# Latest £15 million Tampon Tax Fund beneficiaries announced

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2018/03/27/latest-15m-tampon-tax-fund-beneficiaries-announced/
- Published: 2018-03-27T07:00:56+01:00
- Author: Melanie May

**Ten projects benefitting girls and women will receive funding from the latest 
round of the Tampon Tax Fund, DCMS has announced.**

Projects that tackle sexual violence, address social exclusion among BAME women 
and improve mental health and wellbeing will receive funding over the next two years.
The money will also be used to make grants to smaller organisations for services
that support the most vulnerable and disadvantaged women and girls in the country.

The ten projects are:

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[UK Community Foundations](https://www.ukcommunityfoundations.org/) £3,400,000 for
the Tribewoman project hat will support vulnerable and excluded women by making 
onward grants to smaller charities across the UK

[Arhag Housing Association](https://www.arhag.co.uk/) £1,040,000 for the BME Women
Hub project to alleviate poverty and social exclusion among women in England

[Brook Young People](https://www.brook.org.uk/) £1,500,000 for the ‘Let’s Talk. 
Period.’ project that will aim to address period poverty in England.

[Rape Crisis England & Wales](https://rapecrisis.org.uk/) £1,400,000 for a digital
transformation project, which is a new approach to tackling sexual violence delivered
through member Rape Crisis Centres In England

[Women’s Aid Federation of England](https://www.womensaid.org.uk/) £1,509,850 for
the ‘Ask Me’ project to improve the community response to domestic abuse across 
the UK and includes onward grants opportunities

[Hestia Housing and Support](http://www.hestia.org/) £1,000,000 for the ‘Tools for
the Job’ pilot project, which aims to transform the way that employers in England,
Wales and Northern Ireland deal with domestic abuse, by improving their HR policies
and delivering awareness raising for staff.

[The RCJ & Islington Citizens Advice Bureaux](http://www.rcjadvice.org.uk/) £1,090,488
for the FLOWS project to provide online-tools to improve the capacity of front-line
domestic-violence agencies in England to provide legal support to women and children

[Mind](https://www.mind.org.uk/?gclid=EAIaIQobChMI58-z4tCJ2gIVuArTCh3fhwYHEAAYASAAEgJWZfD_BwE)
£1,785,554 for a project to increase the provision of mental health peer support
for women experiencing, and at risk of, mental health problems and includes onward
grant programme in England and Wales

[St. Giles Trust](https://www.stgilestrust.org.uk/) £1,077,158 for the ‘Footsteps’
project to improve service provision to women in the Criminal Justice System in 
England with mental health and complex support needs

[One Parent Families Scotland](http://www.opfs.org.uk/) £1,049,590 for this Scotland
only project that will offer a free support and counselling service for the most
disadvantaged, vulnerable and marginalised women most in need.

Over 70 charities are already receiving grants through previous rounds of the fund,
with a total of £32m of funding having been announced since Autumn Statement 2015.
This latest funding brings the total investment awarded from the Tampon Tax Fund
to £47m.

Tracey Crouch, Minister for Sport and Civil Society, said:

> “The money generated from sanitary products is being invested in good causes that
> tackle the serious issues that women of all ages face. It will be used to support
> vulnerable women and girls and help build a Britain fit for the future.”

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