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Where appropriate, it provides “seedcorn” financing to enable initiatives by other charitable organisations to progress to a stage where they can obtain financing from other funding bodies or otherwise become self-sustaining.
Applications for assistance should, in the first instance, be sent to one of our trustees Vicky Ford by email at vicky.ford@jomati.com
Donations to the Jomati Foundation are gratefully received. If you wish to donate using the gift aid scheme please use the form attached.
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Projects to date
The Jomati Foundation has funded a variety of projects since its establishment including:
Empire Mock Trial Competition)
www.empiremocktrial.org
The Jomati Foundation assisted with the funding for 11 students from St Peters School in Bournemouth to attend the Empire Mock Trials Competition in New York in October 2010, the team from St Peters being the only UK representative. The Empire Mock Trial Competition is a highly competitive international mock trial tournament held annually the purpose of which is three fold
( i) to educate students on the proper way to analyse a fact pattern and to effectively present legal arguments through the Academy;
(ii) to provide a venue for students to hone those skills against like-minded, talented, ambitious students from different parts of the world and
(iii) to promote values such as friendship, respect and civility within the legal profession.
Peace Brigades International
www.peacebrigades.org.uk
Jomati has provided funding to Peace Brigades International, a grassroots organisation whose volunteers provide protective accompaniment to local lawyers and human rights defenders living in areas of conflict, whose lives and work are threatened as a result of their work.
International Lawyers Project www.internationallawyersproject.org
This is a UK based charity (Charity No.1114502) established in 2006 to provide assistance to developing countries to develop and enhance their legal systems and to provide training to lawyers operating in these countries. The Jomati Foundation funded the first year’s cost of the International Lawyers Project’s Project Manager. Its ongoing operations are now funded by a range of major UK and US based law firms.
Bar Examination Scholarships
A range of highly qualified graduates who do not have the financial means to undertake the necessary further education to qualify as barristers. The Jomati Foundation provided significant bursaries to three well-qualified graduates to enable them to undertake their postgraduate training and to qualify as barristers.
CRAC
CRAC is a charity (Charity No.313164). It ran a programme for sixth formers primarily from ethnic minorities and other groups under represented in the legal profession to encourage them to consider a career in the legal profession. The Jomati Foundation provided 25% of the funding for the programme and was the first organisation to commit funding to the programme. The balance of the funding was subsequently provided by The College of Law, Lovells, Clifford Chance, Herbert Smith, Wragges, Linklaters, Slaughter and May, Freshfields, Mayer Brown Rowe & Maw and Allen & Overy. The CRAC website is www.crac.org.uk.
The Coram Family
www.coram.org.uk
The Coram Family is one of the UK’s oldest charities (Charity No. 312278) and has an unrivalled reputation in a range of family related issues. The Jomati Foundation is providing the financing to enable The Coram Family to establish a training programme for solicitors on supervised contact arrangements involving children. The purpose of the programme is to make solicitors more aware of the implications of and best practice involving contact arrangements between children and their parents. It is intended that the programme will be authorised by The Law Society for Continuing Professional Development purposes. Once operational, the programme will be self-funding and indeed should produce a profit for use in the Coram Family’s other family contact activities.
Bar Human Rights Committee of England and Wales
www.barhumanrights.org.uk
The Jomati Foundation has provided a grant to the Bar Human Rights Committee to enable them to deliver a three day training programme to the University of Cordoba in Columbia on International Human Rights Law to support lawyers, judges and human rights defenders who are threatened and oppressed and to uphold the rule of law and internationally recognised human rights standards.
Bar Human Rights Council
The BHRC conducted a fact-finding mission last year in Mexico and published its report in July 2010 on the rule of law, access to justice and protection of human rights defenders in Mexico. The Jomati Foundation has provided funding to assist BHRC with its activities in Mexico, including a follow up mission and advocacy training in line with recent reforms introduced to improve access to justice.
Nottingham Law School
www.ntu.ac.uk
In 2007 and 2008 The Jomati Foundation provided ten students scholarships for post graduation legal education in the UK. This scheme was run in conjunction with Nottingham Law School.
The Protimos Educational Trust
www.protimos.org
The Jomati Foundation has provided a grant to Protimos to assist in the implementation of its two ‘Commitments to Action’ pledged at The Clinton Global Initiative.
The Green Light Programme (GLP)
The Green Light Programme supports the development and implementation of a Consent Protocol providing for minimum standards to support the Free, Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC) of any community negotiating the use of their natural resources.
The Judicial Advisory Group (JAG)
Protimos is committed to the development of a regional advisory resource in Sub-Saharan Africa. Its purpose is to support local judiciaries in their provision of justice to indigenous and marginalised communities. Critically, the JAG will encourage the sensitisation of indigenous human rights, thus supporting the regional contextualisation of relevant international law.
Wheels For The World
www.throughtheroof.org
The Jomati Foundation has provided a grant to Wheels For The World. The World Health Organisation reports 20 - 30 million disabled people need wheelchairs – most of these people will have a lack of hope or of the ability to purchase one. Wheels for the World is the overseas programme of Through the Roof, restoring and distributing refurbished wheelchairs, mostly to people in Africa, giving them increased independence.
Legal Action Group - Access to Justice Audit
www.lag.org.uk
The Jomati Foundation has provided a grant to LAG to help fund a 12 month project interviewing ordinary people about their experiences of the law, the kind of advice they get, attitudes towards the legal process throughout the civil legal system – from citizens advice bureaux, to county court on repossession day all the way through to the Royal Courts of Justice.
Cancer Research
www.cancer.org.uk
The Jomati Foundation provided a donation to Cancer Research to help fund its legal and patent expenses.
Special Olympics Great Britain
www.sogb.org.uk
Established in 1978, Special Olympic Great Britain (SOGB) is part of the global Special Olympics Movement, offering opportunities to people with learning disabilities. Using sport as a tool to develop and empower people, celebrating their enthusiasm and commitment to sport regardless of their ability, and providing them a chance to demonstrate their abilities to the wider public. SOGB prides itself on being a volunteer driven organisation with a focus on grassroots community sports provision. The Jomati Foundation is providing funding to the Special Olympics Athlete Leadership Programme through 2009 and 2010.
