The Polden-Puckham Charitable Foundation (PPCF) is a grant giving trust with Quaker family roots in the United Kingdom.  In the limited areas described below we support projects that seek to influence values and attitudes, promote equity and social justice, and develop radical alternatives to current economic and social structures.

What We Fund

Peace and Sustainable Security

We support the development of ways of resolving violent conflicts peacefully, and of addressing their underlying causes.

Environmental Sustainability

We support work that addresses the pressures and conditions leading towards global environmental breakdown; particularly national initiatives in UK which promote sustainable living.

Other issues (to Spring 2010)

On occasion PPCF also supports human rights work including the rights of women, in particular where these are clearly related to peace and environmental sustainability.  PPCF has a long-standing link with the Religious Society of Friends and thus also supports Quaker groups who work in these same fields.

Note:  We will cease to accept applications under the 'Other" category after our Spring 2010 grant round.  Existing multi-year grants under this category will continue to their completion under our usual terms and conditions.  We will continue to fund work on corporate social responsibility under our Environmental Sustainability and Peace & Sustainable Security headings.  Please contact the Secretary with any questions you may have about this.