While Funny Women continues to provide a unique platform for women to extend their comedic and creative boundaries, we also aim to raise awareness and funds for a variety of causes that directly affect women.
Funny Women likes to work with organisations that represent all aspects of women’s wellbeing – laughing about life to help and heal women - and empowering them to make a difference - helping women find their voice.
Through our events, Funny Women has raised heaps of awareness and over £100,000 for the following charities during the last eight years:
2003 Bristol Cancer Help Centre, now Penny Brohn Cancer Care
2004 YWCA, Jo’s Trust, V-Day
2005 YWCA , Jo’s Trust, V-Day
2006 YWCA, Jo’s Trust, V-Day, Ovarian cancer action
2007 V-Day, ActionAid, Ovarian cancer action
2008 V-Day, ActionAid, Ovarian cancer action
2009 ActionAid, V-Day:Tender
2010 V-Day:Tender, UK Feminista, OBJECT
OBJECT is the leading organisation challenging the sexual objectification of women – the normalising of the porn and sex industries in the media and popular culture.
In 2009, OBJECT received: the Emma Humphries Memorial Prize, for work on violence against women; a Government-backed Capacity Builders Award and were ‘highly commended’ in the leading Third Sector Charity Awards.
To find out more visit www.object.org.uk
Become a member of OBJECT now at www.object.org.uk/membership
As part of its ongoing commitment to help women find their voice, Funny Women has been raising awareness throughout this year's Funny Women Awarrds about UK Feminista, a brand new feminist campaigning organisation whose purpose is to end the continuing inequalities between women and men. UK Feminista supports everyone – women and men, young and old – to get active in campaigns against sexism, offering information, guidance and training on feminist activism.
As Funny Women tours the
To register with
