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  • Tribe Arts-Two members of the team on stage giving a talk as part of Tribe Talks

    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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    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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  • Large group picture with Esmée staff on a visit to Westway in West London

    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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  • Black Girls Hike

    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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  • Two people sitting at a table doing research. One is on a laptop and the other has a notebook.

    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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  • Stock photo-Black woman with long braids walking in the woods-Photo credit-Children in Nature Network

    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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  • Rainbow Migration-Rainbow Migration service users at Pride in London 2023-4

    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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  • Entelechy Arts-Ambient_Jam_collective_bring_Leaf_Symphony_to_Siobhan_Davies_Dance_responding_to_the_exhibition_by_Kristin_Kerrigan- credit Roswitha Chesher

    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-Community members meet in Carmarthen, Wales, for a Learning Summit

    Who our funding is reaching 2023

    To help us understand who our funding is reaching, we ask all applicants and organisations we fund to complete a Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) monitoring form. See a report analysing the data we collected for grants awarded and applications decided in 2023.

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