a summary of the Strengthening Communities grant programme click here 

The Clothworkers Foundation Grants are awarded towards capital projects which are defined as:

The Love Your Park Community Fund aims to support smaller groups in Bristol and Bath with a small grant towards a community project in their local park.
Applications for small grants between £500 and £1000 will be open from midday on Monday 26 July to Sunday 5 September at 8pm.

Two webinar briefings about the scheme will take place via  Zoom on Monday 26 July (5-6 pm) and Monday 2 August.