United Kingdom: Peace and Security Grant Programme
Deadline: 6 March 2020
The Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust (JRCT) is seeking applications for its Peace and Security Grant Programme to support a transition towards:
The use of ‘soft’, rather than ‘hard’ power as a first line of response to conflict within their 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.
Funding priorities
Challenging militarism
They are interested in funding work which:
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
They are interested in funding work which:
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
They are interested in funding work which:
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
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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 applicants are based outside the UK and applicants are registered as a charitable organistion in their local jurisdiction, applicants may apply for general support if all of their work fits within their published programmes, and the following criteria are also met:
Applicants organisation is governed by an unpaid board
Applicants organisation is not for profit
Applicants organisation’s formal purposes fall within the list of charitable purposes recognised within English law.
For more information, visit https://www.jrct.org.uk/peace-and-security