Currently we support charities that fall within the areas identified below.

1. HUMAN RIGHTS

Charities campaigning for Human Rights under the Universal Declaration for Human Rights and those working to abate the consequence of the acute violation of these rights. These include charities working with individuals and communities that have experienced genocide, torture, rape, false imprisonment, oppression and abuse.

Current areas of focus are: Slavery and Trafficking, False Imprisonment (including detention without trial or due process) Torture. Cruel and Unreasonable Punishment (including Isolated, bereaved, abused, mentally ill offenders).

Marcos Veron, Guarani Kaiowa Indian, chief of the
evicted community of Caarapu village, Mato Grosso
do Sol, Brazil © João Ripper/Survival

2. PRISON REFORM

We are committed to the reduction of overcrowding in British Prisons through the reduction of re-offending. We support both campaigning charities and service providers, particularly supporting charities that aim to reduce the cycle of re-offending by the furtherance of education and skill training helping the offender to engage more successfully in society on release.

Current areas of focus are: Education, Skill Training and Employment ( with a particular interest in offenders working in the environment)

© Prison Reform Trust

3. CONSERVATION AND SUSTAINABILITY

The trust makes grants to charities involved in conservation with a particular focus on the preservation of the rainforests. We support charities that work in tandem with the rights of indigenous people whose way of life the trust seeks to protect. For the next 3 years the Bromley Trust has chosen the Mata Atlantica (Atlantic Rainforest) as a particular area of interest. The trust also supports charities in the UK that promote sustainability and help develop responsible knowledge and use of the world's resources.

Current areas of focus are: Deforestation with particular relevance to the Atlantic Rainforest. Land rights of marginalsied communities. UK Sustainability and climate change.

Makuxi girl, Guariba, Raposa Serra do Sol, Brazil © Fiona Watson/Survival

GUIDELINES

• Grants are only made to UK registered charities.
• We only make grants to charities that fall within the remit outlined above.
• We support both campaigning organizations and service providers.
• We will support charities that we believe have merit even if they are unproven.
• We take advice from specialists in our fields of interest.
• We like to support smaller charities engaged in innovative work and filling a gap identified through experience in the field.
• We tend to give unrestricted grants though occasionally we will restrict the grant to a particular area of work or project.
• We are happy to join with other grant making foundations to support a particular initiative.
• Grants are made bi-annually. We tend to make a grant for a period of two or three years but very occasionally a one-off grant may be made.
• The expedient use of funds is an important criterion in assessing all applications.
• We encourage charities to network with others working in the same field, in order to complement their work rather than see them as competitors for funds.
• We encourage synergy and the sharing of good practice between funding streams and focus areas.

WHAT WE DO NOT SUPPORT

• We do not support charities outside the remit outlined above.
• We do not support individuals, expeditions or scholarships, although in certain cases we support research that falls within our remit. Our grant is always made through a UK registered charity.
• We do not support statutory authorities, or charities whose main source of funding is via statutory agencies.
• We do not support overseas development, healthcare or education per se. We only support these areas in conjunction with the violation of human rights and where discrimination has accounted for deprivation.
• We do not support local conservation projects or charities that work with single species.