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.
For details of all the groups we have supported so far, please look at our charities page.
2025
Our grant making them for 2025 (voted for by our members) is:
Improving the health and wellbeing of women and/or girls - especially those most affected by health inequality.
Many thanks to all the groups who applied this year and congratulations to our three finalists:
Off the Record - providing a listening service for girls and young women
RUHX - towards the purchase of a new urodynamics machine to support women experiencing urinary incontinence
We Hear You - providing counselling for women and girls affected by a life-threatening illness
The three finalists will present to our members at the Grants Award Evening on 18th June at Newark Works. Each member will have the opportunity to vote on which organisation will receive the main grant of £15,000 and the other two organisations will receive awards of £4,000.
We will open to applications again in early 2026 - please sign up for our newsletter if you want to be the first to know our theme for next year.
