Rosa’s new report Where lasting change begins: ten years of campaigning by and for women and girls analyses the first ten years of Rosa’s Voices from the Frontline campaigning fund, celebrating its impact and drawing out lessons for funders and campaigners.
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Launched in 2015, Rosa’s Voices from the Frontline fund is unique; dedicated to campaigning and influencing by women and girls in the UK. Between December 2015 and February 2025, across 151 grants totalling £708,376, the fund supported 132 women’s and girls’ organisations to campaign for change.
Campaigning delivers powerful impact for women and girls
The organisations funded through the programme have contributed to nine significant law and policy changes, affecting at least 13 million women and girls:
- The first government commitment to a Mother and Baby Unit in Northern Ireland, due to open by 2028/29, Action on Postpartum Psychosis
- Decriminalisation of abortion in Northern Ireland, Alliance for Choice
- Wales’s first 10-year Women’s Health Plan, Fair Treatment for the Women of Wales
- A dedicated endometriosis nurse in every Welsh health board, Fair Treatment for the Women of Wales
- A statutory definition of Honour Based Abuse, Karma Nirvana
- A ban on virginity testing and hymenoplasty, Middle Eastern Women and Society Organisation
- New flexible working rights, Pregnant Then Screwed
- Recognition of economic abuse in four government strategies , Surviving Economic Abuse
- The largest coalition of women’s organisations ever assembled in the UK, The Fawcett Society
“Funding that supports campaigning and influencing can create systemic change, not just helping someone today but changing the landscape so that fewer people face the same situation in the future. That is where the longevity of real change happens.”
Natasha Rattu, Executive Director, Karma Nirvana
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In the long term, the systemic changes secured by Voices funded organisations potentially affect all women and girls in the UK: through safer workplaces, stronger rights, more responsive healthcare, and a legal and policy framework that better reflects their needs.
Beyond the headline wins
But policy and legal change are not the only measure of impact. The report shows the many ways that campaigning by women’s and girls’ organisations builds community and supports women and girls to speak up.
For example, BelEve’s It Is That Deep campaign empowers girls and young women to come together to speak up about sexual harassment, changing hearts and minds and challenging attitudes. Dynamic Support has built institutional partnerships that have shifted how universities and employment programmes engage with Black and racially-minoritised women.
The case for investment in campaigning
The report shows that the path to change is long, uncertain and may have many diversions on the way, but a small grant can be a transformational part of the journey.
“Beyond funding, it’s the respect and credibility that comes with the Rosa association that has been truly invaluable. It’s a form of validation that money alone cannot buy.”
Saima Afzal, SAS Rights
No individual campaign is a sure investment with guaranteed outcomes. But the huge power and potential of investing in women’s and girls’ campaigning is clear. The return, in impact, of a small investment can be immense. And the cost of failing to support women to speak out would be even greater.
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Webinar: where lasting change begins
Hear from Rosa Chief Executive Rebecca Gill and report author Naami Padi, plus powerful case studies from three Voices from the Frontline grant holder organisations: Karma Nirvana, Fair Treatment for the Women of Wales and BelEve.
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