Women and Equalities written question – answered at on 29 January 2018.
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what plans her Department has to celebrate the centenary of women getting the right to vote in 1918.
The government has set aside £5m to celebrate this milestone in British democracy.
In the Autumn budget, the Chancellor announced that £1.2million of the centenary fund would go directly to seven Centenary Cities and towns in England with a strong suffrage history, to strengthen the reach and legacy of regional activity to inspire a new generation with this story.
A further £1.5million will be available to organisations and communities through a grants scheme. Online applications opened in January, and further information can be found at: www.womensvotecentenaryfund.co.uk
The Government Equalities Office has developed an exciting national programme to celebrate and remember the suffrage movement, which also includes funding the statue of Millicent Fawcett in Parliament Square, and a suite of education programmes in partnership with the Department for Education and the Cabinet Office.
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