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 Sustainable Future program by JRCT aims to address the challenges posed by climate change and unsustainable resource use, acknowledging the disproportionate impact on and responsibility of the wealthiest countries and individuals. The program seeks proposals from groups struggling for funding, actively building community power, understanding climate/economic crises, organizing around climate, economics, environment, and connecting various harms such as climate breakdown, racial injustice, economic inequality, and colonial legacies. Priorities include developing and promoting sustainable, low-carbon alternatives to consumerist and growth-based paradigms, advocating for better economic models that prioritize well-being and sustainability, encouraging shifts away from consumerism towards sustainable living, and empowering new voices and marginalized groups in environmental and economic justice discussions. The focus is on the UK, leveraging its significant global influence and existing expertise.