# Grantmaker sought to distribute £3 million of Tampon Tax Fund

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2016/10/26/grantmaker-sought-distribute-3m-tampon-tax-fund/
- Published: 2016-10-26T10:45:11+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

**The government’s Office for Civil Society is inviting applications from experienced
grantmaking organisations to distribute £3m of the Tampon Tax Fund to charities 
that work with disadvantaged women and girls.**

 

The Tampon Tax Fund is a £15 million fund for women’s charities, equivalent to the
amount that HMRC estimate is raised from VAT on the sale of sanitary products. It
was [announced by the Chancellor of the Exchequer](https://fundraising.co.uk/2015/11/27/funding-announcements-in-the-governments-autumn-statement-2015/)
in the Autumn Statement 2015 in response to criticism that sanitary products and
maternity pads are classed and taxed as a “luxury” item, attracting the lower 5%
VAT.

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Because the government couldn’t reclassify tampons as zero-rated it created the ‘
Tampon Tax Fund’ to create a charitable fund of equivalent value.

 

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## Match funding

 

The Office for Civil Society expects that the successful applicant will:

 

 * be able to offer a level of match funding which must already be in place
 * be able to deliver the funding programme and commit the full amount by the end
   of the financial year
 * ensure that their due diligence, anti-fraud, data protection and financial and
   performance monitoring processes reflect best practice.
 * be able to demonstrate that it “relevant networks in place” to run a UK-wide 
   programme

 

The Office for Civil Society has offered a very short timescale in which to submit
proposals, announcing the tender for proposals on 20 October with a deadline of **
midnight on 28 October 2016**.

 

Application forms can be requested from [cl*********@***************ov.uk](https://fundraising.co.uk/2016/10/26/grantmaker-sought-distribute-3m-tampon-tax-fund/cl*********@***************ov.uk).

 

The successful applicant will be announced in the Autumn Statement next month.

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