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05 February 2024Youth-Led Creativity funding
We're excited to share our plans for our Youth-Led Creativity funding. Co-designed with Esmée's Involving Young People Collective, we reopen to applications from 14 February.
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Changing how we fund youth-led culture and creativity
We are changing how we fund youth-led culture and creativity and plan to share our plans for a new funding programme in the New Year. To prepare, we will close to applications towards youth-led culture and creativity at 5pm on 10 November 2023.
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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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Our response to the draft Children’s Social Care National Framework
Janet Grauberg, Esmée’s learning partner for our Leaving Care Learning Programme, shares her reflections on the Government’s draft Children’s Social Care Framework and Dashboard, and how we and organisations we work with, have responded.
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Annual Report and Accounts for 2022
Our 2022 Annual Report gives an overview of our operations, funding and investments during the year.
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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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Funder Commitment on Climate Change: 2022 update
Read our 2022 update on our work towards the six goals of the Funder Commitment on Climate Change.
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Government consults on its plan for children's social care reform in England
Read a summary of the Government's response to the recommendations of the Independent Review of Children's Social Care in England, along with their plan for children's social care reform.
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A Fairer Future: updated guidance and Q&A webinars
We reopen to applications in A Fairer Future on 12 October 2022. See our updated guidance on how to apply and watch our Q&A webinars about the new strategy.
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Racial, Gender, and Migrant justice Q&A
Watch our Q&A webinar on our priorities for Racial justice, Gender justice, and Migrant justice. We also answer more questions that we didn't get to during the webinar.
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