We are excited to share our latest EDI report. This edition focuses on the adoption of shifting power models as a means to break down barriers and promote increased equity, diversity, and inclusion, with an emphasis on alleviating gender-based poverty.

July 2023

Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) is a core component of Smallwood’s Governance Action Plan. Our work as an organisation on EDI is about ensuring we have a culture (which includes Board members, staff, consultants and any volunteers) that encourages people of all backgrounds and experience to feel a key part of what we do and […]

This report reflects on the Trust’s work leading up to and including progress towards outcomes identified in the 2017-2021 Strategic Plan.

This report is the final instalment on our partnership with the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) which made funds available under the Women’s Sector Resilience Fund. It includes information of the immediate use and impact of the grants and looks at how funds have safeguarded essential services during the pandemic.

In September and October 2020 the Smallwood Trust was given £2.5m of emergency COVID-19 funding from the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) and The National Lottery Community Fund (TNLCF). The Smallwood Trust awarded this funding in the form of 115 grants to organisations working with and for women, in November and December […]

This report contains a summary of grants awarded to women’s sector organisations in November and December 2020 through our partnership with the Department for Culture, Media & Sport’s Community Match Challenge. It is an infographic based report that presents data on both the applications received and funded organisations.

This report includes a summary of our latest impact data alongside findings from a survey with our individual beneficiaries, analysis of our reach and gaps and feedback from our partners on our approach to grant-making through an online survey and in depth discussions.

This report summarises our 2018 impact data across our main grant-making programmes including a range of case studies. It presents a summary of our Theory of Change and strategic direction for the Trust.