Selected as one of the Top 3 Most Promising Nonprofits in the UK by KPMG.

On Thursday, I had the chance to pitch at the KPMG Black Entrepreneurs Awards for the opportunity to win £25,000 to support our charitable work.

Although we didn’t take home the cash prize, the recognition and the chance to share our story and mission was very humbling.

The big prize went to Julian Hall at Ultra Education, an incredibly kind and deserving winner doing amazing things for young people in entrepreneurship.

Congratulations again.

Huge thanks to the KPMG team — such a meaningful experience.

During my pitch, I shared a stat that has stuck with me for a while: Last year, only 2% of all charitable funding went to women and girls’ organisations.

One of the judges asked me why I thought that number was so low.

My answer touched on how women-led organisations are often overlooked, expected to do so much with so little, and how there’s still not enough awareness of the issues we’re tackling every day.

Ironically, in my category, two out of the three finalists were women, and we were also the two who didn’t win the cash prize.

So it leaves me thinking…why is that percentage still so stark?

And more importantly, what could funders, trusts, and companies do differently tochange that statistic?

Would really love to hear your thoughts.