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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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    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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    Foundation Practice Rating Year 2: How Esmée did

    The Foundation Practice Rating (FPR) has published its second annual report assessing foundations on three areas of practice: diversity, accountability and transparency.

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    Invitation to Tender: mapping work on diversity in the environment sector

    We are commissioning a review of existing and planned initiatives which aim to address a lack of diversity in the environment sector in the UK.

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    Diversity, equity and inclusion: progress 2020 to 2022

    A summary of key actions we have taken from 2020 to 2022 to make progress on our commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion.

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    Who is our funding reaching 2022

    Using the DEI Data Standard, we started gathering data on organisations we fund as well as those applying to us so that we can better understand who our funding is reaching, and make progress towards our commitments to diversity, equity and inclusion.

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    Esmée staff and Trustee diversity data 2022

    We carry out an annual survey of Trustees and staff to help us track progress on the diversity of our people. Read more about our 2022 results.

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    Values for co-production between Young People + Organisations

    Esmée's Involving Young People Collective share 10 values for co-production between young people and organisations. In this blog, Thalia and Betty, from the Collective, share how the work developed as well as their hopes that it will help to start conversations on best practice.

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    Working towards a more diverse, inclusive and equitable environment sector

    We know that we cannot address the climate and nature crises without also addressing injustice and inequity in the environment sector. In a new blog, we share what we’ve been doing to support a more diverse, inclusive and equitable environment sector.

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