Applications Open for The Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust Grants for UK

Deadline: 10 April 2017

The Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust is currently seeking applications for its Grants programmes.

Types of Grants

The JRCT supports the following types for grants programmes:

Funding Priorities

Challenging militarism

Activities

highlights and holds the UK government to account for the human, economic, environmental and security costs of militarised responses to conflict
scrutinises and challenges the use of new technology for warfare
exposes and challenges the economic drivers of war, especially the arms trade
highlights and challenges the culture and values of militarism in the UK
promotes conscientious objection to military service as a globally recognised and applied human right.

Scrutiny of counter-terrorism measures in the context of human rights and peacebuilding

Activities

promotes greater transparency and accountability in relation to government counter-terrorism policy
challenges state abuses of power in relation to counter-terrorism
advocates policy responses to the use of terror tactics which address their underlying causes
challenges the use of counter-terrorism policies which foment conflict or undermine opportunities to build peace.

Building support for alternative approaches to defence and security

Activities

articulates and builds support for models of defence and security which address the root causes of conflict and injustice, and which are based on non-violence, dialogue and mediation, human rights and environmental sustainability
addresses the risks of nuclear weapons and articulates options for non-nuclear security
offers ideas and action on the re-shaping of violent masculinities which underpin the military system
promotes the understanding and effective practice of non-violence in social change.

Eligibility Criteria

JRCT is interested in funding work which:
- is about removing problems through radical solutions, and not simply about making problems easier to live with
- has clear sense of objectives, and how to achieve them
- is innovative and imaginative
- and where the grant has a good chance of making a difference
Within its areas of interest, the trust makes grants to a range of range of organisations and to individuals.
An organisation may apply is it is registered, excepted or exempt charity based within any of the jurisdictions of the UK and all their work fits within the published programmes.
The charitable organisation registered in local jurisdiction outside UK can apply for general support.

How to Apply

Applicants must submit the following: