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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29 July 2026People can’t build for the future while they're fighting fires
In Gina Crane’s final project for Esmée, she has been working with Oliver French to pull together six years of learning about Esmée’s strategy for Trustees. In this blog, Gina shares the challenges organisations we fund are facing and shares three things she'd like funders to do.
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Annual Report and Accounts 2025
Our 2025 Annual Report and Accounts gives an overview of our funding, investments and operations during the year.
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Applying for Youth-Led Creativity funding
See the guidance for applying to the Youth-Led Creativity Fund. Co-designed with Esmée's Involving Young People Collective, we expect to make 12 to 16 grants, totalling £2m, over 2026 and 2027, and will be focusing our support on organisations based in and working in Scotland, Northern Ireland, and Wales.
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Dame Caroline Mason to step down as Chief Executive of Esmée Fairbairn Foundation
After 13 years leading the Foundation as our Chief Executive, Dame Caroline Mason will be stepping down from her role in early 2027. Caroline has developed and strengthened the Foundation’s work in lasting ways and her influence has spread far beyond Esmée.
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