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The WI gets no government funding. That would be strange.
Why would it be strange?
Its extremely common for advocacy/care groups to get governmental funding
It’s neither of those things.
"To be able to continue operating as the Women’s Institute - a legally recognised women’s organisation and charity - we must act in accordance with the Supreme Court’s judgment and restrict formal membership to biological women only. However, this change is only in respect to our membership policy and does not change our firm belief that transgender women are women."
I didn't read their actual announcement before but it literally says exactly that.
It’s a federation of social clubs for women. Their meetings have guest lecturers, they bake pies, and so on. You might as well expect the government to fund the Scouts.
They do in certain instances lmao https://www.girlscouts.org/en/support-us/donate/our-partners/DOL.html
Grants and tax incentives for organizations and such are contingent on various factors, the implication here is obviously that there is some negative ramification (likely financially) for not adhereing to what a "woman" is according to the law in relation to their status as a "legally recognized womens organization and charity".
You're using a UK domain so here's one from the UK lol https://www.scouts.org.uk/volunteers/running-things-locally/grants-and-funds-for-your-local-group/grants-from-uk-scouts/uniformed-youth-fund/