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BWA awarded National Lottery funding
Border Women’s Aid has received a much-needed boost from the National Lottery with news that our application to the Fairer Life Chances Fund has been successful!
An award of £143,490 means that, for another 2 years, BWA will have more financial security to be able to continue the outreach support that we have provided to women across the Scottish Borders since April 2020. This includes 1:1 support, groupwork and peer support and enables BWA to continue to shape the service to suit the changing needs of women.
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Scottish Government’s Fund to Leave is open to applications
The Scottish Government’s Fund to Leave is open to applications.
The fund offers women based in Scotland up to £1,000 for essentials to support the costs of leaving, planning to leave or staying left from an abusive relationship. This might include costs related to moving home or increasing safety to enable a woman to remain in her own home. The aim of the fund is to give women and children more choices and more control.
The administration process for the Scottish Borders local authority area is being managed centrally by Scottish Women’s Aid’s national delivery service. The main point of contact for enquiries and referrals is fundtoleaveScot@womensaid.scot
The fund is limited and will be distributed on a first-come, first-served basis.
For full details and application criteria, visit: https://womensaid.scot/fund-to-leave-scotland
BWA receives Community Mental Health and Wellbeing grant funding
Border Women’s Aid has been working hard to source funding to strengthen our service so we are delighted to receive an award of much-needed funding from the Borders Community Action (BCA) Community Mental Health and Wellbeing Fund.
It is a real struggle in the current climate for essential work like ours to compete successfully for grants and other sources of funding, so we are extremely grateful to BCA for looking at our application and believing in us!
Our allocation of £40K over 2 years forms part of wider national investment in early intervention and community support for mental health, social connection and tackling loneliness which we will deliver via our Outreach Service.
BWA launches Pledge Campaign
Today is the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, the start of the global UN 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence. To mark this, Border Women’s Aid is excited to launch the ‘Do Your Bit to Stop Domestic Abuse in the Scottish Borders’ Pledge Campaign.
BWA is inviting people across the Borders to stand together, speak out and show their support for women and children affected by domestic abuse. Created and led by Border Women’s Aid, the campaign gives everyone a way to take part, to show they care, and to help build a community where abuse is never ignored.
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