Meet our trustees
Gautham Radhakrishnan
Gautham Radhakrishnan
Gautham joined the Foundation as a Trustee in 2024 and has been an Investment Committee member since 2022. With a 30 year career in finance with Warburg Pincus, Tata Capital and JP Morgan, he is now involved with a portfolio of private companies innovating in climate, technology and financial services in the UK and India.
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30 January 2025Supporting marine restoration and communities to take action
In a second blog about our work for healthy seas, Esmée’s Funding Manager, Morven Robertson, highlights some of the projects we’re supporting through our space for nature priority – from large scale marine and coastal restoration and attracting the finance needed for it, to coastal communities taking action, and improving the diversity of the marine sector.
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Fishing in Tandem with Nature: Our work so far
Esmée’s Funding Manager, Morven Robertson, shares the first of two blogs exploring our work and plans to support healthy seas. She highlights some of the projects we’ve supported towards our fishing in tandem with nature priority, from reducing overfishing to protecting marine habitats, and supporting more equitable fisheries.
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The new Esmée Fairbairn Collections and Communities Fund
Alison Holdom, a Funding Manager Lead in Esmée’s Creative, Confident Communities team, writes about the new Esmée Fairbairn Communities and Collections Fund, how it’s evolved, and our long-running partnership with the Museums Association.
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Supporting healthy seas: overview of our work so far
See an infographic with an overview of our support so far towards healthy seas, covering 2020 to 2024.
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Pre-application Q&A Webinar: 3 February 2025
We're hosting a pre-application Q&A webinar 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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How we’re using AI (Artificial Intelligence) tools
Learn about how we’re using AI tools such as Microsoft Copilot to support our work and what this means for people and organisations we work with. We also share our thoughts on organisations using AI in their work – including funding applications.
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New Connections funding: behind the scenes and reflections so far
Chebet Kuntai, Esmée’s Climate and Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Co-ordinator, writes about the development of New Connections along with how we identified and reached out to organisations to support.
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New Connections: timeline and overview to date
See an infographic with a timeline for Esmée Fairbairn Foundation's New Connections programme, alongside an overview of the organisations funded.
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A thematic approach to impact investing
With the launch of Esmée Fairbairn Foundation’s first deep dive into thematic impact investing, our Head of Social and Impact Investment, Jonny Page outlines our thematic approach to impact investing.
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Sustainable food and agriculture: Investment deep dive
We're excited to share our first deep dive into thematic impact investing, which focuses on sustainable food and agriculture.
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Esmée staff and Trustee diversity data 2024
Analysis from the annual survey of Esmée Trustees and staff to help us track progress on diversity, equity and inclusion within the organisation.
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Freshwater mid-strategy review: Invitation to tender
We are looking to work with an external consultant from to carry out a short review to inform how we deliver our strategy for Freshwater.
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Pre-application Q&A Creative, Confident Communities: 14 November 2024
Watch our pre-application Q&A webinar for organisations interested in our support for Creative, Confident Communities, and hear the team talk through our updated guidance.
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Creative, Confident Communities: Update to our grant funding guidance
We have updated our grant funding guidance for support towards our funding priorities in Creative, Confident Communities.
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New Connections: 20 organisations awarded a total of £1.4m
At the end of last year, we announced New Connections, a new ringfenced fund for finding and supporting organisations who could not, or would not, usually apply to Esmée. We’re pleased now to share more about the organisations who have been awarded funding.
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Invitation to Tender: Learning Partner for Youth-Led Creativity programme
Esmée Fairbairn Foundation is looking to appoint a Learning Partner to co-design a Learning Programme for our Youth-Led Creativity programme.
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Youth-Led Creativity: 10 organisations awarded funding
We're excited to announce the 10 organisations awarded Youth-Led Creativity funding, totalling £1.1m. Organisations will also be supported through a Learning Programme, which will run alongside the funding, and will be co-designed with them and Esmée's Involving Young People Collective.
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Pre-application Q&A webinar: 23 September 2024
Watch a pre-application Q&A webinar we held on 23 September 2024 for organisations interested in applying to Esmée for support who have questions about our application process or guidance.
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Invitation to Tender: Review of diversity, equity and inclusion support received through Funding Plus
We are looking for a researcher to review the diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) support received through Funding Plus.
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Place Matters to research Esmée's place-led funding
Esmée Fairbairn Foundation has commissioned Place Matters to research the impact of our place-led funding pilots: Every One, Every Day in Barking and Dagenham (Participatory City Foundation), Plymouth Octopus Project in Plymouth, and Sandwell Council of Voluntary Organisations in Sandwell.
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Blue Spaces programme: highlights and learning so far
Esmée’s Freshwater Partnerships Development Manager, Jenny Wheeldon, shares an update on our Blue Spaces programme. Launched in early 2023, learn more about the brilliant organisations and activities being supported through the programme, along with highlights from what we have learnt so far.
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Designing a Senior Leadership Development programme for People of Colour in the Environment sector
Invitation to Tender: We're looking to work with a consultant to support the co-design of a senior leadership programme for people of colour in the environment sector.
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Our support and solidarity
To all the organisations and people we fund, we want to offer further support, encouragement, and flexibility at this time of racist violence and threat from the far right.
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Youth-Led Creativity funding: update
An update on our Youth-Led Creativity funding, which launched earlier this year. In it, we share more about the design of the fund, our approach to assessing applications and what’s next.
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Working towards A Fairer Future: reflections so far
Catherine Hillis, Director of A Fairer Future at Esmée, shares her reflections on her first year leading the team to deliver the first full year of our new A Fairer Future strategy and how the wider context is shaping our work.
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Annual Report and Accounts 2023
Our 2023 Annual Report and Accounts gives an overview of our funding, investments and operations during the year.
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Research to analyse DEI Data Standard's impact on UK funding
We are pleased to announce that the National Voluntary Community and Social Enterprise Data and Insights Observatory, in partnership with The Social Investment Consultancy, has been commissioned to analyse the impact of the DEI Data Standard on the UK funding landscape.
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LocalMotion secures £18m funding until 2031
LocalMotion's original funders, including Esmée, are continuing their involvement in the social justice network, ensuring six places in England and Wales can realise their long-term plans for change.
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Making partnerships work
Read our new Insights report, which shares learning and advice from organisations we fund on what makes good partnerships, and how to make them work.
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What do people think about Esmée Fairbairn Foundation 2024
Read the findings of a 2024 survey of successful and unsuccessful applicants about their experience of Esmée. Gina Crane, Esmée's Director of Communications and Learning shares her reflections on the findings.
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