Guidelines for applications

 

Please read these guidelines carefully before filling out the application form.

Download the application form here.

Deadlines for funding applications are: 31st January and 30th June of each year.

Your application must be for a project which falls within our AIM/S and fulfil one or more of our CRITERIA. Much as we would wish to support all worthwhile women's projects, our funds and constitution do not permit this. As we receive more applications than we have money to fund, we are especially looking for imaginative, non-violent and politically expressive projects. We welcome applications from women for projects and activities that meet the following MAYPOLE FUND AIM/S:

• Peace initiatives, disarmament and action against the arms trade;
• Anti-militarism and action against male violence;
• Nuclear issues;
• Environmental issues;
• The promotion of women’s social and political autonomy throughout the world;
• International, national and/or regional networking between women for the above purposes.

We have chosen the following CRITERIA to help us decide between applications: We prioritise small women’s groups and individual women over larger and more established women’s groups or organisations.

• We give precedence to projects by individual women or women’s groups over women’s initiatives within mixed groups of women and men;;
• We prefer specific one-off projects and projects not yet started to projects already started or completed;;
• We particularly welcome applications from women who do not have access to other sources of money or whose projects find it difficult to attract funding elsewhere.;

PLEASE NOTE: We do not make contributions to general funding, and we do not give grants for individual women living in the global North to attend courses/conferences or to travel for personal interest. We can support women's refuges and survivor support groups only where they submit a specific project that clearly aims to counter male violence. We do not fund projects run by both women and men. We are unable to reply to any UK applications without a stamped addressed envelope.

Please complete the application form and, if you can, send it by email to maypolefund@yahoo.co.uk

When filling in the application form, please:

• Describe clearly the activity you would like the Maypole Fund to support;
• Show how your activity fits in with Maypole's AIMS and say how the CRITERIA listed above apply to your project;
• State clearly the total amount you need. Our maximum grant is £750;
• Give a breakdown of the costs;
• Do not exceed four A4 pages.;