The Spirit of Women Changemakers small grants programme will fund activity in the UK that improves the wellbeing of women and girls who are subjected to harmful gender norms and stereotypes. The grants are to support organisations to empower women and men to create lasting change in their communities and sustainably improve gender equality. Applications are being invited to fund creative, cultural, sporting and/or volunteering responses to at least one of their two key impact goals. 
These are to:
• Improve women’s body confidence and challenging objectification in all areas of life, including in personal relationships
• Challenge traditional gendered caring roles and the undervaluing of care
Each project must also meet each of the following requirements:
• The activity will contribute to social cohesion, bringing diverse groups together to engage in their communities,
• All projects must also undertake to improve (and measure through agreed indicators) participants’ wellbeing.
• All projects must also challenge perceptions of disability. This can be through the project activity itself or through ensuring inclusion of disabled people alongside non-disabled people in the project activity
• Activities must also have a celebratory aspect in the run up to the 2018 centenary
Applications can be made for grants of between £5,000 and £15,000. You may allocate a proportion of the grant to cover staff costs, capital or support costs associated with the delivery of the project. The funded activity must be for the benefit of women in the UK and must be a new project for your organisation.
The programme is open to charities, Community Interest Companies and Social Enterprises.
For further information and to apply, visit: www.fawcettsociety.org.uk/campaigns/changemakers-small-grants-programme/
Deadline for expressions of interest: 22 December 2016