We're hosting a pre-application Q&A webinar on 23 September 2024 for organisations interested in applying to Esmée for support who have questions about our application process or guidance.
We want to do more to save organisations from spending precious time applying to us when it is unlikely we will fund their work. We hope these webinars help organisations to better understand whether they should invest time in applying to us or if their efforts might be better focused on other sources of funding.
What will the webinar feature?
This webinar is for organisations interested in our support who would like to ask questions before they submit an expression of interest. You’ll hear from Esmée staff who will share more about our application process along with what we’re looking for and what we consider when making decisions. However, we plan to spend most of the time answering as many questions as we can.
The panel includes:
- Gina Crane, Director of Communications and Learning
- Heather Salmon, Funding Manager - A Fairer Future
- Simon Wightman, Funding Manager Lead - Our Natural World
Whilst we want to answer as many questions as possible, we are not able to offer detailed advice on individual applications before an expression of interest has been submitted. For expressions of interest that we think are a potential match, we will invite for a conversation to learn more.
Please note: We are hosting another pre-application Q&A webinar that will focus on our funding priorities in Creative, Confident Communities on 14 November. If you’re interested in Creative, Confident Communities, we recommend you join the webinar on 14 November.
- Date, time and registration
The webinar will take place on 23 September from 2.00pm to 3.00pm. Register for the webinar.
- Presentation
- 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.
- We will have a BSL interpreter on screen who will interpret what is being spoken live. If you think you might want to ask a question using BSL, please let us know in the registration form. To make sure you can see the BSL interpreters at all times, please check that your View is set to ‘Gallery View’. You can do this by clicking the ‘View’ button in the top right hand corner of the window. You can also ‘pin’ their windows. See more information on adjusting your view settings in Zoom.
- If you have additional or other access needs, please email communications@esmeefairbairn.org.uk.
- More information
- You can catch up on our previous pre-application Q&As.
- See our guidance for support, which includes more detail on what we’re looking for in our funding priorities and our application process.
- See an overview of grants awarded, and a list of recent grants for each priority.
- Search our funding data on GrantNav.
- Asking questions
- We recommend taking a look at the slides first, as you may already find your answer on there or on our website.
- 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.
- We recommend submitting questions in advance to communications@esmeefairbairn.org.uk so we can make sure we are able to respond to your question as best we can.
- The panel will answer questions live. But so that we can answer as many questions as possible, members of the team will also be typing responses in the Q&A facility. 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.
