This is a new pilot fund from the Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust, created to support the sustainability of movement work. It is aimed at grassroots social movement groups working on transformative change.

The Fund has around £1 million which they are aiming to redistribute over two funding rounds in 2023.

It will make grants of between £10,000 and £70,000 to every successful application, which can cover up to a two-year period.

They are aiming to put more power into the hands of those working to address inequality and injustice, and create new systems that put equity, justice and peace first.

They are particularly interested in activities that provide grassroots movements with the resources they need to keep going and be effective, those that bring different movements together, and work that increases the leadership of people with lived experience of oppression.

There are five criteria you must fulfil to apply as follows:

• be based in the UK with work primarily focused in the UK
• be a not-for-profit organisation
• have systems for making decisions and managing money
• be able to demonstrate they are part of a grassroots movement
• be able to demonstrate they are working towards transformative change.

Informal groups, as well as registered charities, can apply and joint applications will also be accepted.

The first steps of the application process are to take a short eligibility quiz and book a call with with one of the fund’s team to talk it through.

Find the eligibility quiz, FAQs and full details of the fund at the Grassroots Movement Fund website.