July 24, 2024
Service Women: Seen & Heard programme 2024/25
This programme offers grants to tackle the underlying issues unique to serving women, providing improved access to support for their mental and physical health and wellbeing.
Apply by 12 noon 25 September 2024
Grants up to £50K for over one-year projects. Grants up to £100K for over two-year projects
Open to registered charities, CICs, and Armed Forces Units
This programme offers grants up to £50,000 for one year projects or £100,000 for two year projects designed to tackle the underlying issues unique to serving women, providing improved access to support for their mental and physical health and wellbeing.
Eligibility
We invite applications from:
- Registered charities
- Community Interest Companies (CICs)
- Armed Forces Units
There is more detailed information about eligibility in the programme guidance available below. It is important that you read the programme guidance carefully before you apply.
What’s available
You can apply for a grant of up to £50,000 towards a project being delivered over a one-year period or a grant of up to £100,000 towards a project being delivered over a two-year period.
Themes and priorities
We want to support projects that help towards enabling serving women to make informed choices and improve their access to services that enhance their wellbeing.
You project will be expected to meet one of the following outcomes:
- Enabling Service women to choose activities and/or find advice that improves their wellbeing, either preventatively or at times of crisis.
- Opening up choices for Service women who may not otherwise know where to seek help for issues which specifically affect them.
Deadlines and dates to note
If you applied by 12 noon Wednesday 25 September 2024 you will receive a decision before end of November 2024.
Guidance and resources
Before making your application to this programme, we strongly recommend you use the helpful resources below to ensure you make the best application you can.
Frequently Asked Questions
Please note, we will add to this list if and when we receive queries from applicants.
Yes, applications are welcome for projects which include women who are reservists as well as those serving full-time.
Yes this is fine, though in the application form we will ask you to select one main outcome that your project will be focused on achieving.
This is a strategic programme that has scope to explore complex areas of need and develop effective solutions. We ask you to address at least one of the key themes as they provide a focused approach to meeting the programme outcomes. More detail regarding the programme outcomes and themes is included in the Programme Guidance document.
No, this programme is specifically aimed at addressing the needs of serving women (including reservists). There are other programmes, delivered through the Covenant Fund, that are open to wider groups and you can find out more on the Programmes page of our website.
No, this programme is specifically aimed at addressing the needs of serving women (including reservists). There are other programmes, delivered through the Covenant Fund, that are open to wider groups and you can find out more on the Programmes page of our website.
We believe that the organisations we fund have detailed knowledge and expertise in their field and know what works best for the diverse range of people they serve and the issues they seek to address. We will consider applications under this programme from organisations and for projects which work with transgender & non-binary women as well as those that don’t, as appropriate.
Projects funded under this programme should have a clear focus on direct delivery. A project fully or mostly focused on research would not be eligible under this programme, although we would accept applications which include a smaller element of research. We would accept applications that include external evaluation costs, where appropriate.
All the information you need is included in the programme guidance and application materials published on our website. This will help you to decide whether to submit an application to this programme. To ensure that all applicants are treated fairly, we are unable to provide additional individualised advice.
We encourage you to take a look at the application questions before beginning your online application to the Service women programme.
You can also view the terms and conditions to receiving a grant.
Application questions in word
Please note, this is for reference only and applications can only be made via our online application portal.
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