Grant to help raise awareness of Female Genital Mutilation in the Community

Manchester City Council has £10,000 to raise awareness in Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) to communities in Manchester. The full funding of £10,000 will be awarded to one successful applicant to provide an engagement programme for the community. The successful applicant will be expected to deliver the programme between January 2017 and March 2017.

Grant applications must meet the following objectives:
1. Safety: Communities understand the risk and how to manage it
2. Knowledge: Communities gain an understanding of FGM, different experiences and the support that is available to victims.
3. Empowerment: Communities gain an understanding of best way to support victims in various situations

The successful applicant will be expected to create a programme that will challenge the culture of silence around FGM and work with faith groups and community organisations in Manchester, to develop community education programmes that will help to raise awareness of the law on FGM, the consequences of offending and most importantly, educate different communities about different types of FGM and the consequences of performing these, under UK law and the long term health and psychological impact. To address FGM in a way that does works with them to become stakeholders in the change needed to fight FGM through effective community education and engagement.

Applications are welcomed from groups working together in a partnership with one organisation acting as the lead, accountable organisation.

To be eligible for the grant your organisation must:
• Have a constitution
• Be based in Greater Manchester and accountable to the community that you are predominantly delivering services to
• Be a not-for-profit organisation – this includes voluntary, community and faith organisations, co-operatives and mutual societies, non-governmental organisations which are value driven and which principally invest their surpluses to further social, environmental or cultural objectives
• Be representative and inclusive of the community you are intending to work with
There should be opportunities for the people who you are supporting to be involved in your work, for example by volunteering in your service and/or being part of your management committee or other body.

Completed application forms should be emailed to: [email protected]

For further information, contact Kristian Dodsworth, on 0161 234 4259, or email: [email protected]

Deadline: Friday 9 December 2016, 16:00