Our people
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Meet our Involving Young People Collective
Esmée's Involving Young People Collective is a group of young people, connected by their drive for social change. Learn more about the consultants that make up the Collective including what gives them passion and what gives them rage.
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Advisory Panel for Our Natural World
We recognise the expertise of others and are delighted to be able to call on the support of a brilliant panel of experts to help us deliver our strategy for Our Natural World.
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Advisory Panel for A Fairer Future
We are delighted to be able to call on the support of a brilliant panel of experts to help us deliver our strategy for A Fairer Future.
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Advisory Panel for Creative, Confident Communities
We are delighted to be able to call on the support of a brilliant panel of experts to help us deliver our strategy for Creative, Confident Communities.
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Working for Esmée
Our vision is for Esmée to have a diverse team of staff and Trustees – with the skills, knowledge, experience, networks and insights required to deliver our strategic plan.
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20 February 2025
Funder Commitment on Climate Change: 2024
As a signatory, we recognise that the growing climate emergency is a serious risk to the pursuit of our charitable aims and have made six key commitments. This page gives an overview of actions we’ve taken towards the commitments during 2024.
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The RACE Report 2024: Esmée’s progress
The third annual RACE (Racial Action for the Climate Emergency) Report shares findings on the diversity of environment organisations and funders including Esmée Fairbairn Foundation. We share our initial reflections and plans to improve diversity, equity, and inclusion in the environment sector.
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Overview of grant funding 2024
Find an overview of the grants we made in 2024, broken down by type of support, amount awarded, and by aim and funding priority. We also share success rates for applications in 2024.
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Pre-application Q&A Webinar: 3 February 2025
Watch a pre-application Q&A webinar we held on 3 February 2025 for organisations interested in applying to Esmée for support who have questions about our application process or guidance.
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