News News from our Community WRC Community News: June 2026 EasyFundraising Over £2.2 million has just been given to community and voluntary led organisations using easyfundraising. All courtesy of retailers giving donations when people shop online. You can be part of the next funding pay out in August by setting up a free easyfundraising page for your organisation. Simply register your organisation as a good cause with easyfundraising and ask your network (volunteers staff, trustees, family etc) to choose you as the cause they want to support. Then, each time they shop online with over 8,000 well known retailers like Tesco, trainline, M&S, Sainsbury’s, Booking.com, eBay and many more, they’ll raise a cashback donation for your organisation, courtesy of the retailer they shopped with, at no extra cost to anyone! Every three months, the money raised is paid to your organisation and you can spend it on whatever you like as this classes as unrestricted funding. Maternity Action: Survey Maternity Action is asking women who have taken maternity, adoption, shared parental, or any other type of leave from work following the birth or adoption of their child, between December 2024 and the present day to complete their ongoing survey campaign to find out more about how the soaring cost of living is affecting women on maternity leave and their families. It will help provide crucial evidence needed to continue campaigning for better maternity pay and benefits. Your answers are anonymous and will be used for research and campaigning purposes. Dividing Lines: Anti-Migrant Words 'DIVIDING LINES: How Anti-Migrant Agitators Use Words To Pull Us Apart' draws on narrative analysis and social media data to investigate the language driving racist ideas into the UK mainstream conversation. The report decodes the rhetorical strategies of the most high‑profile anti‑migrant figures in the UK (including Nigel Farage, Laurence Fox, Katie Hopkins, Tommy Robinson and Dan Wootton) revealing how their words intentionally frame migrants, Muslims and Black and brown Britons as outsiders and threats. Petition: Women's Toilet Facilities Sign the petition for building regulations to require more women’s toilet facilities in public buildings. Current building regulations do not reflect real usage patterns; women often face longer queues due to factors such as menstruation and pregnancy, young children commonly accompany their mothers to the toilet, increasing demand. Insufficient provision causes delays and inconvenience for women and those waiting for them, affecting comfort, dignity and practical use of public spaces. Updating the regulations would ensure women have fair and adequate access to toilet facilities in public buildings. Saltways: FREE Workshops These workshops are open to anyone involved with a non profit who is interested in creating more effective video content, including fundraisers, communications managers, front-line staff and beneficiaries! Charity Film Festival The Saltways Charity Film Festival, is taking place on Thursday 24 September at Rich Mix, London. A first-of-its-kind day bringing together 130 charity and non-profit professionals for film screenings, workshops, panel discussions, live music and a live-streamed awards ceremony. HERSANA CIC: Survey HERSANA CIC is the national by-and-for service supporting and advocating for Black Femmes facing all forms of gender-based violence through legal advocacy, therapy, outreach and training. They are running a national study, 'Power in Print', by-and-for Black British, Black African, Black Caribbean and Black Mixed Heritage women, non-binary people and those of marginalised genders who feel safe in feminine-led spaces. In a single first-of-its-kind intersectional study they are looking into how Black Femmes experience gender-based violence in the UK alongside racism. It's A Smear Campaign: Survey We all deserve gynaecological care that is trauma informed and culturally sensitive. ‘It’s A Smear Campaign’ aims to bridge the gap between how healthcare professionals deliver cervical screening, and the real needs and access barriers women experience. Through shared understanding, empathy, and collaboration, we’ll empower women to feel informed, supported, and respected, while encouraging healthcare professionals to reflect on and enhance the way care is provided to all women. The goal is to ensure everyone receives consistent, culturally sensitive and trauma-informed gynaecological care. Calling on the Nottingham City Primary Care Networks to lead the way in setting an improved standard in women’s gynaecological care, one that truly centres women’s voices and lived experiences. Social Investment Gateway Programme Thinking about taking on social investment, but not sure your organisation is ready? The School for Social Entrepreneurs has launched a free 12-month programme for charities and social enterprises in England exploring social investment. Participants receive tailored support on trading, finance, leadership, and investment readiness, plus potential grants of up to £24,000. Deadline: Friday 17 July 2026 The Central Digital Platform: Find a Tender The Central Digital Platform, also known as Find a Tender, is an online portal which makes it easier for suppliers to find and bid for public contracts. It has been designed to feature a simple registration and identification for both suppliers and buyers, store suppliers’ core business details that can be used for multiple bids, enable easy management and updating of core information quickly, and shared easily between suppliers, eSenders and buyers, make public procurement opportunities visible making it easier to search at no cost and set up alerts for tenders of interest for suppliers, allow for procurement noticing throughout the procurement lifecycle and capture procurement data and eventually allow creation of dashboards to analyse that data. Muslim Women's Network UK: Spiritual Abuse Survey Muslim Women’s Network UK in partnership with FORWARD, is conducting research to explore the issue of spiritual abuse experienced by Muslim women within family settings and in their interactions with religious or faith leaders. By focusing on adult women, the research addresses a critical gap in the literature, highlights the gendered dimensions of spiritual abuse, and aims to inform safeguarding practices and the empowerment of Muslim women. Gathering lived experiences will help develop informed recommendations, improve understanding and ensure that signs of spiritual abuse are recognised when victims seek support. Participants completing the survey will have the chance to win one of three £50 Love2shop vouchers, awarded at random. Those willing to provide an in-depth interview about their experiences will also receive a £50 voucher for their time. Cambridge Women's Centre: Appeal Women in crisis could be left with nowhere to turn as Cambridge Women’s Resources Centre (CWRC) issues an urgent £15,000 appeal to save its counselling service. CWRC, the grassroots charity which has provided support, education, advocacy and opportunities for almost 45 years, is reaching out to the community to help sustain its women’s counselling service. As the only dedicated women’s centre in the region, CWRC is facing a critical lack of essential funding at a time when more women than ever are seeking help. Professional referrals have also surged for CWRC to provide support for women living with the impact of trauma, poor housing, domestic abuse, isolation and poverty. CWRC provides free at point of access counselling for women who often have no other support available. The impact of counselling can be a life-changing process, helping women navigate complex and challenging times with greater resilience, stability and hope. The loss of this vital counselling service will have a lasting impact on women, their families and the wider community. Your donations can help CWRC continue providing an essential lifeline for women in Cambridge. 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