Joseph Rowntree Foundation: New Calls for Proposals

The Joseph Rowntree Foundation have announced a number of new calls for proposals. Brief details of each call are below, but for more information just click on the links!

Evaluating approaches to commissioning care homes for older people in Essex.

The overall picture of the world of risk and regulation in care homes for older people is contradictory, complex and contested. We know good relationships really matter to people living and working in care homes.

We want to understand how approaches to risk can be developed in ways which support these good relationships and improve quality of life.

Closing Date: 23.59pm on Friday 30th November 2012

Paperwork for care, not for the courts

The overall picture of the world of risk and regulation in care homes for older people is contradictory, complex and contested. We know good relationships really matter to people living and working in care homes.

We want to understand how approaches to risk can be developed in ways which support these good relationships and improve quality of life.

Closing Date: 23:59pm on Friday 30th November 2012

Poverty and ethnicity in Northern Ireland: a new research project

This call is for proposals for a research project which will increase understanding of the relationship between poverty and ethnicity inNorthern Ireland.

Closing Date: 23.59pm on Tuesday 27th November 2012

Evidence review: what makes a city’s economy successful?

This call is for an evidence review on economic growth in cities. It will inform our thinking for future JRF work on cities, growth and poverty.

Closing Date: 23.59pm on Sunday 2nd December 2012

Evidence review: how can economic growth better reduce poverty in cities?

This call is for an evidence review of our understanding of how economic growth can better reduce poverty in cities. It will inform our thinking for future JRF work on cities, growth and poverty.

Closing Date: 23.59pm on Sunday 2nd December 2012

Understanding the business models used in forced labour in the UK

This call is for proposals for a project to explore the nature of the business models operating where forced labour is used.

Closing Date: 23.59pm on Monday 19th November 2012