Intimate Access
micro-grants for the sex worker community of "vancouver island" based on need and social marginalization ♥
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Financial Contributions
Top financial contributors
Individuals
Juliette
$4,000 CAD since Nov 2024
2
Juliet’s Angels 🤍
$1,120 CAD since Jan 2025
3
Made in honour of Sam Hensyn
$1,000 CAD since Dec 2025
4
Renee
$960 CAD since Mar 2024
bear
$950 CAD since Mar 2024
J
$900 CAD since May 2024
Andrea
$880 CAD since Mar 2024
8
Sylvester Stalletto
$486 CAD since Mar 2025
Jennie Pearson
$480 CAD since Mar 2024
10
Anna
$480 CAD since Apr 2024
11
casia
$460 CAD since Mar 2024
12
Guest
$425 CAD since May 2024
13
Hannah Harrison
$400 CAD since Dec 2025
Kit Rothschild
$380 CAD since Apr 2024
Flora
$370 CAD since Apr 2024
Organizations
1
Tote/Candle Fundraiser
$1,594 CAD since Mar 2024
Intimate Access is all of us
Our contributors 72
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Budget
Transparent and open finances.
Expenses
All time
Expenses paid
21
Amount disbursed
$20,221.36
| Tags | # of Expenses | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| no tag | 21 | $16,305.10 |
Contributions
All time
Contributions received
86
Amount collected
$31,918.98
| Tiers | # of Contributions | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| recurring | 23 | $11,035.00 |
| one-time | 63 | $8,692.42 |
About
Our Work & Values:
We are a mutual aid network for and by sex workers on "Vancouver Island" doing peer-led advocacy, education & direct aid. We offer micro-grants to island-based sex workers quarterly (March, June, September & December) based on need & social marginalization, for as long as funds exist.
While bad laws and government inaction continue to threaten the survival of our most vulnerable community, we believe that mutual aid and other acts of practicing interdependence help make new futures possible.
Our work is guided by the lineage of Disability Justice. The title for the project was inspired by the works of advocate Mia Mingus’s writing on "Access Intimacy", which she describes as “that elusive, hard to describe feeling when someone else ‘gets’ your access needs” (2011). Intimate Access points us towards the kind of closeness and care that makes our survival possible.
About Our Micro-grants:
- We offer micro-grants to all sex workers, in any type of sex work, who are living & working on "Vancouver Island, British Columbia". We prioritize requests for support from sex workers who are at greatest risk of experiencing the harms of poverty, stigma and isolation.
- This is not an emergency fund – funds will not be distributed on an emergency basis.
- When we have surplus funds, we will open up applications for a period of 2 weeks. Cash is given whenever possible.
- Applications from the most marginalized sex workers (chronically-ill, disabled and medically high-risk, low-income, unhoused/unstably-housed, outdoor, youth, migrant, QT/BIPOC workers) are prioritized.
- We also prioritize first time requests. When we have surplus funds, we strive to give an amount to 2nd & 3rd time applicants, but this is dependent on request volume with priority going to multiply marginalized, criminalized, in person workers.
- We do not profit from this. Our budget, including all donations and expenses are publicly available on this platform.
- The best way of offering support is to become a monthly donor to our Intimate Access Fund!
Recurring donations allow us to provide sustainable support to local workers. We exist in an interdependent world - your donation is an act of solidarity!
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Other ways you can help support Intimate Access:
Other ways you can help support Intimate Access:
- Find us online @ intimateaccess.org
- Interact with us on social media to help raise engagement!