Core package
Supporting teams to develop campaigning skillsets

Recent work with Rosa UK
Rosa UK is a grant-making charity that funds women’s and girls’ organisations working to make the UK a fairer, safer place.
SMK worked in partnership with the Grants team to develop a five-month training package for 40 Voices from the Frontline Fund grantee organisations. Each year, Rosa provides one-year grants to women’s and girls’ organisations to support campaigning and influencing work.
Anna Jarvis, Head of Grants from Rosa UK said:
“Women’s and girls’ organisations are at the forefront of campaigning for the progressive changes in culture, law, policy and practice that improve women’s and girls’ lives. They often do this work with little or no resource. Through working with SMK’s trainers and speakers, we have seen our grantees develop confidence in their campaigning work, feel inspired to try new approaches, and reach new audiences. As one attendee said, “I feel a refreshed sense of drive and energy for my day-to-day work.’’”
We designed a five-part programme to meet grantee needs consisting of two events and three workshops. Each event included SMK’s big picture framing; taster sessions on campaigning skill areas or topics of the day; diverse and motivational speakers and opportunities for participants to meet in breakout groups. One participant said of the launch event:
“The way the content was laid out was really accessible with some useful tools. The speaker was a stand-out for me because of her passion. I liked the fact that grantees were encouraged to form their own peer support group. The whole event was excellent and very supportive.”
The separate workshops provided an opportunity to dive deeper into key skill areas. All sessions and content were designed in fully accessible formats following best practice guidelines.
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