The J J Charitable Trust
The JJ Charitable Trust is a member of the Sainsbury Family Charitable Trusts and funds UK based and overseas environment education projects.
Charities, community groups and schools may apply for funding.
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The Trust supports environmental education projects that involve children and young adults. It supports activities relating to sustainable agriculture, bio-diversity, sustainable transport, energy efficiency and renewable energy.
The Trust also supports overseas environmental projects - especially community based agriculture initiatives, that can help people help themselves in an environmentally sustainable way.
The current funding priorities of the Trust are:
- Literacy - to help improve the effectiveness of literacy teaching in primary and secondary education for children with learning difficulties, including Dyslexia, and for ex-offenders or those at risk of offending.
- Environmental education in the UK, particularly projects finding practical ways of involving children and young adults; sustainable agriculture and bio-diversity; and sustainable transport, energy efficiency and renewable energy (some grants in this area are made jointly with The Mark Leonard Trust)
- Environment projects overseas, especially community-based agriculture initiatives, which aim to help people help themselves in an environmentally sustainable way.
For further information, go toThe JJ Charitable Trust . This link also takes you to other Trusts closely associated to the Sainsbury Family.
last updated on 25th November 2010