Rowntree trusts
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The four Rowntree Trusts are funded from the legacies of the Quaker
chocolate entrepreneurs and social reformers Joseph Rowntree
and
Benjamin Seebohm Rowntree
. The trusts are based in the Rowntrees' home city of
York
, England
. The trusts are:
Religious Society of Friends
The Religious Society of Friends, or Friends Church, is a Christian movement which stresses the doctrine of the priesthood of all believers. Members are known as Friends, or popularly as Quakers. It is made of independent organisations, which have split from one another due to doctrinal differences...
chocolate entrepreneurs and social reformers Joseph Rowntree
Joseph Rowntree (philanthropist)
Joseph Rowntree was a Quaker philanthropist and businessman from York, England. Rowntree is perhaps best known for being a champion of social reform and his time as a chocolatier at family business Rowntree's, one of the most important in Britain...
and
Benjamin Seebohm Rowntree
Benjamin Seebohm Rowntree
Benjamin Seebohm Rowntree, CH, often known simply as Seebohm Rowntree was a British sociological researcher, social reformer and industrialist.-Life:...
. The trusts are based in the Rowntrees' home city of
York
York
York is a walled city, situated at the confluence of the Rivers Ouse and Foss in North Yorkshire, England. The city has a rich heritage and has provided the backdrop to major political events throughout much of its two millennia of existence...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
. The trusts are:
- the Joseph Rowntree Charitable TrustJoseph Rowntree Charitable TrustThe Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust is a philanthropic left-of-centre trust that chiefly supports work undertaken in the UK, Ireland and South Africa...
, a Quaker philanthropic trust; - the Joseph Rowntree FoundationJoseph Rowntree FoundationThe Joseph Rowntree Foundation is a British social policy research and development charity, that funds a UK-wide research and development programme. It seeks to understand the root causes of social problems, to identify ways of overcoming them, and to show how social needs can be met in practice...
, which funds social policy research and development; - the Joseph Rowntree Housing Trust, which forms part of the Foundation, and which owns and manages the model villageModel villageA model village is a type of mostly self-contained community, in most cases built from the late eighteenth century onwards by industrialists to house their workers...
of New Earswick, and a number of other housing schemes in the York area; - the Joseph Rowntree Reform Trust (until 1990, named the Joseph Rowntree Social Service Trust), which is a political body and promotes democratic reform and social justice within the UKUnited KingdomThe United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
. Unlike the other three, it is not a charity, though it endowed the JRSST Charitable Trust.