# Allyson Felix sets up childcare fund for women athletes - Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2021/08/09/allyson-felix-sets-up-childcare-fund-for-women-athletes/ - Published: 2021-08-09T13:29:27+01:00 - Author: Melanie May **With childcare an obstacle for many women athletes, athlete Allyson Felix has created a fund to help with these costs for other sportswomen.** Created with her new sponsor Athleta and the Women’s Sports Foundation, the Olympian runner has launched The Power of She Fund: Childcare Grant, aimed at empowering girls and women to ‘reach new heights on the playing field, in the studio, in the community, at work and at home.’ A number of athletes have already been awarded grants, including Gwendolyn Barry, Natasha Hastings, and Kaleo Kanahele Maclay, with the grants helping some of the recipients attend the Tokyo Olympics. The remaining recipients will be announced in October. ## Advertisement [⌊Posthub advert. You create the campaign. We'll handle the postal journey. Get started at post-hub.co.uk.⌉](https://fundraising.co.uk/ads/posthub-20261007-300x250/) On the [grants page](https://www.womenssportsfoundation.org/wsf_program_categories/power-of-she-fund/), Felix says: > “As a mom and an athlete, I know firsthand the obstacles that women face.  I wanted > to work with Athleta and the Women’s Sports Foundation to take an important step > in supporting female athletes as whole people—both on and off the field—by offering > financial child care support to mom-athletes headed to Tokyo.” > Big news! We're proud to announce our new Child Care Grant with [@Athleta](https://twitter.com/Athleta?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) > and [@allysonfelix](https://twitter.com/allysonfelix?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw), helping > mom-athletes excel in sports while balancing the challenges of motherhood. > Apply > now & view our first nine recipients, six of whom are headed to Tokyo: [https://t.co/EpC2nxuhg2](https://t.co/EpC2nxuhg2) > [pic.twitter.com/peHw519Cz3](https://t.co/peHw519Cz3) > — Women's Sports Foundation (@WomensSportsFdn) [July 8, 2021](https://twitter.com/WomensSportsFdn/status/1413179823866929154?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) The Child Care Grant programme is currently open for applications until 31 August. It is designed to support female athletes balancing their sporting careers with children with $200,000 of funding to distribute. Open to US citizens or legal residents, female athletes with one or more children under the age of 18 or female athletes expecting a child in 2021 can apply for a $10,000 grant. They must be able to demonstrate an apparent and immediate financial need that, once fulfilled, will have a significant impact on their ability to continue training and competing while raising their children. > Much work to be done here, but I believe alongside [@Athleta](https://twitter.com/Athleta?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) > and [@WomensSportsFdn](https://twitter.com/WomensSportsFdn?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) > that athletes should not have to choose between motherhood and competition. Let’s > keep pushing🖤 [#PowerOfShe](https://twitter.com/hashtag/PowerOfShe?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) > [https://t.co/dKGHSXGa4C](https://t.co/dKGHSXGa4C) > — Allyson Felix (@allysonfelix) [July 14, 2021](https://twitter.com/allysonfelix/status/1415123270559428615?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) The funding can be used to offset childcare related expenses such as caregiver costs, travel and added costs of bringing children along to competitions, meals and supplies, equipment and medical expenses. * **[£82,000 in small grants available for Nottingham community projects](https://fundraising.co.uk/2021/08/17/82000-in-small-grants-available-for-nottingham-community-projects/)**( 17 August 2021) * **[Which? launches funding for research to help under-represented groups of consumers](https://fundraising.co.uk/2021/09/01/which-launches-funding-for-research-to-help-under-represented-groups-of-consumers/)**( 1 September 2021) * **[New £2.5m community climate action fund offers grants of up to £10K](https://fundraising.co.uk/2021/09/02/new-2-5m-community-climate-action-fund-offers-grants-of-up-to-10k/)**( 2 September 2021)