Grant to ANYiSO (360G-WomensFundScotland-FR-0034157)
Funding Organization
£2,000
Recipient Organization
to contribute towards purchasing IT equipment, venue hire, providing a mobile creche and purchasing arts and crafts supplies.
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Grant Details
| Amount Applied For | 2000 |
| Amount Awarded | 2000 |
| Award Date | 2015-08-31T00:00:00+00:00 |
| Beneficiary Location: Country Code | GB |
| Beneficiary Location: Geographic Code | S12000046 |
| Beneficiary Location: Geographic Code Type | CA |
| Beneficiary Location: Name | Glasgow City |
| Beneficiary Location: Name | Glasgow City |
| Data Source | https://www.womensfundscotland.org/ |
| Grant Programme: Code | N/A |
| Grant Programme: Title | Women's Fund For Scotland |
| Last Modified | 2023-03-17T12:54:10Z |
| Recipient Org: Charity Number | SC046592 |
| Recipient Org: Description | ANYiSO is established to ensure that African and ethnic minority women, their children and young people from all background are given the support and services needed to enable them live better and safer lives free from domestic abuse, sexual abuse, rape, forced marriages, and FGM. We ensure that these women, children and young people who are victims receive counselling, support services they need and are engaged in outreach projects. We help them to gain the confident to raise issues that affect them and empower them through skill development workshops, training?s, and workshops. Our activities keep them involved in the community, thereby reducing isolation and promotes social and cultural integration. Our counselling, workshops and services provides support and address violence against women, children and young people such as FGM, domestic abuse, forced marriages and human trafficking. We created a much friendly and welcoming environment for black and ethnic minorities including asylum seekers and everyone in the community where they can access support and be signposted to our network partners according to their problems. We create awareness and work with government, mainstream agencies, organisations, and policy makers to enhance the understanding of African and ethnic minority women, children and young people, addressing domestic abuse, sexual abuse, forced marriages and FGM and the barriers that prevents them from accessing services and participating in the society to promote equality and diversity. We provide health and well being workshops and training for women and children to help them improve their mental health and live a healthy lifestyle and promote healthy eating and reduce poverty and deprivation. Our office is open Mondays to Fridays 10-4pm with various activities. On Mondays we have our drop in sessions and counselling 10.30-12-30 followed by our computer access 1pm-2.30pm Tuesdays our women group meets 10.30-12.30pm for various workshops and trainings on confidence building, domestic abuse and skill developments trainings such as bead making, healthy eating, cookery classes, knitting, soap making, etc and 1-2pm for food bank collection which is open for everyone. Tuesdays 4-6pm our young people meets for free music classes where they learn how to sing and to use instruments such as piano, guitars, violin. Wednesdays we have our lunch club were we serve free healthy cooked hot foods to everyone in the community. Thursdays we have our ESOL classes in partnership with Glasgow ESOL Forum delivered in our premises 10.30-12-30pm followed by computer access 1pm-2.30pm. Thursdays we also have our dance classes from 4-6pm for young people. Fridays 11-12pm we have our book bug for kids 1-5yrs and sewing classes 12.30-2.30pm We also conduct various workshops on domestic abuse, rape, sexual abuse and women support workshops with our partner organisations such as Women aids, Saheiliya, YWCA, Women support project, Isaro etc. These workshops and trainings are carried out at our office premises in Blaidardie. We also organise our annual events such as International women's day, annual fun day out in the park, annual family trip, cultural diversity events and Christmas party for our women, children and young people. |
| Recipient Org: Web Address | https://www.anyiso.org.uk |