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A message from Jamie Klingler, co-founder of Reclaim These Streets, three years on from the murder of Sarah Everard.
There have been so many instances in the last three years when I have sat down compelled out of absolute rage to use my words to get some justice, to bring attention to wrongs and to beg for help. Tonight,...
Read moreOur Voices From The Frontline Fund Invested Over £250k For Women & Girls
Rosa is thrilled to announce that 40 organisations led by and for women and girls have received grants of up to £7,000 through Rosa’s Voices from the Frontline fund, which supports campaigning and influencing work that enables women and girls...
Read moreCath Dovey, Rosas Chair On Being Awarded A CBE
I am honoured to have been awarded a CBE in the Kings New Year Honours List for services to philanthropy, women and girls, the arts and the economy. Throughout my life I have been motivated by issues of equality, knowing...
Read moreRosa Summer Conference Programme 2023
This year's programme shares valuable insights into the funding landscape for women's and girls' organisations and platforms influential voices in the field of women's rights. Catch up on recorded sessions with campaigners, leaders and experts from across the UK women and girls...
Read moreRosa Research Mapping
Research conducted by The Centre for Regional, Economic and Social Research (CRESR) at Sheffield Hallam University, and commissioned by Rosa, National Lottery Community Fund, and Esmée Fairbairn Foundation, details the perilous state of funding for women’s and girls' organisations across...
Read moreRosa’s Voice From the Frontline Fund
Rosa is thrilled to announce that 32 organisations led by and for women and girls have received grants of up to £7,000 through Rosa’s Voices from the Frontline fund, which supports campaigning and influencing work that enables women and girls...
Read moreRosa Announces Successful Rise Fund Applicants
We are delighted to announce that 35 organisations led by and for Black and minoritised women and girls have been selected to receive grants of up to £40,000 through the Rise Fund. We know that Black and minoritised-led organisations face...
Read moreOur Take On Funding Bias In Womens & Girls Sector
Rebecca Gill, executive director of Rosa, shares her thoughts on some of the funding biases that exist within the women and girls' sector, and how Rosa aims to combat this. International Women’s Day this year invites us all to raise...
Read moreThe Impact Of Pandemic On Violence Against Women And Girls
Women working on the frontline of VAWG share insights on impact of the pandemic on public awareness and what steps are needed to create lasting change. Research launched today by Rosa has highlighted the urgent need for greater funding to...
Read moreRosa launches the Rise Fund
Rosa is delighted to announce the launch of the Rise Fund, investing in the future of Black and minoritised-led women’s and girls’ organisations across the UK. Throughout the Covid crisis, specialist Black and minoritised-led women’s and girls’ organisations have supported...
Read moreRosa announces final round of the Justice and Equality Fund
Rosa is delighted to announce the fourth and final round of the Justice and Equality Fund. This funding will provide grants totalling £298,526 to five women's organisations who will continue and expand programmes which have had a significant impact on tackling the issue...
Read moreRosa & Smallwood Trust Announce Women Thrive Fund Grants
We’re delighted to announce 70 new grants worth £1.9 million, which we made through the Women Thrive Fund in partnership with Smallwood Trust. Together, we’re resourcing 70 specialist women’s and girls’ organisations that support women and girls with their mental health and...
Read moreHollie Venn on Feminist Leadership
Hollie Venn, chief executive of Sheffield Women's Aid, shares her thoughts on the Feminist Leadership session at our Summer Conference in the context of her career, studies and the work of her organisation. Prior to the webinar for the feminist leadership discussion, I...
Read moreHow Women’s Organisations Create Change
Steph Nixon, a women's sector worker, reflects on the How Women's Organisations are Creating Change session at our Summer Conference and shares how her own life experiences shape her perspective. P.H.O.E.B.E on supporting women with intersecting difficulties Mollin Delve, director...
Read moreDolly Ogunrinde on Anti-Racist Practices
Dolly Ogunrinde, Project Manager at Pepal, reflects on her childhood and front-line experiences working in the women's sector to envision what anti-racist practices could look like for specialist women's and girls' organisations. When I was 13 years old, my father had a stroke, the...
Read moreRosa and Reclaim These Streets announcement
Reclaim These Streets has agreed that Rosa – the UK fund for women and girls – will manage the distribution of the funds that have been raised through the Reclaim These Streets JustGiving Crowdfunder, which currently stands at £525,909. The crowdfunder was set up to raise...
Read moreRosa and Smallwood Trust launch Women Thrive Fund
Rosa and Smallwood Trust are thrilled to announce the launch of the Women Thrive Fund for women’s and girls’ organisations in the UK. With £1.79 million of Tampon Tax money, this partnership fund will give grants of up to £40,000...
Read more16Daysofactivism With Baobab Womens Project
Baobab Women’s Project advocates for refugee and migrant women transitioning through the government systems. When it comes to tackling gender-based violence, the big picture for Baobab is the need to change the structure of the system. Their aim is to...
Read more16Daysofactivism X Good Night Out Tackling
What’s the story behind Good Night Out? It started as a project with Hollaback London, a movement to end harassment in public spaces powered by local activists. We were collecting and mapping people’s stories and found lots of incidents were...
Read more16DaysofActivism x The Empower Project on Tech Abuse
Tell us a bit about The Empower Project... The Empower Project is an intersectional, feminist, membership organisation supporting communities to lead change to end gender-based violence in Scotland. Our focus is on responding to violence and abuse in the digital...
Read moreExcel Womens Association Say No To Domestic Abuse
Can you tell us a bit about Excel Women's Association? Excel Women’s Association is registered charity dedicated to support women in Barking and Dagenham, East London. We provide numerous support services and activities both virtually and in person. This includes...
Read more#16DaysofActivism: Pandora Project on rural domestic abuse
Pandora Project's chief executive, Tracy, explains how the organisation has started using an outreach vehicle called Dora to help isolated women who experience domestic abuse in rural Norfolk. This year will certainly be one to remember. The year women were...
Read more16Daysofactivism Mewso On Hymenoplasty And Virginity Testing
What are hymenoplasty and virginity testing? Virginity testing is ‘inspecting’ a woman’s vagina in the false belief that it can determine whether or not she has had sex. Having a hymen that is intact is still thought to be a...
Read more16Daysofactivism X Rivers Lpc – Rosa
Founder of Rivers LPC, Jeredyne Stanley, shares the story behind her organisation and explains how culturally and linguistically appropriate support is vital for the women in its community. What's the story behind Rivers LPC? “Out of every woman is a...
Read moreRosa and Smallwood Trust Secure Tampon Tax Funding
Rosa, the UK Fund for women and girls, and Smallwood Trust are delighted to have been given the largest single award from this year’s Tampon Tax Fund. The work of our two organisations over the past year has demonstrated just how...
Read more10 Ways Telemedicine Can Help Survivors
Abortion was decriminalised in Northern Ireland in October 2019 but the battle for access to services is far from won. Northern Ireland is currently the ONLY part of the UK and Ireland that has does not provide an abortion telemedicine...
Read moreHow Rights Of Women Give Women Access To Justice
How Rights of Women is challenging the status quo and empowering women to access justice. Women survivors and victims, and their allies and supporters, have long been at the forefront of fixing our broken justice system. Rights of Women have...
Read moreNext Phase Covid 19 Response For BME Led Womens Organisations
Rosa announces plans to build a Covid-19 response fund that gives multi-year grants to specialist organisations led 'by and for' Black and minoritised women across the UK. These organisations have unprecedented levels of trust and reach into communities where need...
Read moreThe Impact of Feminist Leadership
“It came at the right time for me and helped me transition into the CEO role. Personally, I built confidence and belief in myself. Professionally, I have made some amazing contacts and feel part of a wider community of super-women.”...
Read moreImkaan and Rosa Announce BME Fund Grantees
Imkaan and Rosa are delighted to announce the following 27 organisations led 'by and for' Black and minoritised women who will receive grants from our joint Covid-19 Response Fund for BME Women's Organisations. This collaborative, closed fund between Imkaan and...
Read moreRound 3 Grantees For Covid-19 Response Fund
Rosa is proud to announce the third and final round of specialist women’s organisations who will receive grants from our COVID-19 RESPONSE FUND (SMALL GRANTS). This fund aims to support the immediate needs of specialist women’s organisations who often miss out...
Read moreRound Two Grantees Covid 19 Response Fund Small Grants
Rosa is proud to announce the second round of specialist women’s organisations who will receive grants from our COVID-19 RESPONSE FUND (SMALL GRANTS). This fund aims to support the immediate needs of specialist women's organisations who often miss out on...
Read moreRosa Announces Round One Grantees Covid 19
Rosa is proud to announce the first round of specialist women’s organisations who will receive grants from our Covid-19 Response Fund (Small Grants). This fund aims to support the immediate needs of specialist women's organisations who often miss out on...
Read moreRosa appoints Rebecca Gill as Executive Director
Rosa is delighted to announce the appointment of Rebecca Gill as its new Executive Director starting in late April 2020. Rebecca has more than 20 years’ experience working in and around the women’s sector to improve the rights of women...
Read moreNow’s the Time takes four nations approach to sexual harassment
Sexual harassment – and the fear of it – are significant factors putting young women off considering careers in some male-dominated professions. Now four UK women’s organisations are working to tackle the power imbalance with a grant from The Justice...
Read moreOvacome Dispels Ovarian Cancer Myths on Everywoman Day
Rosa exists to amplify the voices of women and girls in the UK, and through its Health & Wellbeing pillar aims to tackle the most pressing issues faced by those from a cross-section of backgrounds. Ahead of Everywoman Day on...
Read moreWomens Organisations Are Changing The Conversation On Sexual Harassment
Seven specialist women’s organisations will receive grants from The Justice and Equality Fund to strengthen their communications activities over the next 18 months, and to create a network of women’s organisations who will work together to shift the dial on...
Read moreMeet our Voices from the Frontline Grantees
This year, 26 groups and organisations fighting for gender equality in the UK will receive grants of £500 to £5,000 from the fourth round of Rosa’s Voices from the Frontline grants programme. Each organisation works in one of Rosa’s four...
Read moreJustice & Equality Fund Grants For Sexual Harassment & Abuse
The pioneering Justice and Equality Fund managed by Rosa and supported by TIME’S UP UK, awards five new grants to women’s organisations on International Women’s DayThe Fund is backed by film industry professionals including Andrea Riseborough, Emma Thompson, Emma Watson...
Read moreRosa Opens Fourth Round Of Voices From The Frontline
Rosa is pleased to open the fourth round of our flagship grants programme, Voices from the Frontline. Voices from the Frontline supports women’s organisations to shine a light on their fight for gender equality in the UK. It resources advocacy, campaigning and activists...
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