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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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    Esmée and the Involving Young People Collective, Year 3

    To help us reflect on how Esmée and the Involving Young People Collective are working together, staff and young consultants complete an annual satisfaction survey, based on the 10 values for co-production with young people.

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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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    Proposed changes to the Sentencing Council's guidelines

    See the joint response of the Corston Independent Funders' Coalition to the Sentencing Council's consultation on the Imposition of community and custodial sentences guideline.

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