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The Avon Fund for Women & Girls

July 2022

Daventry Contact - £3000

The grant will be used to provide furniture free of charge to women who have fled domestic violence with nothing and to other people living in poverty, so that they can furnish their home and live more easily.

The KidsAid Foundation - £6000

The grant will be used to provide therapy sessions for mothers who are in most need of psychological and emotional support to help them overcome trauma caused by domestic violence.

June 2021

Emmanuel Group of Churches - £3000

The grant will be used on focused support for families experiencing domestic abuse

RUSH 2The DEN Youth Club - £3000

The grant will be used for Women and girls wellbeing sessions

February 2020

RUSH 2The Den Youth Club - £2600

The grant will be used for Pamper Chill & Chat and GirlZone groups

The Good Loaf CIC - £2929.50

The grant will be used to to continue running domestic abuse group in both Kettering and Northampton

September 2019

Carbon Theatre - £3,000 

The grant will be used to run 'Mother's Who Make' sessions and set up a hub.

July 2019

Vendetta Vixens Roller Derby Northampton - £2,750

The grant will be used to support the costs of their roller derby club.

Inspiration FM - £2,917

The grant will be used to support their 'Women and Girls of Colour with Voices' project. 

October 2018

Home-Start: Wellingborough and District - £3,000

The grant will support a weekly, term-time support group for families.

July 2018

Golden Years - £2720

The grant will be used to set up a Drop In Coffee Shop session whereby single Mum's who have found themselves in unfortunate circumstances can come along to an organised but relaxed session with or without their children to begin to form friendships with members of the Golden Years Group

April 2018

Relate Northamptonshire - £3000

The grant will be used to provide intensive 1-2-1 therapeutic counselling sessions to women and their families who have previously been victims of or witnessed domestic and emotional violence.

January 2018

Women Have a Go Group - £1,882
The grant will enable the group to set up a weekly group for women over 16 who have an interest in craftwork.

September 2017

Breast Friends Northampton - £2280

The grant will be used for Breast Friends Northampton Wellbeing Activities

June 2017

Free 2 Talk CIC - £2,931
The grant will be used to deliver three child sexual exploitation preventative programmes to young people aged 12 – 18 years old. 

January 2017

Kettering Rugby Football Club - £2,990
The grant will be used to develop a Kettering Ladies Rugby Team.

November 2016

EVE - £3000

The grant will be used  to run two Occupational Therapy led courses

September 2016

Good Loaf CIC - £3,000
The grant will be used to create a roof top garden at The Good Loaf premises.