Guide to grants for women in need...

All the women that we help:

We help these women in a number of ways:

The Society no longer makes one-off essential needs grants.

The Society assists women domiciled and habitually resident in the United Kingdom who are living alone in their own home (either owned or rented) and in genuine financial need, irrespective of social status. We generally assist women who are not eligible for help from any other trade, professional or Service benevolent fund. Unfortunately at the present time we cannot consider applications from women who are students or are working for 16 hours or more per week. Some purposes for which we are unable to offer assistance are listed on another page, together with suggestions where help may be found.

All beneficiaries are receiving means-tested benefits of some kind. At present we consider women for regular assistance where they have savings of less than £8,000. These criteria are subject to periodic review by the Trustees.

For an informal discussion please telephone us on 0300 3651886 - the helpline is open Monday - Friday 9.00 a.m. - 1.00 p.m. and 2.00 p.m. - 4.30 p.m. - or complete the enquiry form and we will call you. PLEASE NOTE THAT AT THE PRESENT TIME IT IS NOT POSSIBLE TO DOWNLOAD AN APPLICATION FORM OR APPLY ON LINE.

Unlike some charities we do not have either paid or volunteer fieldworkers who can visit applicants. We therefore rely on the completion of the application form, and the provision of supporting documents. If these are complete we can usually give a firm decision within a few days. However, we cannot give a decision until we receive all of the documents that we have requested, and we do ask applicants and their professional advisers to help us give a quick response by ensuring that the paperwork is complete before it is submitted.