Joseph Rowntree Charitable Grants

The Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust is looking to fund programmes of work which remove people's problems through radical action, using innovative and inventive methods. They have 5 priority areas, although only 4 will be applicable to Alliance members:

• Peace and Security to support a transition towards:
• The use of 'soft', rather than 'hard' power as a first line of response to conflict within 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.
• Power and Accountability - to support people to create a world in which power is more equally shared, and in which powerful institutions are responsive and accountable to wider society and aligned with the long-term public interest.
• Rights and Justice - to promote racial justice and equality of opportunity as a basis for a harmonious multi-racial, multi-ethnic society in the UK.
• Sustainable Future - to develop and promote sustainable, low-carbon alternatives to the current consumerist and growth-based paradigm.

Work does need to undertaken at a national level, so should be looking to make positive change either across Britain as a whole or at least across England.

For more information, check out their website Applications are due by 1st September, 2015