Grantee-Partners Map

In the 10 years since our launch in 2012, Red Umbrella Fund has given 279 grants to 180 organisations in 68 countries. Every year we share our list of grants including the names of the grantee-partner organisations that request to be published on our website. Organisations that wish to stay anonymous do not have their name or country publicly available. Please contact us if you would like to contact any of our former-grantees or discuss their work.

In 2022 Red Umbrella Fund’s PAC awarded €1,300,000 – our first time giving more than a million in a single year – bringing total grants to €7,886,500!

Organisation Name	Country	Region	Years
Advocacy Normalizing Sex Work through Education and Resources (ANSWERS) Advocacy Normalizing Sex Work through Education and Resources (ANSWERS) Country: Canada Geographic scope of work: Local Communication Language: English ANSWERS envisions a community of sex workers that is fully integrated, accepted, and safe so that they can enjoy equal opportunities within Canadian society. To achieve their mission, ANSWERS supports sex workers and their rights through outreach, education, and support services while working to end violence and stigma towards sex workers. Learn more Focus Groups: Women Men Trans Keywords: Decriminalisation Harm Reduction Violence Year: 2021 Region: North America/Caribbean	Canada	North America/Caribbean	2021
Butterfly Asian and Migrant Sex Workers Support Network Butterfly Asian and Migrant Sex Workers Support Network Country: Canada Geographic scope of work: Local, National, International Communication Language: English This sex worker-led organisation based in Toronto provides support to and advocates for the rights of Asian and other migrant sex workers in several cities in Canada. Butterfly builds leadership skills and capacities of migrant sex workers through a peer-to-peer programme. Its members visit migrant sex workers in detention centres, prisons and court. The group provides legal support and interpretation services, assists with arranging bail and supports deported workers. Butterfly advocates for changes in anti-trafficking policy and immigration laws to make them less harmful for migrant sex workers. Learn more Focus Groups: Men Trans Women Keywords: Harm Reduction Migration Political Advocacy Artivism Decriminalisation Human Rights Year: 2018 Region: North America/Caribbean	Canada	North America/Caribbean	2018
Butterfly Asian and Migrant Sex Workers Support Network Butterfly Asian and Migrant Sex Workers Support Network Country: Canada Geographic scope of work: Local, National, International Communication Language: English This sex worker-led organisation formed in 2014 as a support network for Asian and migrant sex workers in several cities of Canada. Through legal support, interpretation services and advocacy activities, the organisation fights for sex workers’ entitlement to respect, dignity, equality, basic human rights and justice, regardless of their gender, race and immigration status. Learn more Focus Groups: Men Trans Women Keywords: Decriminalisation Human Rights Harm Reduction Migration Political Advocacy Artivism Year: 2020 Region: North America/Caribbean	Canada	North America/Caribbean	2020
Projet LUNE Projet LUNE Country: Canada Geographic scope of work: Local Communication Language: French This organisation of sex workers operates in the city of Quebec. The group reaches mostly women sex workers who use drugs and those working on the streets with practical support and advice, including peer-led trainings about condom use, accessing health services, self-defence, and human rights. Through their journal ‘Les voix de la RuELLES’ (The Voice of the Streets) sex workers are able to speak out and share their experiences and demands. Learn more Focus Groups: Trans Women Keywords: Human Rights Harm Reduction People Who Use Drugs SRHR Year: 2013 Region: North America/Caribbean	Canada	North America/Caribbean	2013
Red Umbrella Sexual Health and Human Rights Association (Red Umbrella Turkey – Kimizi Semsiye) Red Umbrella Sexual Health and Human Rights Association (Red Umbrella Turkey – Kimizi Semsiye) Country: Turkey Geographic scope of work: Local, National Communication Language: English This organisation works locally and nationally to improve the human rights and wellbeing of sex workers in Turkey. Red Umbrella Sexual Health and Human Rights Association supports access to sexual health and prevention services for sex workers of all genders and increases visibility and awareness of human rights violations they experience. Red Umbrella monitors and documents violence against sex workers, collaborates with bar associations to train lawyers and provides legal services to sex workers. The group builds alliances with community groups, NGOs, service providers, the United Nations, academia and media to strengthen its lobby towards key decision makers to improve laws and practices that affect sex workers. Learn more Focus Groups: Men Trans Women Keywords: Political Advocacy Decriminalisation Human Rights Harm Reduction Migration Violence LGBTQAI+ Year: 2016 Region: Europe	Turkey	Europe	2016
Red Umbrella Sexual Health and Human Rights Association (Red Umbrella Turkey – Kimizi Semsiye) Red Umbrella Sexual Health and Human Rights Association (Red Umbrella Turkey – Kimizi Semsiye) Country: Turkey Geographic scope of work: Local, National Communication Language: English This group documents violence and other human rights violations against sex workers and provides legal assistance to sex workers of all genders. The group collects data that is used for its public awareness raising activities targeting civil society, media and academia and for lobbying with government officials to improve the legislation that affects sex workers in Turkey. Learn more Focus Groups: Men Trans Women Keywords: Violence Political Advocacy Human Rights Harm Reduction Migration Year: 2014 Region: Europe	Turkey	Europe	2014
Red Umbrella Sexual Health and Human Rights Association (Red Umbrella Turkey – Kimizi Semsiye) Red Umbrella Sexual Health and Human Rights Association (Red Umbrella Turkey – Kimizi Semsiye) Country: Turkey Geographic scope of work: Local, National Communication Language: English This group in Ankara documents violence and other human rights violations against sex workers and provides legal assistance to sex workers of all genders to seek justice. The data that is collected by the group is also used in public awareness raising activities targeting civil society, media and academia and in its lobbying with government officials to improve the legislation that affects sex workers in Turkey. The group also provides training for sex workers on human rights. Learn more Focus Groups: Men Trans Women Keywords: Human Rights Harm Reduction Violence Political Advocacy Year: 2013 Region: Europe	Turkey	Europe	2013
SafeSpace London SafeSpace London Country: Canada Geographic scope of work: Local Communication Language: English This community drop-in centre is run by and for women – including trans – and non-binary sex workers and allies. SafeSpace focuses on improving the living conditions of sex workers in their community. The group provides harm reduction supplies, hygiene products, educational resources and peer support. Through their ‘Not Your Rescue Project’ theatre production, SafeSpace educates students at colleges and universities about sex workers’ human rights. At national level, the group participates in the Canadian Alliance for Sex Work Law Reform. Learn more Focus Groups: Men Trans Women Keywords: Harm Reduction People Who Use Drugs LGBTQAI+ Year: 2019 Region: North America/Caribbean	Canada	North America/Caribbean	2019
SafeSpace London SafeSpace London Country: Canada Geographic scope of work: local Communication Language: English SafeSpace is a drop-in centre and community collective operated for, by and with sex workers (past and present), allies, and women and gender-nonconforming individuals in London, Canada. Through its work, SafeSpace supports sex workers by fostering relationships of trust, transparency, and empowerment, and mitigating the impacts of criminalisation, discrimination, violence and stigma in the lives of sex workers. The group provides harm reduction supplies, hygiene products, educational resources and peer support. Learn more Focus Groups: Men Trans Women Keywords: Harm Reduction People Who Use Drugs SRHR LGBTQAI+ Year: 2022 Region: North America/Caribbean	Canada	North America/Caribbean	2022
Sex Workers Advisory Network of Sudbury (SWANS) Sex Workers Advisory Network of Sudbury (SWANS) Country: Canada Geographic scope of work: Local Communication Language: English This group, located in northeastern Ontario, provides frontline services and community building to women sex workers (cis and trans), many of whom are Indigenous people, in an area removed from major city centres. Mainstream service providers in rural areas have limited awareness of sex workers’ realities and needs, and SWANS fills this gap. SWANS’ core activity is a drop-in centre in Sudbury, which offers capacity building opportunities to sex workers through a peer education model on legal, health, economic, and personal issues, while also offering direct psychosocial support and health services. Learn more Focus Groups: Trans Women Keywords: Harm Reduction SRHR LGBTQAI+ Year: 2017 Region: North America/Caribbean	Canada	North America/Caribbean	2017