Esmée Fairbairn Foundation is looking to appoint a Learning Partner to co-design a Learning Programme for our Youth-Led Creativity programme. We'll also be holding a Q&A webinar about the tender on 7 November. Full details on the tender and webinar are below.
We are looking for consultants or an organisation with expertise and experience in: co-production or co-design; evaluation or learning in not-for-profit organisations; experience of working inclusively with a diverse range of young people; and working in the arts or creative industries.
- The outline annual budget for the project is set at £25,000 (including VAT), but exact costs will depend on the co-design process. More information is in the full invitation to tender.
- The deadline for submissions is 5pm on 18 November 2024
The Youth-Led Creativity programme is a ring-fenced fund, which has been co-designed with our Involving Young People Collective, who led on the assessments and decision-making alongside Esmée colleagues. In September, we made 10 three-year grants to organisations totalling just over £1m.
The Learning Programme
The Learning Programme will run alongside the funding; it will be co-designed by funded organisations and facilitated by a Learning Partner. The Learning Programme will run for three years and will:
- Support the funded organisations to develop and share their models of practice
- Enable peer support and learning in and between the funded organisations, and the young people they work with
- Inform Esmée’s future support of Youth-Led Creativity
- Share learning from the Programme with the wider arts and youth sectors.
What we’re looking for in a Learning Partner
- Co-design: experience of co-production and/or co-design with organisations and young people, facilitating and convening people to work together in a creative and inclusive way
- Evaluation: skills in evaluation for not-for-profit organisations, or experience of holding a learning partner relationship – we are particularly looking for experience of facilitating collaborative or shared learning
- Inclusivity: a demonstrable commitment to accessibility and inclusivity in their work – in particular: experience of working with people with neurodiversity; working with a diverse range of young people; able to create a trusting space for people with different needs; producing inclusive communications
- Creativity: evidence of understanding of, and connection to, the arts or creative industries
- Influence: evidence of sharing findings in a way that can influence changes to practice or policy
Read the full invitation to tender for more information including how to apply.
Q&A webinar about the tender
To reflect the values of co-design that have informed this Fund, we will be holding a webinar along with young people from our Collective to answer any questions about the Learning Programme and Learning Partner appointment process. A recording and transcript of this will be made available for anyone who can’t attend.
- Date, time and registration
The webinar will take place on 7 November 2024 from 1.00pm to 2.00pm.
- Accessing the webinar
- We will be using Zoom to host the webinar. See guidance on joining and participating in a Zoom webinar.
- The webinar will be recorded. We will update this page on our website with the recording, along with the transcript once available.
- If you would like to attend the webinar live, please register by clicking the registration link above.
- The webinar will be live captioned using Zoom or Otter ai. We will share the link that you need to access the live captions at the beginning of the webinar.
- If you have additional or other access needs, please email communications@esmeefairbairn.org.uk as soon as possible. We will do our best to accommodate them.
- Presentation slides
We will send the presentation slides to all those registered before the webinar. We will also add them to this page once available.
- Asking questions
- Please send your questions to us in advance by email to: communications@esmeefairbairn.org.uk. This will help us to prepare and answer your questions the best we can.
- In the webinar, we will be using the Q&A facility, which you can use to add your questions. You will be able to see all questions, as well as ‘upvote’ questions you’d like answered. You will also be able to see questions that have been answered. Attendees will not be able to share their video or audio.
- The panel will answer questions live and we'll try to answer as many as we can. Please don't worry if you miss anything, we will be sharing the recording and transcript afterwards, and if you need clarification on anything after the webinar ends, send us an email.
- For any questions we are not able to answer during the webinar, we will do our best to answer them afterwards and share them along with the recordings and transcript.
- Please note that everyone will be able to see questions added – so please do not share personal information or sensitive information about your organisation.
- We will also try to prioritise questions we think may be relevant to more people.
- Sending messages to the panel and attendees
Please note that Zoom's Chat facility will be disabled for attendees. This is so we can manage questions better and avoid missing questions that might have been shared in the Chat. We will, however, use the Chat to share information. If you would like to send us a message, please email us at communications@esmeefairbairn.org.uk.
