EMFF

Your guide to funding in the East Midlands for Community based projects..

Step Three

Contact your chosen funder

Joseph Rowntree Foundation

The Joseph Rowntree Foundation is one of the largest social policy research and development charities in the UK, spending about £10 million a year on a research and development programme that seeks to better understand the causes of social difficulties and explore ways of overcoming them.

Main contact in the East Midlands:

The Homestead
40 Water End
York
North Yorkshire
YO30 6WP

Tel 01904 629241

Fax 01904 620072

info@jrf.org.uk

www.jrf.org.uk

Counties eligible for funding:

All

Minimum Grant:

Varies

Maximum Grant:

Varies

Who can apply?

A wide range of organisations may be supported but the research has to have an element of uniqueness

Does the funder require match funder?

Funding Priorities:

Current research themes:

Housing and neighbourhoods

Poverty and disadvantage

Practice and research

Drugs and alcohol

Governance

Immigration and inclusion

Independent living

Parenting

Calls for research proposals are normally highlighted by the Foundation each year. It is wise to keep an eye on the website to keep aware of current research opportunities.