Get It Made offers grants for female-led engineering enterprises

Championing International Women in Engineering Day (23rd June 2022), London-based
manufacturing specialist, Get It Made, announce a new grant to encourage the growth of female
employment within UK engineering, design and manufacturing industries.

The initiative is tailored exclusively to female-led, engineering, design and manufacturing
enterprises, with the grant recipient set to receive up to £10,000. In addition to financial
support, Get It Made will also be offering its expertise to help guide young female-led
businesses through the challenges facing any young company in a post-covid environment.

“We are delighted to be able to offer our support to the continued efforts of increasing female
representation within UK engineering. We have seen encouraging signs that female
employment within manufacturing has grown over the last ten years, with a 7.61% growth in the
total female workforce recorded between 2011-2021. However, we believe that there is still
much work to be done for women within manufacturing to acquire the opportunities they
deserve. We are hopeful that this grant will enable us to remove barriers standing in the way of
female-founded enterprises within UK manufacturing, now and in the future”.

“As one of the UK’s fastest-growing manufacturing enterprises, and having worked with many
high-profile clients, we are well aware of the gender imbalance within UK engineering. We hope
that this grant will help combat this imbalance”. – Luke Smoothy (Founder of Get It Made Ltd)

The grant is available to female-founded or female-led engineering enterprises with fewer than
ten employees.

“From my personal experience, the more women you see within the industry, the more I hope it
encourages and inspires other women to take the lead and not be intimidated. Entering a
male-dominated industry has not taken away from my own femininity, but has actually made me
braver and stronger.” – Aiza Sadirbayeva (Project Manager at Get It Made Ltd)

Applications for this grant close at midnight on July 31st 2022, and can be
submitted through the link below.