What we do

Funding Fairer Futures is an initiative dedicated to strengthening the climate movement and building capacities for an inclusive, just transformation, by ensuring that the needs and perspectives of diverse stakeholders, including often marginalised communities, are heard and reflected in climate action.

In 2025 we officially launched the first call for proposals across five different funds dedicated to supporting civil society organisations (CSOs) and groups in delivering impactful awareness-raising, campaigning, advocacy, and community engagement projects that create more just and sustainable futures for all. Of the five funds available, at WECF, we are coordinating the Feminist Climate Action Fund (see below). 

Across the five funds, subgrantees benefit from:  

  • Training in project management, advocacy, fundraising, and visibility. 
  • Opportunities for networking and cooperation with global partners. 
  • Support for campaign participation, fundraising, and communication strategies. 

Feminist Climate Action Fund

Second call for proposals has closed! 

Call for Seedlings

The second call for proposals, dedicated to support informal inclusive young feminist groups is now open! Through this call, we aim to strengthen awareness of the diverse forms that climate action can take. By highlighting community-driven solution, we foster a more inclusive and representative climate movement.  

As part of the Feminist Climate Action Fund, seedlings can apply for grants of €5,000 to carry out actions that will contribute to strengthening the climate movement. To find out what kind of activities we are looking to support and whether you are eligible to apply, check out the Call for Proposals – Seedlings 

Key focus 

  • Small grants of €5,000 for an action 
  • 50 grants in total, 5 per country 
  • Open to groups of at least three people 
  • No requirement to be a registered organisation 
  • The project period is from April 2026 – February 2027, the action must take place during this period.  
  • Eligible activities include  awareness-raising, public engagement, mobilisation, advocacy, capacity building and training. 

Opening / Launch date: 24 November 2025 

Closing of applications: 26 January 2026 

Selection will take place in February and March 

The Application Process

The applicants of the 2025  Feminist Climate Action Fund had to be from the following countries:

Austria  Bulgaria  Croatia  France   Germany  
Netherlands   Poland  Romania  Spain  Sweden 

How to Apply? 

Interested? If you would like to know more about the Feminist Climate Action Fund for informal groups you can find all the information you need in the Call for Proposals – Seedlings. 

You have until 23:59 CET on the 26th of January 2026 to submit.  

Submit your application via Microsoft Form by clicking the link or the button. 

Information about the Call for Proposals

Any questions? 

Do not hesitate to contact us at fundingfairerfutures@wecf.org and we will be happy to answer any questions you may have.  

Here you can watch the webinar and Q&A session we hosted on December 12th.

You can find the Presentation used during the information session by clicking on the button.

Presentation of the Information session

For further questions you can also consult our Frequently Asked Questions below.

Frequently Asked Questions

This call is one of five currently open within the Funding Fairer Futures initiative. We recommend you read carefully the description of the five funds, to make sure you apply for the funding opportunity that best fits your organisation’s needs and profile: 

More information

The Five Funds

Five calls for proposals were launched by the different partners (CAN International, CAN Europe, CBM, ECOLISE, GCE) of the project. In order to find information about the rest of the funds, you can visit their page: 

First call for proposals – Closed 

Led by our team at Women Engage for a Common Future (WECF), the Feminist Climate Action Fund supports transformative initiatives that challenge traditional approaches to climate action and drive systemic change. The fund centres diverse perspectives, particularly those of women, girls, and gender-diverse individuals from historically excluded communities. 

With our first call for proposals, we selected 10 organisations that represent a vibrant network of feminist civil society from 9 EU countries, working together to advance climate justice actions across local, national, and EU levels. To find out more info about eligibility criteria and how the selection process took place, download the pdf here. 

We look forward to seeing these projects take shape, all contributing to building more inclusive, accessible and representative spaces in the climate movement.

We welcomed the following organisations as part of this fund:  

  • WO=MEN from the Netherlands  

 

 

How do we support? 

We provide capacity-building and financial support to civil society organisations to deliver impactful projects for climate justice, with activities such as awareness-raising, campaigning, mobilisation, transformative advocacy, policy dialogues, networking, community engagement, people’s hearings, capacity building and organisational development. Together, supported projects, CSOs/groups will raise awareness and interest of people for climate justice and support them to take action for climate justice, while promoting gender-transformative actions and policies.

 

Any questions?

Do not hesitate to contact us at fundingfairerfutures@wecf.org, we will be happy to answer any questions you may have.  

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