Our Impact
Since 2016 we’ve supported 1000s of women through every step of their political journeys.
We produce online workshops and resources, as well as in person events to create safe spaces for women to explore their futures as leaders, legislators and champions of political governance.
Our Impact so far
9000+ women have attended our workshops & gained the skills for their political career.
4500+ women are currently progressing on their political journey through our courses.
510 women have stood in elections with support from our Equip Her programme.
231 women have been elected to all levels of democracy.
Understanding our impact.
Throughout and beyond the electoral cycle, we create the space to motivate, equip and support women to thrive.
By offering a trusted place, our community share their experiences with us, giving us the insight to Fix the System - change that can’t wait.
We believe deeply in the women in our community, our work and the impact we’re building.
That path is demanding, necessary and worth it.
“ I honestly wouldn't have had the confidence to start on my political journey without Elect Her.”
— Hillary, workshop participant
The women we’ve supported have stood for more than 10 political parties and as independents.
We are a non-partisan organisation and our programme of support hears from speakers across all political parties and independents. We need more women in every party, in every sphere of Government.
Changing the future of democracy.
Together with Engender Scotland, we hosted a workshop to map the equal representation landscape and to develop a collective theory of change to support individual and combined efforts.
We brought together 29 participants from 17 organisations spanning political parties, the equalities sector, government bodies, and academic institutions.
What we found is summarised here, alongside the next steps to creating our framework for achieving women’s equal representation in Scotland.
We make sure a lack of money or political connections don’t prevent women entering politics.
We support women from under-represented backgrounds with the personal costs of running for election to support with financial barriers to entering politics through our Fund Her programme.
We bring women together in community to explore how to make an impact in politics.
We’ve held three large-scale events in the Scottish Parliament and Welsh Senedd, bringing hundreds of women in all their diversity together to explore taking up space in the world of politics.
Previous Reports and Reflections
The following reports, from 2022 and 2023, outlined the results of community surveys across England, Scotland and Wales. They served to enable us to - reflect on our progress, the difference we make to women’s political journeys in our community, and they also helped us to identify areas where we could make improvements for future cohorts of political women.
With your support we can continue to help women at every stage of their political journey.
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