Rosa’s Stand With Us Fund

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The  STAND WITH US FUND was set up to address the critical lack of investment in frontline organisations supporting women and girls who experience male violence.  

Originally started with money raised by Reclaim These Streets in the wake of the appalling kidnap, rape and murder of Sarah Everard by a serving Metropolitan Police Officer, the fund exists to make the UK safer for all women and girls. 

The fund supports organisations to become stronger and more effective; better meeting the needs of women and girls and influencing wider change for all women and girls across the UK. Organisations can apply for up to £25,000 to fund areas related to organisational development, including strategy, governance, leadership, having a stronger voice within the women’s movement, building alliances, fundraising, impact, systems and processes.

This fund is for organisations that have an income of between £100,000 and £500,000 (from their last set of annual accounts).  

WHO CAN APPLY?

Rosa’s Stand With Us fund is for women’s and girls’ organisations delivering frontline services addressing male violence against women and girls which have an income of between £100,000 and £500,000. 

We will prioritise applications from: 

  • Organisations which are led by and for Black and minoritised women and girls 

  • Organisations led by and for women and girls with disabilities

  • Organisations led by and for LGBTQ+ women and girls

  • Organisations operating in the top 10% of the most disadvantaged areas in the UK – based on the Indices of Multiple Deprivation (IMD) 

  • Organisations based in Scotland, Wales, or Northern Ireland. 

Please read the Stand With Us fund application guidance 2024 for a full list of eligibility criteria.

WHAT WILL WE FUND?

We will fund organisational development work that will support organisations to survive, thrive and grow in the future. 

We know that developing an organisation takes time and resource, so through this programme we are funding extra capacity in organisations, rather than supporting existing costs. 

Strengthening an organisation requires ‘thinking’ and ‘development’ time and this is often best done by the people leading your organisation. We will therefore fund a variety of development-related costs, such as the backfill of senior staff positions to provide resource for this and/or pay for additional senior staff time.

For more information, please visit Rosa's Stand With Us Fund - Rosa (rosauk.org)