Aims/priorities: The programme is intended to provide funding, infrastructure and access to resources and networks to support the sustainability of work taking place within grassroots social justice movements.
There is also a Care and Accessibility Pot, which offers an additional sum of up to £400 per applicant in order to remove some of the barriers that may hinder groups from applying such as translation costs, childcare and the labour of writing an application.
Decisions on which groups receive funding will be made by people who have direct experience of working within movements.
Who can apply? To be eligible to apply, groups must:
- Be based in the UK with work primarily focused in the UK.
- Be a not-for-profit organisation (this can include informal groups and collectives).
- Have systems for making decisions and managing money.
- Be able to demonstrate they are part of a grassroots movement.
- Be able to demonstrate they are working towards transformative change.
Applicants must be able to demonstrate at least three of the following:
- Set up and run by communities who have come together in their own time to take action on an injustice they are facing (this could include paid staff but the group must still be led by members).
- Includes people with lived experience of oppression and their views and experiences are listened to and guide the work of the group.
- Regularly brings new members into the group and involves them in decisions about the aims and activities of the group
- Aims to engage and influence a growing number of people, eg through events, campaigns, outreach, demonstrations.
- Works in solidarity with other grassroots groups, especially the smaller informal ones, through collaborating and supporting each other.
Additionally, groups should be able to demonstrate at least four of the following:
- An understanding of the causes of inequality and injustice.
- That it works to create completely new, fairer ways of providing what people need to live happy, healthy lives (eg housing, healthcare, education, food, safety) that replace the existing systems rather than trying to improve them.
- That it is led by/decisions are made by those directly affected by the issue the group is working on.
- A vision of the world where inequality and oppression (eg based on ethnicity, gender, gender identity, sexuality, class, disability) no longer exists.
- Recognition of the fact that all oppressions and injustices are connected and the different needs people have because of this.
- Work that reflects their values and the change they want to see, which may include practices of healing and repairing and new ways of being together.
Grant amount: £10,000 to £70,000 are available for up to two years.
Application process: All applicants must first book a call with a member of the Team to discuss their eligibility. If they are deemed eligible, they will then be sent a link to the online application system.
The final decisions on which applications are successful are made by the Movement Assembly, which is made up of people who have direct experience and knowledge of grassroots movements in the UK.
Full guidelines, FAQs and a link to book a pre-application call can be found on the Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust website.
Deadline: Sunday 19 February 2023
Contact information: Tel: 07709 037861 Email: movement@jrct.org.uk
Website: The Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust