Funding priorities are:

• Better economics
• Beyond consumerism
• New voices

Due to a review of their grant making, the Trust ask that you read the guidelines carefully, along with the funding priorities and general exclusions, and speak with programme staff before writing a proposal.

Full guidance is available on the Trust website.

They are specifically interested in work:

• From groups and organisations who struggle to obtain funding elsewhere (for example, only one core funder, or no core funding)
• From those who are actively building power amongst communities
• From those with a solid understanding of the causes of the climate and/or economic crises
• From those with a track record of community organising around climate, economics, or environment
• From groups and organisations who effectively connect the intersecting harms of climate breakdown, racial injustice, economic inequality and the legacies of colonialism
• Which considers the needs and wellbeing of staff, volunteers and other participants
• For which there is a demonstrable need
• Where it is clearly explained why you are the right organisation or group to carry out this project.

Who can apply

Can apply if a registered, excepted or exempt charity based within any of the four jurisdictions of the UK for unrestricted or core support, provided, your organisation is governed by an unpaid board, your organisation is not for profit and your organisation’s formal purposes fall within the list of charitable purposes recognised within English law Other organisations or individual applicants, may apply for a specific project or defined programme of work that would provide public benefit and further JR’s aims as set out in their published policies

In addition to the general exclusions, the following types of work will not be funded:

• Conservation projects
• Anti-consumerism campaigns which simply exhort people to be less consumerist, rather than encourage behaviour change resulting in sustainable living
• Measures that are limited to adapting to the effects of climate change rather than leading to long-term change
• Academic research and books, except as an integral part of policy, campaigning work or leading to practical change in enterprises or community action
• Local or national work anywhere outside the UK except for the specific circumstances outlined in section three
• Beyond Consumerism: we understand the problem of consumerism to relate to the links between extracting raw materials from the earth, producing goods using these materials and using advertising to compel or persuade people to consume these. We see the solution to this as a transformation in human behaviour and the structures which shape it. We do not believe that changing patterns of consumption or encouraging people to be ‘better’ consumers will produce the change we need
• Local work: to ensure our grants have the greatest impact possible, we tend to avoid solely local work. By this we mean, work with a single council or in a single town. We do see merit in work which begins at a local level, covering multiple local areas, and which can produce lessons which can be applied regionally or nationally.

When to apply

Next round:

• Registration deadline:
  Monday, August 18, 2025
• Application deadline: Monday, September 1, 2025, 12pm (for decisions by w/b 8 December)

Next deadline: 18 Aug 2025

How to apply

Contact staff at the Trust via email.