Funny Women: About Us

While Funny Women has created a unique platform for women to extend their comedic and creative boundaries, we have also raised money for a variety of causes that directly affect women.

Funny Women likes to work with organisations that represent all aspects of women’s wellbeing – laughing about life to help and heal women.

Through comedy, Funny Women has raised heaps of awareness and over £70,000 for the following charities during the last five years:

2003 Bristol Cancer Help Centre, now Penny Brohn Cancer Care
2004 YWCA, Jo’s Trust, V-Day
2005 YWCA , Jo’s Trust, V-Day
2006 YWCA, Jo’s Trust, V-Day, Ovarian cancer action
2007 V-Day, ActionAid, Ovarian cancer action

We stage two major events per year where the box office proceeds are donated to charity.

Funny Women Stand Up takes place on 8th March, International Women’s Day and grew out of a collaboration between founder, Lynne Parker, and former government advisor and stand-up comic, Ayesha Hazarika. The show is Funny Women’s key charity awareness and fund raising event and continues to bring attention to issues around violence against women.

Proceeds are donated to ActionAid, which works to protect, empower and inspire women to achieve their full potential, and V-Day: Until the Violence Stops, which campaigns to end violence against women.

See www.vdayuk.org and www.actionaid.org.uk for more details on the work of both charities.

The Final of the Funny Women Awards is our other key charity event. Proceeds from the final, plus collections and donations from raffles courtesy of our sponsor, NIVEA, at all the showcases and semi-finals around the UK raise money for Ovarian cancer action, in memory of the late Linda Smith who died of the disease in 2006.

See Ovarian cancer action for more information. The charity funds research into ovarian cancer, raises awareness of the disease and gives a voice to women affected by it.

Donate to Ovarian cancer action

You can support our efforts right now by donating just £3 by texting the word ‘FUN’ to 84858. You will also be entered into a prize draw for a luxurious spa weekend at the Inter-Continental Hotel in London.

Messages charged at standard rate. You will receive two confirmation messages, charged at £1.50 each. Ovarian cancer action will receive your donation net of charges applied by mobile network operators and a processing fee. If you have any questions regarding this service, please call 020 7549 2222.