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Quarterly Micro-grants
To support the long-term sustainability of our mutual aid fund, we're shifting our focus towards offering financial support to "Vancouver Island"-based sex workers experiencing crisis or hardship.
Four times a year (March, June, Sept & December), we offer direct, low-barrier & confidential financial support to workers for as long as funds are available.
This is not an emergency fund. Applications are reviewed each quarter and disbursements go out the last week of the month of that disbursement period.
Eligibility & Verification
Disbursements are determined based on several factors, including:
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- Whether you’re a first time applicant
- Your level of need & social marginalization
- Funds available during the disbursement period
Not all applicants will receive funding. We prioritize applicants working in criminalized forms of sex work and those most targeted by policing, criminalization, violence and systemic harms. We also prioritize community facing multiple barriers, especially workers who are:
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- Indigenous & racialized
- Chronically-ill, disabled & medically high-risk
- Queer & trans workers
- Street-based, outdoor, and those most targeted by policing
- Previously incarcerated / denied work due to criminal record
- Experiencing housing instability or homelessness
- Youth and migrant workers
- Survival workers
To verify you're a sex worker, we accept:
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Ads or work websites
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Sex work social media accounts
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Screenshots of messages with clients
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A vouch from a community member we know and trust
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We may also need to confirm you're the intended recipient of these funds (not someone using someone else's ads/social media, or someone we've already helped recently). On a case-by-case basis, we may ask you to:
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Join a brief video chat, or
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A short video call to confirm that you are you
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Additional Information (Click to expand)
YOUR PRIVACY, CONFIDENTIALITY & DIGITAL SECURITY
Your digital security and privacy is our priority. We do our best to do preemptively limit any harms of breaches by following industry best practices:
- All requests for support will be reviewed by two collective members.
- All information shared is kept confidential by our collective. We may use demographic information collected for political or fundraising purposes, but any identifiable information will be removed.
- Our "Request Support Form" is encrypted and its data is securely stored on a private server in Canada, accessible only to our collective members. We do not store any additional identifying data such as your IP address. We do not use Google Analytics or any other tracking scripts on the site. Form submissions are immediately moved to an offsite server, and screening info is cleared after users have been approved. We use Google Firebase solely to verify that phone numbers are active and valid.
- Applicants will never be able to see other applicant's data. We only temporarily store phone numbers and email, but no other personally identifiable info.
- Collective members are required to use all available security features, including strong passwords and 2 Factor authentication.
If you have any questions or concerns regarding your information, please contact us by email.
Thank you to SWAID, DecrimSexWorkCA & Rouge Support Network for guidance on creating this application.