JRCT is a responsive grant-making trust focused on creating a peaceful, just, and sustainable world. They support efforts that address violence and injustice at their roots, fund initiatives unlikely to be supported from other sources, aim for long-term strategic impact, and tackle injustices at the intersections of gender, ethnicity, and class. They particularly encourage work that responds to the crises of COVID-19 and systemic racism.
The Peace and Security vision of the grant emphasizes building peace and security on the values of equality, human rights, justice, and environmental sustainability, steering away from militarised responses. The grant supports shifting the defence and security paradigm towards participatory governance, human rights, non-violence, and environmental sustainability. Funding priorities include challenging militarism, scrutinizing counter-terrorism measures in the context of human rights, supporting alternative approaches to defense and security, and responding to the dual harms of the Covid-19 pandemic and systemic racism. The Trust seeks to fund work that promotes values of peace and security, prioritizes transparency and accountability, and envisions transformative social change, particularly within the UK context.