The Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust generally funds work under programme areas including:

Peace - Work that promotes the nonviolent resolution of conflict, including work on the arms trade, the creation of a culture of peace, developing effective peacebuilding measures and supporting the right to conscientious objection to military service.

Racial justice - Work which promotes racial justice in all parts of society, including empowering black and minority ethnic people to engage in decision making and policy development, and work which monitors and challenges racism and racial injustice whether relating to colour or culture.

Power and responsibility - Work that encourages an appropriate relationship between people and the institutions that affect them; including the promotion of accountability, openness, responsiveness and a respect for human rights across the public and private sectors.

Applications can be sent in at any time. However, at present the Trust has only three grant cycles each year. The next round's deadline is 28 April 2008 (decisions by 14 July).

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