Bath Women’s Fund is a giving circle. Their members pool their monthly donations and, once a year, give their gathered funds to local groups as a grant.
Like other giving circles, part of their role is to encourage women to get involved with philanthropy. Members are involved in the grant making process: they select the theme, review applications, learn about the organisations applying, provide mentoring support to applicants, and vote on who receives the main grant.
The theme is generally announced in December and the deadline for applications is in February annually.
For details of all the groups they have supported so far, please look at their charities page