Kyra Women’s Project is celebrating the award of almost £9500 from Two Ridings Deciding Together fund for a member and stakeholder engagement programme, and another of £9900 from The National Lottery Awards for All programme for an Ambassador programme.
The new funding from The National Lottery Community Fund, which distributes money raised by National Lottery players for good causes and is the largest funder of community activity in the UK, will see an ambassador programme building on a recently-completed Kyra project called Supporting Women in Rural Areas (SWIRL) which saw six ambassadors appointed in six villages around York to spread the word about what Kyra can offer to support women.
Rosemary Cook, CEO of Kyra, says: “It is wonderful to have these two grants coming in together. Through the engagement programme funded by the Deciding Together fund, we’ll be going all out to discover what the unmet needs are amongst women in York, so we can develop our services to meet them. The ambassador programme will mean we can reach many more women to tell them about these services through workplaces, shops and other outlets, with a trained contact embedded in these places ready to signpost women to our services. Thank you to all the National Lottery players who make the Awards for All grants possible, and to Two Ridings for their generous support.”
If any business or employer in York would like to have a fully-trained Kyra ambassador amongst their workforce, they should contact Kyra for more information using contact@kyra.org.uk
