Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust - Peace and Security
As a Quaker Trust, we believe that peace and security are built on values of equality, human rights, justice and environmental sustainability.
As a Quaker Trust, we believe that peace and security are built on values of equality, human rights, justice and environmental sustainability. We believe that sustainable peace cannot be achieved through the use of armed violence, which results in countless deaths, long-term physical and mental injury, human rights violations and curtailment of civil liberties, displaced populations, economic damage and impoverishment, and environmental harm.
Following more than a decade of the “War on Terror”, we believe that many aspects of the dominant approaches to defence and security are counter-productive and can serve as drivers of violent conflict both overseas and in the UK. We are also deeply concerned at the extent to which the values that underpin these approaches are embedded at all levels of society in the UK.
We seek a shift in the UK defence and security paradigm away from highly militarised and “securitised” responses towards a new approach based on participatory and accountable governance, human rights, non-violence, diplomacy and mediation, and environmental sustainability.
We wish to support a transition towards:
the use of 'soft', rather than 'hard' power as a first line of response to conflict within our society and around the world
the de-legitimisation of violence as a tool for responding to conflict, securing interests or projecting power
a culture of human rights and non-violent problem-solving, promoted at all levels of society.
JRCT is also keen to support work that responds to the dual harms of the Covid-19 pandemic and systemic racism.
Who can apply
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 a clear sense of objectives, and of 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 organisations and to individuals.
If your organisation is a registered, excepted or exempt charity based within any of the four jurisdictions of the UK and all of your work fits within our published programmes, we encourage you to consider applying for unrestricted or core support, although you may apply for programme or project funding if you prefer.
If you are based outside the UK and you are registered as a charitable organistion in your local jurisdiction, you may apply for general support if all of your work fits within our published programmes, and the following criteria are also met:
your organisation is governed by an unpaid board
your organisation is not for profit
your organisation's formal purposes fall within the list of charitable purposes recognised within English law.
For all other organisations or individual applicants, you may apply for a specific project or defined programme of work that would provide public benefit and further our aims as set out in our published policies.
We cannot fund organisations or work that is party political (eg supporting or opposing a political party) or which is commercial in nature or otherwise intended for private benefit.
Written criteria can never cover every eventuality. Once you have read the programme information carefully, you are encouraged to contact the Trust office by email or telephone to discuss your application. You should do this well before the deadline for applications.
All queries regarding applications should be directed to the Trust office. Grants staff aim to be available to discuss applications by telephone or email, but are unable to meet with applicants prior to the submission of an application, due to limitations on staff capacity. Please do not contact individual trustees about your application, at any stage of the process.
Restrictions
General exclusions
The Trust will not fund:
Organisations:
larger, older national charities which have an established constituency of supporters and substantial levels of reserves
statutory bodies
for-profit organisations
Projects:
medical research
academic research, except as an integral part of policy and campaigning work that is central to our areas of interest
building, buying or repairing buildings
business development or job creation schemes
service provision, including providing care, support or training services, such as for elderly people, children and young people, people with learning difficulties, people with physical disabilities, mental health service users, refugees or asylum seekers
housing and homelessness
the arts, except where a project is specifically concerned with issues of interest to the Trust.
Individuals:
travel or adventure projects
educational bursaries, including graduate and post-graduate studies
the personal support of individuals in need.
Types of funding:
general appeals
work which we believe should be funded from statutory sources, or which has been in the recent past
work which has already been undertaken
Place:
the Trust funds individuals or groups based in the UK to undertake work at a national level. This means work that seeks to make positive change across the UK as a whole, or across one or more of its member countries - England, Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland
under some of our programmes, we make a small number of grants for work at a pan-European level, in relation to international institutions, or to replicate or amplify local work in the UK with wider significance. Please see individual grant policies for details
the Trust does not fund local or national work anywhere outside the UK.
Each programme also has specific exclusions. Details of these can be found on the individual programme pages in the Funding priorities section.
For more information, and to apply, visit: https://www.jrct.org.uk/peace-and-security