Funding is available to voluntary and community organisations, led-by-and-for Black and minoritised women, that have been disproportionately impacted by COVID-19 to support their core costs and enable continued service delivery in England.

To be eligible for a grant, an organisation must:

• Be a Black and minoritised women's organisation, led-by-and-for women - which is at least 75% of the senior team and trustees are women from Black and minoritised backgrounds.
• Have an annual turnover of less than £350,000.
• Directly deliver services to Black and minoritised women and girls.
• Be an organisation impacted by COVID-19.
• Have an organisational bank account, or have a registered charity able to be accountable/hold funds on the organisation's behalf, which requires two different/independent people to authorise payments or cheques.
• Be delivering services in England.
• Be a charitable organisation with written governing document, ie constitutions or articles of associations.

Eligible core costs and activities include:

• Salaries.
• Rent.
• Utility bills.
• IT costs.
• Insurance.
• Training.
• Freeing senior staff time to work on strategic developments.
• Developing new programmes and services in response to changing context of COVID-19.
• Governance activities and fundraising support.

Grants of £10,000 are available.

How To Apply

The deadline for applications is 3pm on 1 October 2021.

Guidance notes and the online application form are available at the WRC website.

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Useful documents & links

• Women's Resource Centre - Black and Minoritised Women's Fund

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Addresses and contacts

For further information on how to obtain this grant locally, please contact the following:

1. Enquiries
   Women's Resource Centre
   United House
   North Road
   London
   N7 9DP
   Tel: 0207 697 3450
   Email: [email protected]