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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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What do people think about Esmée Fairbairn Foundation 2024
Read the findings of a 2024 survey of successful and unsuccessful applicants about their experience of Esmée. Gina Crane, Esmée's Director of Communications and Learning shares her reflections on the findings.
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Using social investment to secure a fairer future
Tom Colborne, Esmée’s Social Investment Portfolio Manager, writes about our social investment plans to support in a fairer future. This is part of a series of blogs on how our social investment strategy will contribute to Esmée’s mission.
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Pre-application Q&A webinar: 13 May 2024
Watch a pre-application Q&A webinar we held on 13 May for organisations interested in applying to Esmée for support who have questions about our application process and guidance.
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Esmée’s allocation to social investment increased to £60m
We are delighted to announce that Esmée Fairbairn Foundation is increasing our allocation to social investment to £60m.
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Increasing Funding Plus support for wellbeing
We are committed to targeting more Funding Plus support towards preventing burnout and improving wellbeing for the people we fund.
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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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Diversity, equity and inclusion: progress in 2023
A summary of key actions we have taken during 2023 to make progress on our commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion.
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Webinar: Effective partnership working
Watch a webinar we hosted with Take Note exploring a series of practical tools and approaches they've developed to support more equitable and impactful partnership work.
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