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  • Isle of Man workshop 2023 Dolphin spotting

    Funder Commitment on Climate Change: 2024

    Read our 2024 update on our work towards the six goals of the Funder Commitment on Climate Change.

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    The RACE Report 2024: Esmée’s progress

    The third annual RACE (Racial Action for the Climate Emergency) Report shares findings on the diversity of environment organisations and funders including Esmée Fairbairn Foundation. We share our initial reflections and plans to improve diversity, equity, and inclusion in the environment sector.

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  • Youth 4 Seas Credit Ruari Barker- Fleming

    Overview of grant funding 2024

    Find an overview of the grants we made in 2024, broken down by type of support, amount awarded, and by aim and funding priority. We also share success rates for applications in 2024.

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  • Community Organisers

    Pre-application Q&A Webinar: 3 February 2025

    Watch a pre-application Q&A webinar we held on 3 February 2025 for organisations interested in applying to Esmée for support who have questions about our application process or guidance.

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  • Cumbria Wildlife Trust: Seagrass seed collection

    Fishing in Tandem with Nature: Our work so far

    Esmée’s Funding Manager, Morven Robertson, shares the first of two blogs exploring our work and plans to support healthy seas. She highlights some of the projects we’ve supported towards our fishing in tandem with nature priority, from reducing overfishing to protecting marine habitats, and supporting more equitable fisheries.

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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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    How we’re using AI (Artificial Intelligence) tools

    Learn about how we’re using AI tools such as Microsoft Copilot to support our work and what this means for people and organisations we work with. We also share our thoughts on organisations using AI in their work – including funding applications.

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    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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  • 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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