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  • Oyster Credit Seawilding

    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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  • Anansi Theatre Company

    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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  • Close up of someone holding a wooden box full of vegetables

    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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  • Close up of hands patting soil down after planting

    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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  • Wessex Chalk Streams and Rivers Trust staff delivering schools river education programme in partnership with Winchester College

    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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  • 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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  • Cwm-Arian-Evenlode

    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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  • 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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  • Northern Roots-Group of young people all pulling on a rope together in game

    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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