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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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  • Emerging funding opportunities for the natural environment

    Emerging funding opportunities for the natural environment

    We are pleased to share a new report: Emerging funding opportunities for the natural environment, which we commissioned to review the current landscape for innovative funding of environmental enhancement across the UK.

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  • John Sydney Fairbairn

    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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    Launch of the Climate Assembly UK

    We are delighted to see the launch of Climate Assembly UK, which will be facilitated by Involve, who are funded by the House of Commons with additional funding from Esmée Fairbairn Foundation and the European Climate Foundation.

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  • James Hughes Hallett

    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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