WOMANKIND 

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
The Bromley Trust
£60,000	30/01/2023	Womankind Bristol supports the most vulnerable and disadvantaged women through counselling, group therapy, befriending, helpline and online support services.This is a three year restricted grant to ....more Womankind Bristol supports the most vulnerable and disadvantaged women through counselling, group therapy, befriending, helpline and online support services.This is a three year restricted grant to the Safer Women's Project for migrant women who are survivors of trafficking or have experienced other forms of exploitation, violence and trauma.
Quartet Community Foundation
£10,000	17/03/2022 11	Increase capacity for strategic planning, business development, partnership working, fundraising, and service user engagement, by employing a part-time Business Manager who can support the Chief ....more Increase capacity for strategic planning, business development, partnership working, fundraising, and service user engagement, by employing a part-time Business Manager who can support the Chief Executive with this work.
Garfield Weston Foundation
£20,000	04/02/2022	Women supporting women's mental health and well-being
The Clothworkers Foundation
£4,000	14/09/2021	refurbishment of building for a charity supporting survivors of abuse in Bristol
The National Lottery Community Fund
£175,000	26/02/2021 59	The funding will be used to continue running a trauma informed befriending service in Bristol and the surrounding area for survivors of sexual violence to provide isolated women with complex mental ....more The funding will be used to continue running a trauma informed befriending service in Bristol and the surrounding area for survivors of sexual violence to provide isolated women with complex mental health issues (e.g. PTSD anxiety depression) with a befriender.
Quartet Community Foundation
£35,850	17/02/2021 23	Towards Womankind’s Bristol Befriending service, which will provide isolated women with enduring mental health issues with a volunteer befriender, to provide support to improve their mental health ....more Towards Womankind’s Bristol Befriending service, which will provide isolated women with enduring mental health issues with a volunteer befriender, to provide support to improve their mental health and well-being.
Quartet Community Foundation
£2,500	21/01/2021 5	Deliver 3 online support groups where women can discuss the challenges of COVID-19 including anxieties about the virus, staying mentally healthy, facing financial hardship and caring for their ....more Deliver 3 online support groups where women can discuss the challenges of COVID-19 including anxieties about the virus, staying mentally healthy, facing financial hardship and caring for their families.
CAF
£8,230	24/06/2020 3	Grant to Womankind Bristol Women's Therapy Centre to support the organisation through COVID19
The Pilgrim Trust
£20,000	03/06/2020 34	A two-year grant towards the Womankind Webchat Helpline
Quartet Community Foundation
£3,630	17/04/2020	Support towards unbudgeted costs arising from moving services online and additional staff costs for developing online recruitment and training materials for telephone and webchat volunteers.
The Bromley Trust
£60,000	06/01/2020 36	Womankind Bristol supports the most vulnerable and disadvantaged women through counselling, group therapy, befriending, helpline and online support services.This is a three year restricted grant to ....more Womankind Bristol supports the most vulnerable and disadvantaged women through counselling, group therapy, befriending, helpline and online support services.This is a three year restricted grant to the Safer Women's Project for migrant women who are survivors of trafficking or have experienced other forms of exploitation, violence and trauma.
Quartet Community Foundation
£10,000	19/12/2019 11	A befriending project for isolated women in Bristol living with enduring mental health issues.
Quartet Community Foundation
£10,000	11/12/2019 11	To develop and extend a new ‘webchat’ instant messaging helpline service targeted at young women and deaf/hard of hearing women so they can access vital support.
Quartet Community Foundation
£24,000	23/09/2019	First year of a three-year award from the Henry Smith Charity towards the running costs of a specialist counselling service for women who are refugees, asylum seekers, trafficked and/or migrants, in ....more First year of a three-year award from the Henry Smith Charity towards the running costs of a specialist counselling service for women who are refugees, asylum seekers, trafficked and/or migrants, in Bristol and South Gloucestershire
The Henry Smith Charity
£73,200	11/09/2019 36	towards three years' continuation funding of the running costs of a specialist counselling service for women who are refugees, asylum seekers, trafficked and/or migrants, in Bristol and South ....more towards three years' continuation funding of the running costs of a specialist counselling service for women who are refugees, asylum seekers, trafficked and/or migrants, in Bristol and South Gloucestershire
Masonic Charitable Foundation
£3,600	22/10/2018	Unrestricted core funding for small charities
Quartet Community Foundation
£15,100	11/09/2018	Third year of a three-year award from the Henry Smith Charity towards the running costs of a therapeutic counselling service for refugee and asylum seeking women in Bristol.
The National Lottery Community Fund
£9,828	07/02/2018 12	The charity will run a weekly therapeutic group for transgender women and extend their helpline service. The project aims to provide wellbeing support and encourage people’s personal development. ....more The charity will run a weekly therapeutic group for transgender women and extend their helpline service. The project aims to provide wellbeing support and encourage people’s personal development.
Quartet Community Foundation
£14,800	31/08/2017	Second year of a three-year award from the Henry Smith Charity towards the running costs of a therapeutic counselling service for refugee and asylum seeking women in Bristol.
Quartet Community Foundation
£20,400	01/07/2016	First year of a three-year award from the Henry Smith Charity towards the running costs of a therapeutic counselling service for refugee and asylum seeking women in Bristol.
The Henry Smith Charity
£50,300	09/06/2016 36	towards three years' continuation funding of running costs at a therapeutic counselling service for refugee and asylum seeking women in Bristol
Comic Relief
£113,457	27/01/2016 36	Women who have experienced sexual abuse, violence and exploitation need intensive support to overcome their traumatic experience. Womankind in Bristol has a strong record in supporting the mental ....more Women who have experienced sexual abuse, violence and exploitation need intensive support to overcome their traumatic experience. Womankind in Bristol has a strong record in supporting the mental health needs of women who’ve been through these experiences, and with this grant it will be able to provide long term therapy to vulnerable women, including refugee and asylum seeking women. The support will help women to recover, feel safe, cope better and make positive choices about their future. It will also help them avoid entering harmful and risky relationships in the future.
Lloyds Bank Foundation for England and Wales
£12,800	26/04/2013	Womankind helps women in distress to improve their mental health and well being. The administrator is a key, core role which supports the delivery of the helpline, befriending, counselling and ....more Womankind helps women in distress to improve their mental health and well being. The administrator is a key, core role which supports the delivery of the helpline, befriending, counselling and specialist support services.
The Henry Smith Charity
£33,600	14/03/2013 36	towards three years' running costs of a therapeutic counselling service in Bristol for refugee and asylum seeking women

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Trustees (12)

Legal constitution

• Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 15/10/1987, number: 297258
• Registered at Companies House on 02/06/1987, number: 02136526
• Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Main office

3RD FLOOR BRUNSWICK COURT
BRUNSWICK SQUARE
BRISTOL
BS2 8PE

Objectives

To help women and girls improve their mental health and well-being (particularly, but not limited to those whose mental health and well-being has been affected by sexual violence or abuse), through the provision of advice and information, and the provision of free or affordable support and professional therapy, and a therapeutic environment.

Defined Area of Benefit: NOT DEFINED