SISTER CIRCLE

An unrestricted grant of £25,000 per year for three years (This grant is renewable - year 1 of up to 3 years). Sister Circle provides holistic support to expectant mothers from minoritised communities across London.

To build resilience of this organisation

One off gift to support with the cost of living crisis

Unrestricted grant over two years towards the core costs of Women's Health & Family Services

The project is using funding to recruit a dedicated worker to develop a strong local network of partners in Newham to support marginalized vulnerable isolated pregnant women/new mums and FGM survivors facing intersecting inequalities. The aim is to ....more

The project is using funding to recruit a dedicated worker to develop a strong local network of partners in Newham to support marginalized vulnerable isolated pregnant women/new mums and FGM survivors facing intersecting inequalities. The aim is to provide information on the support available and provide comprehensive holistic care for people with increasingly complex needs.

towards three years' continuation funding of the running costs of an organisation providing support for pregnant women and survivors of FGM in the London Boroughs of Tower Hamlets, Newham and Waltham Forest.

Ask, Listen, Change! Women's Health.

WHFS is a BAME and women led, trusted, community charity supporting 100?s of marginalised, vulnerable women/babies in disadvantaged East London communities using innovative peer support programmes to improve health, wellbeing, early childhood ....more

WHFS is a BAME and women led, trusted, community charity supporting 100?s of marginalised, vulnerable women/babies in disadvantaged East London communities using innovative peer support programmes to improve health, wellbeing, early childhood development. We believe we have an innovative way of connecting the aspects of early childhood development, of allowing love -better relationships between mum and her peer supporter (maternity mate), and better sensitivity between mum and child- to generate more play and learn, give mother?s more security and allow children to grow to their potential. We propose to demonstrate this work in a way that encourages local maternity/health visiting systems to evolve and embrace our relational approach. The current maternity/health visiting system, isn?t working. Our work can no longer be viewed as an ?optional extra? or a sticking plaster for a broken system. Being overwhelmed by the stress of abuse, poverty, destitution and social isolation completely alone, disconnects pregnant women from public services. Early months of a baby?s life are fundamental to their future, ?critical?..optimal brain development throughout them gives a baby the best possible start in life? (Cross Party Manifesto, 1,001 Critical days (2009)). A cycle of inequality and adversity is perpetuated by this broken system which fails to protect the rights of babies. We want to support maternity/health visiting services to radically transform, improving Early Childhood Development outcomes for babies born to vulnerable, marginalised women. We want to initiate a collaboration with our partners across the Maternity/Health Visiting system, using evidence-base and learning, combined with lived-experience: ? Facilitate focussed learning sessions, fundamentally changing how these services learn ? Achieve system transformation by embedding the community relational approach ? Create a service model with wide application: fully integrates community services, enables beneficiaries to more easily benefit from this system, enables health professionals/volunteers to have greater satisfaction providing support.

towards salaries (CEO £22,808, HR/Finance Manager £11,760, Fundraiser £7,050) rent (£5,610) staff training (£3,500), outlined in your application

Unrestricted grant over two years towards the core costs of Women's Health & Family Services, awarded under the Foundation's Racial Equity funding stream. Part of the Covid Recovery Fund to support charities to emerge from the pandemic.

The Community Match Challenge is an £85M fund aimed at supporting the Voluntary Community and Social Enterprise (VCSE) in their COVID response. Awards were made to philanthropists, foundations and grant making organisations to match funds raised on ....more

The Community Match Challenge is an £85M fund aimed at supporting the Voluntary Community and Social Enterprise (VCSE) in their COVID response. Awards were made to philanthropists, foundations and grant making organisations to match funds raised on a pound for pound basis, to increase the support to the sector.

towards moving your community engagement work to a secure digital platform; providing advice, information, education and support (peer/professional) to FGM survivors and development of online sessions and targeted engagement to reach survivors, as ....more

towards moving your community engagement work to a secure digital platform; providing advice, information, education and support (peer/professional) to FGM survivors and development of online sessions and targeted engagement to reach survivors, as outlined in your application.

Grant to Women's Health & Family Services meeting the additional costs of adapting services, premises or implementing other safety measures in response to the Covid pandemic.

"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to operate, thereby reducing the burden on public ....more

"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to operate, thereby reducing the burden on public services.2) To ensure essential services are provided to vulnerable people, both in the short and long term through increased community support through the work of charitable organisations."

Supporting and empowering vulnerable pregnant women and when they have experienced violence to improve their health and well being.

£1,490 for costs as described in your application, excluding £1,600 for laptops.

Developing online training for volunteers/staff (moving to telephone support), counselling for staff/volunteers (supporting pregnant women with COVID and FGM/COVID), develop appropriate information digitally in several languages to help with ....more

Developing online training for volunteers/staff (moving to telephone support), counselling for staff/volunteers (supporting pregnant women with COVID and FGM/COVID), develop appropriate information digitally in several languages to help with alleviating stress for isolated pregnant women and adapt our monitoring and evaluation for COVID.

The grant will fund staff time needed to carry a full audit of the current model, processes and tools, to run focus groups with beneficiaries and volunteers and work with the consultants in developing a new data collection model and designing the ....more

The grant will fund staff time needed to carry a full audit of the current model, processes and tools, to run focus groups with beneficiaries and volunteers and work with the consultants in developing a new data collection model and designing the new CRM system that will combine new data collection with existing processes.

Vulnerable women often fall through the net because manoeuvring the system is so difficult, they also tend to present themselves late in pregnancy and because of moving from borough to borough continuity of care is usually difficult. 1-15 pregnant ....more

Vulnerable women often fall through the net because manoeuvring the system is so difficult, they also tend to present themselves late in pregnancy and because of moving from borough to borough continuity of care is usually difficult. 1-15 pregnant women in 100 have depression or anxiety, 20% suffer from mental health issues in the perinatal period. The management of mental health problems during pregnancy and the postnatal period differs from at other times because of the nature of this life stage and the potential impact of any difficulties and treatment on the woman and the baby (NICE 2015). Our volunteers need greater ability in dealing sensibly with mental health issues as well as greater confidence in when to refer and signpost women to supplementary or alternative help. Based on a training course designed by WHFS, accredited by OCN and piloted in Newham in 2016, we want to give up to 7 volunteers additional training in mental health and leadership opportunities in developing new practical ways to support local pregnant women. The peer support will focus in Newham where we have a high number of referrals. The project will be run by one of our current volunteers who has experienced and recovered from mental health challenges. The structured training course will be combined with weekly social activities, e.g. walking and talking, in 3 to 5 group. These weekly activities will be led by the trained volunteers, recruited from our diverse communities, in response to the needs of vulnerable pregnant women.

towards three years' salary of a Volunteer Engagement Manager at a project providing support for pregnant women and survivors of FGM in the London Boroughs of Tower Hamlets, Newham and Waltham Forest

Tackles health inequalities for disadvantaged women and promotes health education through projects working with ethnic minority communities.

To improve the long-term clinical and psychological health of survivors of FMG

A volunteer training and support project to support vulnerable women during pregnancy, childbirth and the early weeks of family life. The scheme will include training for Maternity Mates (MM) to provide support such as hospital and GP visits, ....more

A volunteer training and support project to support vulnerable women during pregnancy, childbirth and the early weeks of family life. The scheme will include training for Maternity Mates (MM) to provide support such as hospital and GP visits, antenatal classes and birth planning. It will support the training of 240 MM’s and benefit 480 mothers facing issues such as poverty, poor English skills, deprivation, domestic violence, Female Genital Mutilation, substance misuse, and other health inequalities.

Outreach and welfare to Chinese and Vietnamese in Tower Hamlets

£114,000 over three years (£36,600; £37,900; £39,500) for the salary of a Project Co-ordinator, a Project Support Worker and related overheads and associated project costs.