Where our funding goes
We are a grant-making charity that’s dedicated to empowering women and girls throughout the UK. We provide funding and support to help organisations run their services, support their communities, amplify their voices, and bring attention to the issues they care about.
Through our three main funding programmes, we offer grants to organisations across the UK.
- Our Rise Fund supports the growth and development of Black and racially minoritised-led organisations.
- Our Voices from the Frontline Fund invests in campaigning and advocacy work, which raises the voices of women and girls on issues that matter most to them.
- Finally, our Stand With Us Fund provides support to frontline organisations working to address male violence against women and girls (VAWG) across the UK.
Voices from the Frontline Fund
Launched in 2015, Rosa’s Voices from the Frontline fund is the only UK fund dedicated to campaigning and influencing by women and girls, giving grants of up to £10,000 over 18 months.
Across the first ten years of the fund, Voices-funded organisations achieved nine significant law and policy changes affecting at least 13 million women and girls.
The fund is currently closed to applications, but you can find out more about Voices from the Frontline, or read Rosa’s impact report on the fund.
Read the announcement of grants awarded through the programme in 2025.
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Stand With Us fund
The Stand With Us fund offers one-year grants of up to £28,000 to support organisations addressing violence against women and girls (VAWG) in the UK.
The fund began as part of a movement, led by Reclaim These Streets, that inspired thousands of people to speak out against male violence in the wake of the appalling kidnap and murder of Sarah Everard. Since the launch of the fund, Rosa has used the money donated to fund frontline organisations supporting women and girls whose lives have been devastated by male violence.
In recent years, we have seen an increasingly hostile environment for women and girls. The cost of living crisis has meant that cases of violence against women and girls have escalated as male violence and coercive control increase during times of economic hardship. At the same time, women and girls are less able to escape abusive situations because they cannot afford to leave.
This fund is currently closed to applications but you can find out more about the Stand With Us fund, read the announcement of the grants made in the second round of the programme here, or read the Stand With Us Fund Impact report.
Case studies: read about Aanchal Women’s Aid and Apna Haq, or hear from SWWOP, all funded through the Stand With Us fund.
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Rise Fund
The Rise Fund invests in the future of organisations led by and for Black and racially minoritised women and girls across the UK with grants of up to £40,000.
We know that Black and racially minoritised-led organisations face significant and systemic barriers to funding and frequently operate on very limited resources. Through this fund, we support work relating to areas such as strategy, governance, leadership, alliances and partnerships, demonstrating impact and systems and processes. The fund was developed through a collaborative process that actively included women with experience of racial injustice.
The fund is currently closed for applications but you can find out more about the Rise Fund here, read about our second round of grants, or read the Rise Fund Impact Report which evaluates the first round of the programme.
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Past Funds
Women Thrive Fund
The Women Thrive Fund, developed in partnership with the Smallwood Trust, has been a crucial source of support for organisations working tirelessly to tackle issues that have been amplified by the Covid-19 pandemic. These issues range from declining mental health and heightened risk of emotional trauma. Thanks to the Women Thrive Fund, these organisations have been able to make a real difference in the lives of those who need it most.
This fund is no longer running, but you can find out more information here.
Covid-19 Emergency Response Fund
During the pandemic, we launched two emergency response funds to meet the needs of women’s and girls’ organisations. Our Covid-19 Emergency Response Fund and our Emergency Response Fund for BME Women’s Organisation raised over £2.2 million and reached 110 organisations across the UK.
These funds are no longer running, but you can find out more about the programmes here.
Justice and Equality Fund
Launched in 2018 from a hugely successful crowdfunding campaign that raised nearly £3 million, the Justice and Equality Fund aimed to tackle the culture of sexual harassment, abuse and impunity in the UK by resourcing a network of advice, support, and advocacy organisations. With our funding, grantees were able to deliver innovative projects to address sexual harassment in workplaces, communities and in public spaces.
This fund is no longer running, but you can find out more about the programme’s impact here.
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