Funding - Woman's Place UK

Woman’s Place UK (WPUK) was founded on 22nd September 2017 in response to the Conservative government’s proposal to reform the Gender Recognition Act (2004).

After seven years we are ending our campaign, knowing that we have largely achieved our original demands.

See here for our full statement.

We are therefore no longer actively seeking donations.

If you are a donor, you may wish to consider redirecting your donation to another campaign. If you donate via Standing Order or Direct Debit you will need to cancel this via your bank.

We will undertake a review of our funds early in 2025 to estimate our continued running costs. We hope that you will consider continuing to support us with the ongoing costs but this is separate from the campaign, so we will contact you with details early in 2025.

Your data is safe with us and will be deleted from our records at your request.

Donations to Woman’s Place UK

Thank you for all your donations.

Over the years, hundreds of individuals have funded our campaign with the average donation being £24. We are immensely grateful for this money and for your support.

We are also grateful to those of you have made cash donations at our meetings.

How did we spend your money?

A statement of accounts for 2023 is available from Companies House.

Read our previous financial statement here.

The money we have received has been used for campaigning and organising purposes, including:

Design, printing, publicity and distribution of flyers and factsheets
Travel Expenses for speakers
Hire of rooms or venues for public meetings
Hire of security (where necessary) for public meetings
Hire of audio-visual equipment for recording of events
Hire of rooms for planning meetings
Online packages for webinars
Fulfilling our commitment to making events accessible
Travel expenses for WPUK team members to meet
Purchase of promotional items (e.g. badges) to be sold at cost or as a fundraiser
Banners and other promotional items
Creation and maintenance of website
Legal action in line with our aims
Other campaigning opportunities that arise

Now the campaign has come to an end, the archive of our work will remain as a resource for the women’s liberation movement and beyond. We are considering the best way to archive the history of the campaign and will post any updates on the website.

We will undertake a review of our funds early in 2025 to estimate the continued running costs of this archive.

Other organisations to support

We are often asked which organisations we would recommend for fundraising. These are three organisations that we have worked with and have supported ourselves: