WEST END WOMEN AND GIRLS CENTRE

Towards its community garden and small holding

Girls Make Some Noise

as an additional grant to support staff, volunteer and trustee wellbeing, to assist the organisation deliver its charitable purpose more effectively

Covid 19 response - creative resources for families in lock down

Services to women and girls affected by the COVID-19 pandemic

Grant to West End Women and Girls to support the orgnisation through COVID19.

International Young Womens Day Event. The wider aim of the scheme is: To deliver onward grants to increase positive activities for young people by delivering extra sessions in youth clubs for the financial year 2019/20

Grant to West End Women and Girls Centre to cover the costs of an event for all young girls who are part of #iwill Take Action funded projects involving inspirational speakers, a workshop led by the Domestic Violence Peer Educators on gender ....more

Grant to West End Women and Girls Centre to cover the costs of an event for all young girls who are part of #iwill Take Action funded projects involving inspirational speakers, a workshop led by the Domestic Violence Peer Educators on gender inequality and the development of youth led action plans to highlight areas they want to change and how they can tackle them.

To fund a peer education project to mobilise young working-class women with lived experience of gender inequality to influence policy and build local campaigns in the North East.

over three years towards the centre co-ordinator's salary, and core costs, for a charity in Newcastle supporting local women and girls

Girls Club Make a Noise

For women to gain an understanding of domestic abuse in all forms including emotional and psychological, physical, financial, sexual and coercive control. For women to know how to access help and support around domestic abuse. For women to have an ....more

For women to gain an understanding of domestic abuse in all forms including emotional and psychological, physical, financial, sexual and coercive control. For women to know how to access help and support around domestic abuse. For women to have an individual safety plan and to understand risk levels. For women to have protective orders in place if needed e.g. non-molestation orders. For women to have access to good quality support and advocacy at court in criminal and civil proceedings. For women to understand and identify tactics used by perpetrators and how to spot early signs of control. For women to understand the context of domestic abuse in society and our communities including gender inequality and structural inequalities. For women to understand self-esteem, how it affects and is affected by our lived experiences and how we can build our own self-esteem. For women to understand passive, aggressive, manipulative and assertive behaviours. For women to recognise what triggers their emotions and how they can deal appropriately with them. For women to understand the psychological effects of domestic abuse on themselves and their children. For women to recognise the cycle of abuse, Stockholm syndrome and the impact on victims. For women to look forward in their lives, identifying future goals and how to achieve them. For women to feel able to assert their rights individually and collectively. For women to reflect on their lives, measure how far they have come and celebrate their achievements as survivors. The Safe 4 Life course has an impact on all 3 of the Tampon Tax Objectives. Through the course women support each other by talking about their lived experiences, become empowered by the recognition it is not their fault and feel safer because they can identify warning signs of abusive behaviour.

To support the Safe 4 Life project.

Elswick Park, Past, Present, Future

Grant to employ two young domestic violence peer educators to recruit and train Domestic Violence Youth Champions to empower young women to say no to abusive relationships and refer young people for one-to-one support where required.

The group will offer a series of activities to bring local people together to improve their community environment. Activities including gardening and litter picking will help to increase pride in the area and raise aspirations.

Weekly junior girls group in the West End of Newcastle

Funding under Sport England's Tackling Inactivity and Economic Disadvantage Small Award funding programme for a Revenue project titled TIED - Get On Your Bike. This project is a Cycling project, with a focus on younger beneficiaries.

Funding under Sport England's Tackling Inactivity and Economic Disadvantage Small Award funding programme for a Revenue project titled 'TIED - Get On Your Bike'. This project is a Cycling project, with a focus on younger beneficiaries.

One Stop Shop

Towards Teen Domestic Violence Champion Training

Towards Weekly Older Girls Group group in the WestEnd of Newcastle

Towards Cookery equipment for Bake House project

Towards Leafy Lemington

Grant to develop a local bakery to generate an income for the charity and provide employment opportunities to women from the West End of Newcastle.

Towards Part-time Community Gardener Traineeship