Research and evaluation reports
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Supporting a more diverse, equitable and inclusive environment sector
A new report by Hybrid Consulting and sam-culture reviews activity to address the lack of diversity in the environment sector. Commissioned by Esmée Fairbairn Foundation, Simon Wightman, Esmée's Funding Manager Lead for Our Natural World shares his reflections on the findings and Esmée's role.
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Proposed changes to the Sentencing Council's guidelines
The Sentencing Council has announced changes to their guidelines including new measures covering pregnancy and maternity. Earlier this year, they also launched a consultation on the Imposition of community and custodial sentences guideline. See the joint response of the Corston Independent Funders' Coalition.
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Inclusive Histories: engaging communities to reflect our shared past
A new report on Inclusive Histories by British Future explores how arts and culture organisations are reflecting the complexity of our shared past, engaging communities to help shape the work, and navigating polarised responses.
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Funding the UK Women and Girls Sector: Where Does the Money Go?
Research commissioned by Rosa, the National Lottery Community Fund and Esmée maps the UK women and girls' sector and its funding. Annabel Durling, Funding Manager at Esmée, shares her reflections on the report's findings.
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Esmée Fairbairn Collections Fund: Impact Report
Since its inception, the Esmée Fairbairn Collections Fund has provided over £11m to 170 projects. In a new report, the Museums Association share what they've learned over the 11 years of delivering the Fund and how it's evolved.
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Factfinding and Future Prospects in UK Aquaculture
A new report commissioned by Esmée Fairbairn Foundation and written by Melanie Siggs and Key Traceability, explores what the organisations working in UK aquaculture feel are the key risks and opportunities in relation to the development of UK aquaculture.
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Supporting capacity and capability of organisations working to improve freshwater environments
To help us make progress towards our impact goal of ‘clean and healthy freshwater’, we commissioned the Cardiff University Water Research Institute to undertake a review of organisations working to restore the freshwater environment across the UK.
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UK Fisheries - Transformational change by design
A new report commissioned by Esmée to provide an independent view on the implications of the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement on UK fisheries.
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Emerging funding opportunities for the natural environment
We are pleased to share a new report: Emerging funding opportunities for the natural environment, which we commissioned to review the current landscape for innovative funding of environmental enhancement across the UK.
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Climate Change & Social Change
A report by Ten Years Time that shares stories of the disproportionate impacts of climate change on the most vulnerable. It also offers recommendations for funders on what they can do to address these pressing issues.
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Food, Farming and Countryside Commission: Our future in the land
The Food, Farming & Countryside Commission calls for a bold and urgent transition to a sustainable food system by 2030 and sets out recommendations for policymakers, business and communities to respond to the challenges.
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Helping Communities Build
Community Land Trusts (CLTs) are housing projects built by and for local communities in need. They play an increasingly significant role in tackling the UK’s ongoing housing crisis. See the report reviewing Community Land Trust Funds and lessons for future support, which was commissioned by Charities Aid Foundation.
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An Ocean of Value
An Ocean of Value shares findings from a survey of leading non-governmental organisations, practitioners and funders working on the UK marine environment so inform how Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, John Ellerman Foundation and Esmée might work together to be more effective in funding marine protection in the UK.
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RSA: Our Common Ground
Our Common Ground is a progress report sharing the Food, Farming and Countryside Commission's first ideas for further inquiry and their calls for collective action to provide practical and radical ways to help tackle issues about food, health, and the climate and nature crises.
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Listening for change
Listening for Change is a report commissioned by Esmée and the Blagrave Trust based on an anonymous survey of organisations towards the end of 2016 to shed light on their experiences of working with Trusts and Foundations.
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Rethinking Crime & Punishment
Read a report with key fundings and recommendations emerging from Esmée's Crime and Punishment programme, which ran from 2001 to 2008.
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Esmée's insights and learning
We share learning from our funding and work with partners, including our Involving Young People Collective.
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Our funding data
We publish all our grants and social investments on 360Giving, an initiative that aims to help UK funders share their data in an open and standard format online.
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