Fund Her
We're working to remove barriers to help equip a new generation of women who represent the lived experience of people in the communities they represent.
We provide women who face the biggest financial barriers with grants to help cover the personal costs of running their election campaign.
Our Impact
£59,000 granted to women on no-to-low income, who are underrepresented in our political system.
68 women supported across local and national elections.
21 general election candidates provided with grants in 2024.
24% of those 2024 candidates were elected and are now our MPs!
Political parties don't support candidates with personal expenses, such as childcare, public transport, or disability-related costs. This means many women are excluded from standing before even being able to put themselves forward. Our Fund Her grants work to ensure all women can stand to represent their communities, no matter their financial background.
Over the past few years, we have given grants to 68 candidates
Activate developed and managed this grant-giving work between 2020-2022, before joining forces with Elect Her to continue the work, under the banner of Fund Her ahead of the 2023 local elections. This work continued into 2024 local and general elections. Below are some of our grantees from 2024!
Hear from her
Learn why some of our previous grantees put themselves forward for election, and how they used their Fund Her grant to support their election campaign
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Juliet champions the neurodiverse as a Councillor, cabinet member and will continue in Parliament. Her fundamental view is that everyone deserves the best start in life and should not be held back because of neurodiversity.
Her varied career collided with her personal life to shape her activism and political voice. She worked her way up from a lowest grade in the Civil Service to a senior manager in the NHS, to running a not-for-profit organisation providing support for families affected by dyslexia. Juliet trained teaching assistants, families and parents on how to recognise, teach and support their children and themselves about dyslexia.As an MP Juliet’s aspiration is to update the teacher training curriculum to increase the amount of time trainee teachers have on how to teach, support, and recognise neurodiversity in the classroom. Being an MP will allow her to influence the influencers that can transform the education we provide, allowing opportunities for learning to be fair and inclusive for the neurodiverse – aiming to ensure that no one is left behind.
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Selena's interest in politics stemmed from her experience of starting the Residents Association for the apartment building she had moved to. After working with the local council to tackle the buildings issues, Selena was approached by some local Councillors to ask if she would be interested in turning her efforts to the wider community and running in the 2021 Local Elections.
Over the last 3 years, Selena has established herself as a responsive and committed Councillor, fully engaged with local issues. Selena is highly active in the community, keeping residents up to date both in person and via her informative and educational social media posts. Selena firmly believes that you can’t complain about something if you’re not prepared to throw your hat in the ring to help drive positive change. In addition, Selena genuinely enjoys helping people and working for the good of the community.
Selena has been on maternity leave since the start of 2024. Selena applied for the Fund Her grant to help with finances whilst on a reduced income, in particular for digital equipment, software and childcare.
If you would like to support Fund Her and directly fund women from underrepresented backgrounds to stand in upcoming elections, please donate to Fund Her today.
Through Equip Her, we train and support women in their diversity to stand for election.
Fund Her is part of our wider programme of support for candidates, which any woman in Britain is welcome to join. We provide candidates with bespoke skills-training, self-led resources and a supportive community to ensure they run the best election campaign they can.