# Fawcett Society Spirit of Women Changemakers Grants Announced - Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2017/05/02/fawcett-society-spirit-women-changemakers-grants-announced/ - Published: 2017-05-02T11:54:06+01:00 - Author: Melanie May **The Fawcett Society has announced the successful grantees for the Spirit of Women Changemakers small grants programme.** The programme is supported by funding charity [Spirit of 2012](https://www.spiritof2012trust.org.uk/)( Spirit), which created the [Changemakers](https://www.fawcettsociety.org.uk/campaigns/changemakers-small-grants-programme/) programme to mark the centenary of women winning the right to vote in 1918. Over 400 charities and social enterprises applied to [The Fawcett Society](https://www.fawcettsociety.org.uk/)‘ s programme, Successful applicants [Amina MWRC](http://www.mwrc.org.uk/), Blueprint 22, Disability Wales, [Fearless Futures](http://www.fearlessfutures.org/), [Leap Confronting Conflict](http://www.leapconfrontingconflict.org.uk/), Stills Gallery Edinburgh, and The Runnymede Trust will receive grants of £8,000 to £15,000 to work in communities across the UK. ## Advertisement The funded activity includes work across England, Scotland, and Wales, with women across different age ranges, ethnic groups, and disabled and non-disabled people. It ranges from a media and workshop campaign to change perceptions of disabled women in Wales, to intensive workshops on objectification with at-risk girls in south London. Sam Smethers, chief executive of The Fawcett Society said: > “We were delighted with the quality and diversity of the many applications we > received, which demonstrated the ambition in the voluntary sector to tackle the > harmful norms and stereotypes that underlie gender inequality in our society. > We are looking forward to working alongside these great organisations to drive > real change across the country.” Main image: Fearless Futures. * **[£4.5 million social investment fund to launch for homelessness sector](https://fundraising.co.uk/2017/05/25/4-5m-social-investment-fund-launch-homelessness-sector/)**( 25 May 2017) * **[Masonic Charitable Foundation to provide £3 million to 300 charities through tercentenary fund](https://fundraising.co.uk/2017/06/02/masonic-charitable-foundation-provide-3m-300-charities-tercentenary-fund/)**( 2 June 2017) * **[Grow Wild funding now available for 2018](https://fundraising.co.uk/2017/12/12/grow-wild-funding-now-available-2018/)**( 12 December 2017) ![Loading](https://fundraising.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/page-views-count/ajax-loader- 2x.gif)