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08 June 2020Insights in Brief: Social Investment and COVID-19
A new report sharing what we've learned from our social investments in light of Coronavirus, and how we could use this to inform the stages of rescue, recovery and revival.
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Our Annual Report for 2019
Read our 2019 Annual Report, which gives an overview of Esmee's year - our operations, funding and investments.
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Caroline Mason: Esmée Fairbairn’s response to coronavirus
Read about our response to Coronavirus
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Coronavirus - Grants Plus support
Find out how we've adapted our Grants Plus offer to support current grantees and investees.
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Coronavirus - funding and reassurance
Find out about what actions we have taken in response to Coronavirus including the £16m additional funding we are making available this year.
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Arts & Culture Impact Fund
Building on the success of the Arts Impact Fund, this new fund is the most ambitious of its kind globally, with an investment pool of £20 million.
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John Sydney Fairbairn 1934 - 2020
On behalf of everyone at Esmée Fairbairn Foundation it is with great sadness that we have to announce the death of John Sydney Fairbairn on 12 January 2020.
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James Hughes-Hallett CMG 1949 - 2019
On behalf of everyone at Esmée Fairbairn Foundation it is with very great sadness that we have to announce the death of James Hughes-Hallett who had been our Chair since 2013 and a Trustee for fourteen years.
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Grant Plus Survey 2018
A summary of responses from a survey of our grant and social investment holders (all approved decisions made from January 2017 to December 2018) about what they want from 'Grants Plus' support.
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Act for Change Fund awards first grants to young people leading social action
The Act for Change Fund is a £3.6 million fund for organisations supporting young people working for change. Find out more about the first group of grants awarded through the fund and what the application process is.
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