In partnership with IMKAAN, Rosa's Covid-19 Response Fund for BME Women’s Organisations gave grants of up to £35,000 to refuges and £20,000 to ending VAWG organisations led ‘by and for’ Black and minoritised women, helping them to meet the increased needs of their communities.

The report highlights the impact of the pandemic on the specialist women's organisations we funded in 2020, pulling together findings from conversations with organisations in which they share how they used their grant, what they're experiencing right now, and what they need to continue operating. 

Covid-19 poses a real threat to the sustainability and survival of women's organisations in the UK. Our report with Women's Resource Centre and Women's Fund Scotland found 70% of these already under-funded services fear for their future. This fund gave grants of up to £10,000 to help organisations adapt their services to meet the increased needs of their communities.

This report clearly highlights the coronavirus outbreak poses a real threat to the sustainability and survival of these very organisations and a precarious future for the UK’s women’s sector as a whole. Based on survey findings, this report calls for Women’s Resource Centre to lead a national campaign for the protection of the UK women’s voluntary and community sector including the provision of dedicated funding to sustain women’s VCOs throughout and beyond the coronavirus crisis.