funding
Applications are currently CLOSED.
Our next open funding round will be in September 2027.
We support organisations working to create a brighter and fairer future for women and girls.
Demand for our grants has grown considerably, so we are changing how we run our funding rounds moving forward. We want to build stronger relationships with the organisations we support, learn from the impact of their work and make the most impactful use of the funding we have available.
From 2027, we will have TWO funding rounds each year:
JANUARY – general round by invitation only
Our general funding round will support work benefitting women and girls across a range of areas.
Our Board of Trustees will invite only selected organisations to apply.
There will be NO open call for applications in January anymore.
We will consider organisations whose work and impact align closely with our aims, including those we have supported through previous funding rounds. An invitation to apply does not guarantee funding.
SEPTEMBER – open themed round
Our September round will be open to applications from ANY organisations that meet our grant criteria.
Each year will have a specific focus, and projects must both benefit women and/or girls and clearly fit the specific focus to be considered.
Our planned themes are:
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September 2027 – ENVIRONMENT & CONSERVATION
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September 2028 – ARTS, CULTURE & VOICE
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September 2029 – WOMEN'S HEALTH
We will publish the full guidance and application form for each September round before it opens. Please read the guidance carefully before applying: a project must genuinely fit that year’s theme to be considered.
You can read about our two types of grant below. Application forms will be available when the relevant round opens, or sent directly to organisations invited to apply in January.
We offer two types of grant: (i) the larger 'Another Way Women's Foundation grant'
which is up to £5,000 and (ii) the '£1000 for 1000 words' grant for smaller applications.
Read more about each below and use the links to download the Grant Application Forms...
our funding strategy
We seek to partner with, and provide grants to, organisations who share our vision and values with respect to women’s advancement, as well as our ethos with respect to working practices (empowering & enabling, community- and people-centric, passionate & inspiring, trusted & respectful).
Our aim is to be financial ‘enablers’ – inspiring and supporting sustainable projects and services aimed at the advancement of women and/or system change for the betterment of women.
The grants we provide typically fall into two areas:
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Project support – ‘seed’ funding for pilot or start-up initiatives to show ‘proof of concept’, with a view to enabling partner organisations to go on to apply for further/larger grants from other funders to expand/increase the project scope, or to attain self-sustainability for the project
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Services support – aid funding to enable support organisation and service providers to pay for essential service delivery
In each case, the application must describe how the funds will be used, timelines, what the intended impact/system change will be (eg, what will success look like), what metrics will be put in place to assess impact, how monthly and end-of-project reporting will be handled, how the project/service will achieve long-term sustainability, what the ‘exit strategy’ for funding is.
our focus
Our aim is to support applications that preferentially, but not exclusively, focus on sustainable, cooperative, community-led initiatives aimed at the root cause of gender inequality (system change) in under-represented communities and/or under-funded areas
our application process
How to apply
January general round:
Applications are by invitation only. Invited organisations will receive the application form and guidance directly from us.
September themed round:
This is an open application round. When it opens, we will publish the theme, eligibility guidance, closing date and application form on this page.
We cannot consider applications submitted outside an open round or, in September, for projects that do not fit the published theme.
Criteria for applications
Applications must be:
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In line with, and supportive of, Another Way Women’s Foundation (AWWF)’s charitable purpose to support the relief of need, education, empowerment and advancement of women, as well as the values and ethos of our organisation
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UK-based delivery
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Not for profit and not for self benefit
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Aimed at having a positive, measurable and sustainable impact on women in need and/or the community as a whole
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Focused preferentially, but not exclusively, on sustainable, cooperative, community-led initiatives aimed at the root cause of gender inequality (system change) in under-represented communities and/or under-funded areas
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Clear, detailed and SMART (Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, and Time-Based)
Timescales
We will acknowledge your application by email once we have received it.
Applicants for the larger 'AWWF Grants' will be invited to a meeting with a couple of our team members (face-to-face or via Zoom) to chat about your application in more detail.
We aim to respond to all applications to say whether or not they have been successful within 4–6 weeks of the published closing date.
Feedback
Our Steering Committee (comprising selected Trustees and members) will review every application received, undertake due diligence checks, and filter out those that do not meet our grant criteria.
Depending on the number of applications we receive, we may not be able to award grants to every applicant, even if they meet the criteria.
We are not able to offer individual feedback on unsuccessful applications, other than that our funding aims will be to keep an even balance in the areas we support and to select projects to fund that we feel will have the greatest impact on women in need and/or the community as a whole.
Unsuccessful applicants may apply to a future open September round if their project meets that round’s focus and criteria.
Successful applicants can expect to receive funds within 2–3 weeks from hearing that their application has been awarded.
Funds
Grantee expectations
Recipients of grant funding will be required to report on how the money was spent and provide evidence to demonstrate the impact of the grant on women's lives.
In addition, grantees will be required to provide a photo and short testimonial for use on the Another Way Women’s Foundation website and on social media, with the intention to raise further awareness of cause.
“Investing in women means investing in the people who invest in everyone else”