Women's health at work funding awards £2M for support initiatives

Aimed at reproductive wellbeing

John Brazier
clock • 1 min read

Sixteen organisations in the UK have been awarded a share of £1.97 million to support initiatives aimed at improving the health of women in the workplace.

The Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprise (VCSE) Health and Wellbeing Fund is a joint initiative run by the Department of Health and Social Care, NHS England and the UK Health Security Agency, launched in 2018. The funding has been announced following applications received by VCSE, with aims to help women to remain in or return to the workplace through and following pregnancy, pregnancy loss or menopause. The theme of the fund for 2022 to 2025 is women's reproductive wellbeing in the workplace, to support organisations in offering holistic support to assist women experiencing rep...

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