This page shares a snapshot of Esmée's support in Creative, Confident Communities as of November 2025. We have 157 active grants totalling £45.21m and 15 social investments totalling £7.74m towards our three priorities in Creative, Confident Communities.
Below you can see a map showing grants and social investments that are working locally in a specific place. In addition to these, our portfolio includes projects and organisations that work at larger geographic levels. Either across a region, multiple regions, or UK-wide. More information about the data and how to use the map is below.
What's on the map
The map shows 99 projects, totalling £25.79m, working locally. It includes both grants and social investments are shown by the county or unitary authority they are working in rather than where the organisation is based.
How to use the map:
- Data points are sized by the number of projects in that area.
- Select each data point to see grants and social investments in that area.
- Move over project on the right to see where it is located on the map.
- Hover or click on the amount awarded to a project to see more information about the project including a link to the project's website.
What's not on the map
Some of the projects we support in Creative, Confident Communities work across a region or multiple regions. Below is a breakdown:
- UK whole – 30 grants totalling £14.07m, and 3 social investments totalling £1.98m
- England/English regions – 23 grants totalling £4.62m, and 6 social investments totalling £4.21m
- Scotland – 9 grants totalling £1.73m
- Wales – 2 grants totalling £565k
- Northern Ireland - we aren't currently supporting any projects working across all of Northern Ireland
More information about our funding
You can explore recent grants and social investments under each of our priorities using the links below: