Our approach to grant-making is a little unusual…

Grants

Bath Women’s Fund members pool their monthly donations and, once a year, give their gathered funds to local groups as a grant.

Like other giving circles, part of our role is to encourage women to get involved with philanthropy. Members are involved in the grant making process: they select the theme, review applications, learn about the organisations applying, provide mentoring support to applicants, and vote on who receives the main grant.

2024

Our grant-making theme for 2024 is:

Increasing the resilience of women and/or girls facing barriers

such as health issues, mental health difficulties, poverty, or addiction.

We have 3 grants available: £15,000 main grant and 2 smaller grants of £4,000 which we will be awarding in June 2024.

We are now closed for applications. Join our mailing list to be the first to hear about our grants programme in 2025.

Our grant process

2022
Matt Hardy Matt Hardy

2022

Our members met in July 2022 and awarded SARSAS (Somerset and Avon Rape and Sexual Abuse Support) our main grant of £15,000. We were pleased to award grants of £4,000 to the other two charities:

Voices and Creativity Works.

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2020
Matt Hardy Matt Hardy

2020

Mentoring Plus were awarded our first ever grant of £10,000 for their Girl’s Group.

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