Grants available for UK registered charities and voluntary and community organisations carrying out projects that promote the Christian faith and Christian education in the UK and overseas. (The Jerusalem Trust is part of the Sainsbury Family of grant-making trusts).
The Trust is especially interested in funding the following areas:
- Christian Evangelism and relief work overseas, specifically the provision of support for indigenous training centres and the provision of Christian literature in Central and Eastern Europe and Anglophone sub-Saharan Africa.
- Media projects that promote Christianity as well as training and networking projects for Christians working professionally in, or considering a career in, the media.
- The development of Christian curriculum resource materials for schools, the recruitment and development of Christian teachers in all subjects and adult lay Christian training and education.
- Christian art, and
- New ways of working with children and young people, including projects that undertake Christian work with prisoners, ex-prisoners and their families.
Their average grant award is around £20,000. Applications can be made at any time and there is no requirement for match funding.
You can apply online and will need to include:
- A brief description of your project and the amount of funding you are applying for
- Your organisation’s address, a contact at the organisation (usually the person completing the application form)
- Your organisation’s latest annual income and expenditure
- Supporting documents, digital copies -we require you to attach a copy of your annual accounts, a copy of your safeguarding policy and a copy of the budget for the project you are applying for support for