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What is an EMILY Grant?
You can apply for an EMILY Grant for financial assistance with the
following expenses involved in seeking section:
• travel expenses
• dependent care
• printing
• photography
• telephone
• postage
Grants will be awarded to individual women for expenses incurred in
a single selection attempt. Any woman who wishes to apply for a grant
for more than one selection attempt should make a separate application
for each. However, EMILY'S LIST UK wishes as many women as possible
to benefit from these grants, so grant funding for more than one selection
is less likely.
Who can apply?
Any woman member of the Labour Party who is seeking selection as a
candidate for the Scottish Parliament, the Welsh Assembly, the European
Parliament and Westminster may apply for an EMILY Grant. Applications
must fulfil Labour Party criteria; support the programme and values
of the Party and be pro-choice.
How to apply
Applications should be made on the appropriate form which can be found here in Microsoft Word format. If you have difficulty with this download, the form can also be obtained
by contacting:
The Acting Administrator, Emily's List UK, 11 Well House Road, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS8 4BS
Alternatively you can email EMILY'S LIST at: contact@emilyslist.org.uk
The form is straightforward and asks for your name, address and daytime
and evening telephone numbers, a brief history of your Labour movement
history, ie. length of Party membership, Trade Union membership if any,
your current CLP and the details of the selection for which you are
seeking a grant. The form outlines the upper limits which may be awarded
in each category.
When to apply
Any woman member of the Labour Party involved in a selection procedure
can apply for an EMILY Grant. Applications should be made just prior
to the start of a selection attempt or within three months of the final
section meeting.
Applicants for an EMILY Grant need not be successful in their selection
attempt, but must have made an application for the selection for which
they are seeking a grant, ie. at the very minimum submitted a CV.
Who will decide and when will the Grant
be paid?
EMILY'S LIST UK will inform applicants of the outcome of their application
in writing within three weeks of receipt.
A subcommittee, (comprising Hilary De Lyon, Barbara Follett and Jean
Black), will make the final decision about applications, following consultation
with a Panel of Regional Advisors. No correspondence will be entered
into regarding individual applications other than to acknowledge receipt
and inform applicants of the outcome.
The details contained within each application will remain confidential.
However, EMILY'S LIST UK reserves the right to publish the names of
recipients of EMILY Grants. The total paid out to all women receiving
an EMILY Grant will also be published.
If you would like to donate...
EMILY'S LIST UK supporters are asked to pledge a minimum of £250
over five years either as one donation of £250, as two donations
of £125 or five annual donations of £50.
If paying in instalments, supporters are strongly urged to pay by standing
order where possible. If they wish to spread their donation, they can
make twenty-five payments of £10, or ten payments of £25.
Donors will receive regular news of EMILY'S LIST UK sponsored women,
as well as priority booking at events.
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