Our Projects: Funders & Partners
AWEiSE is currently delivering a pilot programme (2025–2026) to test and refine its approach to empowering women in AI, data, technology, business and entrepreneurship through mentoring, skills development and peer support.
The pilot focuses on:
• supporting women to build confidence, practical skills and professional networks;
• delivering and testing mentoring, peer support and skills-based activities that respond to participants’ needs;
• identifying delivery formats that are accessible, inclusive and effective for underrepresented and marginalised women;
• embedding good governance, safeguarding and evaluation practices to ensure participants are supported safely and effectively.
Learning from the pilot will inform future programme design and enable AWEiSE to develop sustainable, evidence-informed provision that continues to improve women’s employability, progression and leadership opportunities.
Learning from the pilot will inform future programme design, safeguarding processes, delivery formats and evaluation frameworks for future funded activity.The pilot phase is designed to inform AWEiSE’s full programme launch in January 2026, ensuring that delivery models, safeguarding processes and evaluation frameworks are robust, inclusive and responsive to participant needs.
This pilot enables AWEiSE to learn what works best for women navigating under-representation and structural barriers in technology-led and leadership-oriented sectors, before scaling activity through partnerships and grant funding
Evaluation and Learning Approach
Monitoring, evaluation, and learning are embedded within AWEiSE’s pilot phase to ensure accountability, continuous improvement, and evidence-informed impact. Our approach is guided by Acumenous and Inquisitional Theory (Slyman, 2022; 2025), which emphasises critical inquiry, reflective judgement, and adaptive decision-making in complex innovation contexts.
Evaluation uses a proportionate, mixed-methods framework, including:
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Participation and engagement data
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Pre- and post-programme self-assessment surveys
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Qualitative feedback from participants and mentors
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Reflective learning reviews to identify strengths, challenges, and areas for refinement
Findings from the pilot will strengthen programme quality, support funding applications, and guide sustainable growth from 2026 onwards.
We collaborate with funders, employers, academic institutions and community organisations to:
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Support women’s progression and leadership readiness in technology-led and innovation-driven fields;
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Deliver mentoring, skills development and peer-support programmes that are accessible and inclusive;
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Embed monitoring and evaluation from the outset to ensure accountability and learning;
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Develop scalable models that contribute to long-term, systemic change rather than short-term interventions.
Funding and Accountability
AWEiSE is committed to transparency and proportional governance. All funded activity is:
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Aligned with our charitable purpose as a Community Interest Company;
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Delivered in the UK and not for private or personal benefit;
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Supported by clear objectives, defined timelines and appropriate evaluation.
Insights from our pilot programme will inform future delivery, partnerships and funding applications, ensuring that growth is responsible and impact-led.
Partner With Us
We welcome collaboration with organisations and funders seeking to support women’s empowerment in AI, data, technology and entrepreneurship. Partnerships may include programme funding, in-kind support, mentoring, knowledge exchange or research-informed collaboration. Detailed objectives, targets and impact data are shared directly with funders and partners as part of funding applications and reporting.
For partnership or funding enquiries, please contact: helloaweise@gmail.com
