Current grants
Some of our current and recent JRSST Charitable Trust grants are highlighted below.
You can see details of grants awarded by the UK Democracy Fund here. The Fund is hosted by JRSST-CT.
Disability Policy Centre: Campaigning to improve disability representation in politics
£52,275 over one year to fund campaigning and advocacy to improve diversity of representation in politics, focusing on improving the representation of disabled people at a local and national level.
Theme: Diversity of representation in politics
Website: https://thedisabilitypolicycentre.org/
Awarded: October 2026
JUSTICE: Advocating for all young people to have access to Public Legal Education
£34,360 over one year to secure high-quality, young-person-informed Public Legal Education, focused on active citizenship, within the new national Citizenship curriculum.
Theme: Democratic education
Website: www.justice.org.uk
Awarded: October 2026
Carole Pugh, York St John University: Practising democracy – a research pilot to evidence and model the case for systematic investment in youth work to support democratic education
£27,566 over one year to generate the evidence, infrastructure and implementation models needed to embed youth work as a recognised component of the democratic education system.
Theme: Democratic education
Website: www.yorksj.ac.uk/our-staff/carole-pugh
Awarded: October 2026
Sarah Shair-Rosenfield, University of York: Understanding Public Support for the Proposed Code of Conduct for Local Authorities
£9,720 over six months to cover the costs of a survey, including an embedded experiment, which will provide public opinion evidence on the proposed mandatory Code of Conduct covering all local authorities in England.
Theme: Diversity of representation in politics
Website: www.york.ac.uk/politics
Awarded: August 2026
Jo Cox Foundation: Tackling Abuse to Increase Diversity in UK Politics
£10,000 over two months to scope the next phase of their Jo Cox Civility Commission work.
Theme: Diversity of representation in politics
Website: www.jocoxfoundation.org
Awarded: August 2026
Shout Out UK: The UK Democracy Dialogue Project (UKDDP)
£10,000 over four months to fund a series of three stakeholder consultations bringing together key figures from academia, government, and civil society to increase cross-industry collaboration and elevate the importance of political and media literacy within the UK’s policy landscape.
Theme: Informed citizens
Website: www.shoutoutuk.org
Awarded: March 2025
Jo Cox Foundation, Jo Cox Civility Commission
£ 27,672 over nine months to continue the work of the Jo Cox Civility Commission to address the abuse and intimidation of elected representatives.
Theme: Informed citizens
Website: www.jocoxfoundation.org
Awarded: March 2025
Campaign for Freedom of Information Scotland: Strengthening FoI Rights to Support Democratic Participation
£29,480 over 18 months to launch a campaign in support of a Member’s Bill to reform the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 (FoISA).
Theme: Informed citizens
Website: www.CFOIS.scot
Awarded: September 2024
Sarah Shair-Rosenfield, University of York: Understanding public attitudes towards abuse and harassment of candidates
£21,235 to cover the costs of two sets of survey experiments, the findings of which will help scholars and policymakers understand public reactions to the kinds of threats and violence that are increasingly directed towards political candidates in the UK.
Theme: Informed citizens
Website: www.york.ac.uk/politics/
Awarded: September 2024
Spotlight on Corruption: Seizing the moment for political integrity reform
£34,896 to support their work over one year to push for ambitious and long-lasting reforms to the UK’s framework for upholding political integrity.
Theme: Democratic and constitutional reform
Website: www.spotlightcorruption.org
Awarded: September 2024
Fawcett Society: Feminist allies to drive inclusion in Parliament
£36,495 over one year to build a coalition of (predominantly new) MPs (both men and women) in the House of Commons, committed to reforms which make Parliament more modern and inclusive.
Theme: Democratic and constitutional reform
Website: www.fawcettsociety.org.uk
Awarded: April 2024
Jo Cox Foundation: Jo Cox Civility Commission
£28,358 over eight months to complete the second phase of the Jo Cox Civility Commission, advocating for their recommendations to address the issue of abuse and intimidation of elected politicians to be adopted
Theme: Informed citizens – democracy education and information
Website: www.jocoxfoundation.org
Awarded: April 2024
mySociety: Democratising MPs Accountability
£31,114 over six months for a project to bring information about MPs’ financial interests to the public in an accessible way, resourcing campaigns for transparency and public accountability across the sector.
Theme: Informed citizens – democracy education and information
Website: www.mysociety.org
Awarded: April 2024
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