Smallwood is delighted to welcome you to the fourth episode of Unmasking Gendered Poverty, hosted by Rutendo Ngwena. Each episode of this podcast will shed light on the complexities of gendered poverty and share insights gained from our 136 years of experience supporting women facing financial insecurity.In this episode, we are joined by Rebecca Gill, Chief Executive Officer of Rosa.Rebecca joins us to discuss funding the Women’s sector and voices on the frontline. Rebecca is a proud feminist and is extremely passionate about women’s and girls’ rights which she has championed in jobs in the charity sector as well as in the trade unions, in national and local government over the last twenty-five years. Outside of work Rebecca is a reluctant but persistent runner and she is currently training for her 10th Half Marathon. Rebecca is a born and bred Londoner and lives in northeast London with her partner Matt and their two sons, who are 12 and 14. You can listen to Episode 4 on Spotify, Acast, Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music or on our website.As funders in the women’s sector, Rosa and Smallwood worked together on the Women Thrive Fund. The fund was a £1.9m fund delivered as a partnership between Rosa and Smallwood Trust, with funding from the Government’s Tampon Tax Fund. The fund was set up to respond to reports from women’s and girls’ organisations that declining mental health, increased risk of emotional trauma and increased poverty levels are their biggest concerns for women and girls across the UK.The fund was launched in February 2021 and awarded grants to 70 women and girls’ organisations in August 2021.You can learn more about the impact of the Women’s Thrive Fund here: https://rosauk.org/publications/women-thrive-fund-impact-report/ You can also learn about Smallwood Trust’s Policy and Systems Change initiatives here: https://www.smallwoodtrust.org.uk/policy-initiative-the-fawcett-society/ If you’d like to share your responses to this episode, you can continue the conversation with Rutendo at [email protected]. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode, we are joined by Holly Chapman- Co-Founder and Director of Recruitment and Employer Branding at B-Radical.In addition to her official role, Holly also helps to run the organisation’s sister charity, Radical Recruit which supports people furthest from the labour market into meaningful and sustainable income so that they can build better futures for themselves and their families.As a single Mum to two boys and a young widow, having lost her husband to suicide in 2022, Holly uses her platform to speak about her own experiences and how organisations can build working environments that are more welcoming and accessible for those with parental and/or caring responsibilities, as well as the importance of compassionate and trauma-informed leadership.Smallwood Trust has worked with Radical Recruit as a recruitment partner and in this episode, we discuss disadvantages women face in the labour market with Holly sharing her expertise from supporting women in recruitment. Additional resources:Women, Employment and Earnings (Women’s Budget Group): final-employment-2020.pdf (wbg.org.uk)You can learn more about B-Radical on: www.b-radical.co.ukB-Radical Case study: https://www.b-radical.co.uk/tiaHappy listening! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode, we are joined by Kezia Jackson-Harman (Senior Project Manager - Renaisi) and Faye Pettitt (Coventry Women’s Partnership Manager). Our guests will be helping us explore how to tackle gendered poverty at local level through place-based change models.Renaisi has been Smallwood Trust’s learning partner in our place-based work for more than a year now, and Coventry Women’s Partnerships is the first place-based network which Smallwood funded six years ago. Kezia will be sharing insights gained as our learning partner in our place-based work, whilst Faye shares what their partnership has learnt in implementing this approach in their work.Here is a little bit about them:Kezia is Renaisi’s Senior Project Manager in Place and systemic change. Her work across Renaisi’s portfolio of place-based and systems change projects includes facilitating local partner networks, managing, and delivering place-based research projects, and supporting the adoption of place-based and systemic change approaches within Renaisi. This includes acting as a learning partner to support, advise and build the learning capacity of six place-based networks targeting systemic change in women's poverty and youth unemployment, in programmes funded by Smallwood Trust and Youth Futures Foundation respectively.Faye Pettitt has worked within third sector organisations for the majority of her career, initially within young people’s organisations as a JNC qualified Youth and Community Worker. Over the lastsix years Faye has managed Coventry Women’s Partnership. Faye has worked strategically within her role as partnership manager at FWT - a centre for women, and with project partners CRASAC, Coventry Haven Women’s Aid, Central England Law Centre Coventry and Kairos Women Working Together, to establish Coventry Women’s Partnership from the vision and implementation of the project pilot, into a successful working model for women across the city.You can find all released podcast episodes, and further reading materials on our ‘Learning Journey’ page, a dedicated platform for sharing what we have learnt in our efforts to tackle gendered poverty alongside our partners on the frontline.Happy listening! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode, we are joined by Mary-Ann Stephenson - Director of the Women's Budget Group.Mary-Ann has been active in the Women’s Budget Group for over twenty years and was appointed as its first Director in 2017. Prior to this role, she was a freelance consultant specialising in women’s equality and human rights and has been Director of the Fawcett Society and a Commissioner on the Women’s National Commission. She is a trustee of Coventry Rape and Sexual Abuse Centre and of Just Fair. She has a PhD in Law from the University of Warwick.Mary-Ann brings her wealth of experience to help us to explore what it takes to have a gender equal economy. You can learn more abut the Women's Budget Group here: Womens Budget Group (wbg.org.uk)Useful links from this episode: Women's Budget Group Commision on Creating A Caring Economy here: WBG-Report-v10.pdfWomen's Budget Group response to the Autumn Statement 2023: WBG full response to Autumn Statement 2023 - Womens Budget GroupHappy listening! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Brought to you by Smallwood Trust, a charity whose mission is to enable women to be more financially resilient, this podcast is an exploration through conversation on the complex issues of gendered poverty as well as an opportunity to share the valuable insights we are gaining on our journey.This podcast is presented by Rutendo Ngwena who is the Programme Manager of the Shifting Power & Gendered Poverty Learning Programme which is funded by the National Lottery Community Fund and managed by Smallwood Trust.We hope this podcast will be a source of education, inspiration and empowerment.To find out more about Smallwood Trust visit: https://www.smallwoodtrust.org.uk/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.