The Women’s Resource Centre (WRC) is delighted to announce the appointment of Maximilian Magnacca Sancho as the first Chair of the Women’s Forever Fund’s Investment Committee. Max works as a Senior Analyst at the Grosvenor Family Office. He brings with him valuable professional experience and investment expertise, as well as a heartfelt commitment to the aims of the Forever Fund. His appointment will support the Fund’s commitment to responsible, long-term investment and buil

The women’s sector doesn’t need more duplication. It needs more resources, better collaboration and longer-term, core funding. That’s why the Women’s Forever Fund (FF) is exploring how it can work with established women’s funds and trusted funding partners, rather than building every part of its grant-making infrastructure from scratch. Organisations such as Rosa, Smallwood Trust, Women's Fund for Scotland and UK Community Foundations have developed valuable expertise, relat

Bridget Phillipson is the Minister for Women and Equalities who has launched the misogyny taskforce Last week, the Government launched a new National Taskforce for Tackling Misogyny. Bringing together ministers, women's organisations, charities, academics and local leaders, its remit is ambitious: to look at how misogynistic attitudes develop, how they spread through online spaces, workplaces and communities, and what can be done to prevent them. It's a welcome recognition th

The biggest challenges we're facing right now - whether it's social care, regional inequality, violence against women and girls, the housing crisis or women's economic inequality - weren't created overnight. These are problems that have developed over decades, spun by a system that pursues endless growth and profit over people. They won't be solved by a single funding round, a three-year project or the next Spending Review. Increasingly, and as the climate crisis starts to pr

The UK Government has just relaunched its women’s health strategy with a pretty striking admission: the system has failed women. From delayed diagnoses to inadequate pain relief, there’s now open acknowledgement of what many have been saying for years. Namely, that there is such a thing as 'medical misogyny', and it has real consequences: a systemic pattern of underinvestment, dismissal and neglect. One of the more interesting shifts in the new strategy is the suggestion t

Over £1bn in forgotten money has been unlocked for social causes. But how are decisions made about who gets it? And why aren’t women and girls one of the priorities? Over £1 billion of forgotten money has already been released for social causes in the UK through the Dormant Assets Scheme. But who gets to decide where it goes? “Dormant assets” sounds technical, but the idea is actually pretty simple. It’s money sitting in bank accounts, investments, pensions or insurance polic

Let’s start with the basics. An endowment is a pot of money that’s invested to generate income over the long term. Instead of spending the whole fund at once, the money is carefully invested so it can keep producing funding year after year. Think of it like planting a tree rather than buying fruit. You don’t just get one harvest — you get many. Most endowments are invested in financial markets. This usually includes a mix of: Shares in companies (the stock market) Government

Last Wednesday 28th January 2026 marked the official launch of the Forever Fund Campaign – and what a way to begin! The room was full of energy, urgency and optimism as supporters, partners and allies came together around a shared ambition: to build long-term, sustainable funding for women and girls, by women, for women. Vivienne Hayes at the podium, getting ready for her speech at The Women's Forever Fund launch We heard powerful contributions from Vivienne Hayes, CEO of Wom

There's a funny kind of charity folklore that floats around fundraising circles: "Give us £50k and we'll transform lives." Say it with a raised eyebrow, and most funders will quietly agree. Say it out loud? Somehow it gets weirdly uncomfortable. Here's the truth: £50k isn't transformational. It's not life-changing. It's survival funding - sometimes barely that. But we keep acting like it's enough because it feels better than facing the real problem: our funding system is brok