Empowering women through film
The centenary today of International Women’s Day (8 March), is being marked with the launch of a BIG Lottery-funded film tackling the traumatic issues of violence against women in Zambia. The film...
View ArticleOne trailblazer, three projects…and a great journey
Jan Tchamani is no stranger to the Big Lottery Fund. Having been diagnosed with bipolar disorder and unable to work, her involvement with three of our funded projects has not only changed her life but...
View ArticleWhy women’s organisations are the “net beneath the net”
Today the Big Lottery Fund unveils £48.5 million investment for women and girls projects. Vivienne Hayes, CEO at Women’s Resource Centre shares her personal reflections. Sometimes it’s easy to forget...
View ArticleSupporting women to have a working chance
Today is International Women’s Day. We’re also announcing funding for the Early Action Task Force to support the local implementation of policies and practice that focus on ‘acting earlier’. A great...
View ArticleWomen and girls: The Pathway Project – where it all began
Today we hear from Kathy Coe, CEO of Pathway Project, about the personal experience of domestic abuse that lead her to set up a charity that now supports over 2000 people a year to enjoy a life free...
View ArticleWomen and girls: The Girls’ Network
In the latest of our series of blogs from people at projects recently funded through the women and girls initiative, Autumn Valentine tells us how The Girls’ Network supported her through her GCSE’s...
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