Esmée Fairbairn Foundation
@esmeefairbairn.bsky.social
We aim to improve our natural world, secure a fairer future and strengthen the bonds in communities in the UK.
www.esmeefairbairn.org.uk
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Read the latest news from Esmée 🚀
🚨 Recruiting our next Chief Executive
⚡ Blog on the challenges the sector is facing and what funders can do
📊 Our 2025 Annual Report and Accounts
🏘️ Investment deep dive on social and affordable housing
📅 Pre-application Q&A webinar
createsend.com/t/t-B5F74CA4...
🚨 Recruiting our next Chief Executive
⚡ Blog on the challenges the sector is facing and what funders can do
📊 Our 2025 Annual Report and Accounts
🏘️ Investment deep dive on social and affordable housing
📅 Pre-application Q&A webinar
createsend.com/t/t-B5F74CA4...
🚨Our latest pre-application Q&A webinar is now available to watch on demand!
Thinking of applying to Esmée for funding? Catch up on our webinar covering our funding priorities, what we do and don't fund, and our application process.
▶️ Watch now: esmeefairbairn.org.uk/latest-news/...
Thinking of applying to Esmée for funding? Catch up on our webinar covering our funding priorities, what we do and don't fund, and our application process.
▶️ Watch now: esmeefairbairn.org.uk/latest-news/...
October 8, 2026 at 11:05 AM
🚨Our latest pre-application Q&A webinar is now available to watch on demand!
Thinking of applying to Esmée for funding? Catch up on our webinar covering our funding priorities, what we do and don't fund, and our application process.
▶️ Watch now: esmeefairbairn.org.uk/latest-news/...
Thinking of applying to Esmée for funding? Catch up on our webinar covering our funding priorities, what we do and don't fund, and our application process.
▶️ Watch now: esmeefairbairn.org.uk/latest-news/...
🎉 GrantNav is 10!
Since launching in 2016, GrantNav has grown from data from 25 funders to nearly 360 funders, bringing together more than 1.5 million grants.
Read more about GrantNav’s first 10 years: www.360giving.org/2026/09/30/g...
Complete their survey: www.360giving.org/grantnav-sur...
Since launching in 2016, GrantNav has grown from data from 25 funders to nearly 360 funders, bringing together more than 1.5 million grants.
Read more about GrantNav’s first 10 years: www.360giving.org/2026/09/30/g...
Complete their survey: www.360giving.org/grantnav-sur...
October 7, 2026 at 12:17 PM
🎉 GrantNav is 10!
Since launching in 2016, GrantNav has grown from data from 25 funders to nearly 360 funders, bringing together more than 1.5 million grants.
Read more about GrantNav’s first 10 years: www.360giving.org/2026/09/30/g...
Complete their survey: www.360giving.org/grantnav-sur...
Since launching in 2016, GrantNav has grown from data from 25 funders to nearly 360 funders, bringing together more than 1.5 million grants.
Read more about GrantNav’s first 10 years: www.360giving.org/2026/09/30/g...
Complete their survey: www.360giving.org/grantnav-sur...
📢 Invitation to tender
We’re looking for an external consultant or organisation to review our work and funding towards community-driven enterprise and regeneration.
Deadline: 28 October
Find out more and how to apply: esmeefairbairn.org.uk/latest-news/...
We’re looking for an external consultant or organisation to review our work and funding towards community-driven enterprise and regeneration.
Deadline: 28 October
Find out more and how to apply: esmeefairbairn.org.uk/latest-news/...
October 6, 2026 at 3:42 PM
📢 Invitation to tender
We’re looking for an external consultant or organisation to review our work and funding towards community-driven enterprise and regeneration.
Deadline: 28 October
Find out more and how to apply: esmeefairbairn.org.uk/latest-news/...
We’re looking for an external consultant or organisation to review our work and funding towards community-driven enterprise and regeneration.
Deadline: 28 October
Find out more and how to apply: esmeefairbairn.org.uk/latest-news/...
🌱 In our latest blog, our Director of Our Natural World reflects on what genuine resilience could look like – from healthy soils and nature, to viable farmer livelihoods, fairer supply chains and businesses investing for the long term.
👉 Read the blog: esmeefairbairn.org.uk/latest-news/...
👉 Read the blog: esmeefairbairn.org.uk/latest-news/...
October 5, 2026 at 11:18 AM
🌱 In our latest blog, our Director of Our Natural World reflects on what genuine resilience could look like – from healthy soils and nature, to viable farmer livelihoods, fairer supply chains and businesses investing for the long term.
👉 Read the blog: esmeefairbairn.org.uk/latest-news/...
👉 Read the blog: esmeefairbairn.org.uk/latest-news/...
🚨 We’re hiring!
Join our team as an Investment Operations Analyst and help support our investment activities as we work towards a fairer, more sustainable future.
📍 Location: London
💷 Salary: Up to £40,000
🗓️ Applications close: 14 October 2026
Find out more: www.markssattin.co.uk/job/investme...
Join our team as an Investment Operations Analyst and help support our investment activities as we work towards a fairer, more sustainable future.
📍 Location: London
💷 Salary: Up to £40,000
🗓️ Applications close: 14 October 2026
Find out more: www.markssattin.co.uk/job/investme...
October 2, 2026 at 4:07 PM
🚨 We’re hiring!
Join our team as an Investment Operations Analyst and help support our investment activities as we work towards a fairer, more sustainable future.
📍 Location: London
💷 Salary: Up to £40,000
🗓️ Applications close: 14 October 2026
Find out more: www.markssattin.co.uk/job/investme...
Join our team as an Investment Operations Analyst and help support our investment activities as we work towards a fairer, more sustainable future.
📍 Location: London
💷 Salary: Up to £40,000
🗓️ Applications close: 14 October 2026
Find out more: www.markssattin.co.uk/job/investme...
Our latest newsletter is out 🚀 featuring:
🌱 New report on 5 years of involving young people at Esmée
📣 We're hiring!
🤝 The Involving Young People Fund
🏛️ Communities and Collections Fund
📚 Plus more!
Read now: esmeefairbairnfoundation.cmail19.com/t/t-e-ydjhhl...
🌱 New report on 5 years of involving young people at Esmée
📣 We're hiring!
🤝 The Involving Young People Fund
🏛️ Communities and Collections Fund
📚 Plus more!
Read now: esmeefairbairnfoundation.cmail19.com/t/t-e-ydjhhl...
October 2, 2026 at 12:08 PM
Our latest newsletter is out 🚀 featuring:
🌱 New report on 5 years of involving young people at Esmée
📣 We're hiring!
🤝 The Involving Young People Fund
🏛️ Communities and Collections Fund
📚 Plus more!
Read now: esmeefairbairnfoundation.cmail19.com/t/t-e-ydjhhl...
🌱 New report on 5 years of involving young people at Esmée
📣 We're hiring!
🤝 The Involving Young People Fund
🏛️ Communities and Collections Fund
📚 Plus more!
Read now: esmeefairbairnfoundation.cmail19.com/t/t-e-ydjhhl...
Creating change takes collaboration. 💡
We’re proud to support Citizens for Culture, which brought together 51 people from across the West of England to help shape a shared vision for culture and creativity in the region.
🎬 Watch the new documentary: esmeefairbairn.org.uk/latest-news/...
We’re proud to support Citizens for Culture, which brought together 51 people from across the West of England to help shape a shared vision for culture and creativity in the region.
🎬 Watch the new documentary: esmeefairbairn.org.uk/latest-news/...
September 8, 2026 at 11:50 AM
Creating change takes collaboration. 💡
We’re proud to support Citizens for Culture, which brought together 51 people from across the West of England to help shape a shared vision for culture and creativity in the region.
🎬 Watch the new documentary: esmeefairbairn.org.uk/latest-news/...
We’re proud to support Citizens for Culture, which brought together 51 people from across the West of England to help shape a shared vision for culture and creativity in the region.
🎬 Watch the new documentary: esmeefairbairn.org.uk/latest-news/...
Our latest newsletter is out 🚀 featuring:
💭 Key findings from our 2026 survey
📣 Hiring at Esmée
🌿Blog on why investing in nature restoration can help build resilience
🎨 Lessons from co-designing the Youth-Led Creativity Fund
Read now: esmeefairbairnfoundation.createsend1.com/t/t-e-ydoukj...
💭 Key findings from our 2026 survey
📣 Hiring at Esmée
🌿Blog on why investing in nature restoration can help build resilience
🎨 Lessons from co-designing the Youth-Led Creativity Fund
Read now: esmeefairbairnfoundation.createsend1.com/t/t-e-ydoukj...
August 27, 2026 at 3:22 PM
Our latest newsletter is out 🚀 featuring:
💭 Key findings from our 2026 survey
📣 Hiring at Esmée
🌿Blog on why investing in nature restoration can help build resilience
🎨 Lessons from co-designing the Youth-Led Creativity Fund
Read now: esmeefairbairnfoundation.createsend1.com/t/t-e-ydoukj...
💭 Key findings from our 2026 survey
📣 Hiring at Esmée
🌿Blog on why investing in nature restoration can help build resilience
🎨 Lessons from co-designing the Youth-Led Creativity Fund
Read now: esmeefairbairnfoundation.createsend1.com/t/t-e-ydoukj...
💬 As Daniel, Mel, Francesca, Inés, Shirley, Chelbi and Aaliyah come to the end of their time as consultants at Esmée, they share what they’ve learned, what they’ve valued and how their time with the IYPC has influenced them.
👉 Watch now: esmeefairbairn.org.uk/latest-news/...
👉 Watch now: esmeefairbairn.org.uk/latest-news/...
August 21, 2026 at 9:39 AM
💬 As Daniel, Mel, Francesca, Inés, Shirley, Chelbi and Aaliyah come to the end of their time as consultants at Esmée, they share what they’ve learned, what they’ve valued and how their time with the IYPC has influenced them.
👉 Watch now: esmeefairbairn.org.uk/latest-news/...
👉 Watch now: esmeefairbairn.org.uk/latest-news/...
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In 2026 we reviewed the progress of our work and its long term impact, and the continuation of the fund 2027-29 is the result of this review.
We will publish renewed criteria and guidance and open the fund for applications in the week commencing 28 September 2026.
@esmeefairbairn.bsky.social
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We will publish renewed criteria and guidance and open the fund for applications in the week commencing 28 September 2026.
@esmeefairbairn.bsky.social
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Esmée Fairbairn Communities and Collections Fund - Museums Association
Using museum collections to improve inclusion and equitable working with community partners
www.museumsassociation.org
August 19, 2026 at 12:42 PM
In 2026 we reviewed the progress of our work and its long term impact, and the continuation of the fund 2027-29 is the result of this review.
We will publish renewed criteria and guidance and open the fund for applications in the week commencing 28 September 2026.
@esmeefairbairn.bsky.social
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We will publish renewed criteria and guidance and open the fund for applications in the week commencing 28 September 2026.
@esmeefairbairn.bsky.social
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📢 We're hiring: Funding Manager Lead in our Creative, Confident Communities team
We're looking for an experienced and strategic funding professional with a strong understanding of community-led arts, creativity and place-based approaches.
We're looking for an experienced and strategic funding professional with a strong understanding of community-led arts, creativity and place-based approaches.
August 19, 2026 at 8:40 AM
📢 We're hiring: Funding Manager Lead in our Creative, Confident Communities team
We're looking for an experienced and strategic funding professional with a strong understanding of community-led arts, creativity and place-based approaches.
We're looking for an experienced and strategic funding professional with a strong understanding of community-led arts, creativity and place-based approaches.
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Celebrating 10 years of our Booster Fund supporting & investing in community share offers:
📈 £5m invested in 98 share offers
📷 £20m unlocked from more than 26,000 community investors 📷
🚀 184 development grants awarded to enable share offers to launch
www.uk.coop/resources/re...
📈 £5m invested in 98 share offers
📷 £20m unlocked from more than 26,000 community investors 📷
🚀 184 development grants awarded to enable share offers to launch
www.uk.coop/resources/re...
August 13, 2026 at 4:33 PM
Celebrating 10 years of our Booster Fund supporting & investing in community share offers:
📈 £5m invested in 98 share offers
📷 £20m unlocked from more than 26,000 community investors 📷
🚀 184 development grants awarded to enable share offers to launch
www.uk.coop/resources/re...
📈 £5m invested in 98 share offers
📷 £20m unlocked from more than 26,000 community investors 📷
🚀 184 development grants awarded to enable share offers to launch
www.uk.coop/resources/re...
NEW BLOG: Land truths, when the fires are burning 🌳🌊
We take a look at the role nature can play in building resilience against extreme weather, share examples of brilliant work being done, and why we need to keep investing in nature for the future.
esmeefairbairn.org.uk/latest-news/...
We take a look at the role nature can play in building resilience against extreme weather, share examples of brilliant work being done, and why we need to keep investing in nature for the future.
esmeefairbairn.org.uk/latest-news/...
August 12, 2026 at 3:24 PM
NEW BLOG: Land truths, when the fires are burning 🌳🌊
We take a look at the role nature can play in building resilience against extreme weather, share examples of brilliant work being done, and why we need to keep investing in nature for the future.
esmeefairbairn.org.uk/latest-news/...
We take a look at the role nature can play in building resilience against extreme weather, share examples of brilliant work being done, and why we need to keep investing in nature for the future.
esmeefairbairn.org.uk/latest-news/...
🚨In our latest blog, Lou Chandler from Esmée’s Involving Young People Collective reflects on co-designing the Youth-Led Creativity Fund - and what the process taught her about power, responsibility and youth leadership.
🔗 Read Louise’s reflections now: esmeefairbairn.org.uk/latest-news/...
🔗 Read Louise’s reflections now: esmeefairbairn.org.uk/latest-news/...
August 11, 2026 at 12:20 PM
🚨In our latest blog, Lou Chandler from Esmée’s Involving Young People Collective reflects on co-designing the Youth-Led Creativity Fund - and what the process taught her about power, responsibility and youth leadership.
🔗 Read Louise’s reflections now: esmeefairbairn.org.uk/latest-news/...
🔗 Read Louise’s reflections now: esmeefairbairn.org.uk/latest-news/...
🎙️ A conversation on funding and community resilience
Esmée's Veda Harrison joined The Social Change Nest along with Oli Whittington, Our House, and Misbah Malik, HOPE not hate, to talk about how philanthropy can support communities facing growing division
thesocialchangenest.org/facing-fear-...
Esmée's Veda Harrison joined The Social Change Nest along with Oli Whittington, Our House, and Misbah Malik, HOPE not hate, to talk about how philanthropy can support communities facing growing division
thesocialchangenest.org/facing-fear-...
August 7, 2026 at 9:17 AM
🎙️ A conversation on funding and community resilience
Esmée's Veda Harrison joined The Social Change Nest along with Oli Whittington, Our House, and Misbah Malik, HOPE not hate, to talk about how philanthropy can support communities facing growing division
thesocialchangenest.org/facing-fear-...
Esmée's Veda Harrison joined The Social Change Nest along with Oli Whittington, Our House, and Misbah Malik, HOPE not hate, to talk about how philanthropy can support communities facing growing division
thesocialchangenest.org/facing-fear-...
📣 Join our pre-application Q&A webinar on 28 September at 2pm to learn more about our application process, what we're looking for, and ask your questions before submitting an expression of interest.
👉 Register now: esmeefairbairn.org.uk/latest-news/...
👉 Register now: esmeefairbairn.org.uk/latest-news/...
August 6, 2026 at 3:32 PM
📣 Join our pre-application Q&A webinar on 28 September at 2pm to learn more about our application process, what we're looking for, and ask your questions before submitting an expression of interest.
👉 Register now: esmeefairbairn.org.uk/latest-news/...
👉 Register now: esmeefairbairn.org.uk/latest-news/...
💭 Our latest survey shows the value of trust-based relationships, flexible funding and accessible support. It also highlights where we need to improve, including clearer guidance, better feedback and greater transparency in our decision-making.
Find out more: esmeefairbairn.org.uk/latest-news/...
Find out more: esmeefairbairn.org.uk/latest-news/...
August 4, 2026 at 12:17 PM
💭 Our latest survey shows the value of trust-based relationships, flexible funding and accessible support. It also highlights where we need to improve, including clearer guidance, better feedback and greater transparency in our decision-making.
Find out more: esmeefairbairn.org.uk/latest-news/...
Find out more: esmeefairbairn.org.uk/latest-news/...
🌿 The Wild Summit returns to Bristol Beacon on 9 September, bringing together campaigners, policymakers, scientists, community organisers and creatives from across the UK to explore how we can accelerate nature's recovery and halt nature's decline by 2030.
🎟️ www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-wild-s...
🎟️ www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-wild-s...
The Wild Summit 2026
The Wild Summit is back!
www.eventbrite.co.uk
August 3, 2026 at 12:50 PM
🌿 The Wild Summit returns to Bristol Beacon on 9 September, bringing together campaigners, policymakers, scientists, community organisers and creatives from across the UK to explore how we can accelerate nature's recovery and halt nature's decline by 2030.
🎟️ www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-wild-s...
🎟️ www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-wild-s...
Read the latest news from Esmée 🚀
🚨 Recruiting our next Chief Executive
⚡ Blog on the challenges the sector is facing and what funders can do
📊 Our 2025 Annual Report and Accounts
🏘️ Investment deep dive on social and affordable housing
📅 Pre-application Q&A webinar
createsend.com/t/t-B5F74CA4...
🚨 Recruiting our next Chief Executive
⚡ Blog on the challenges the sector is facing and what funders can do
📊 Our 2025 Annual Report and Accounts
🏘️ Investment deep dive on social and affordable housing
📅 Pre-application Q&A webinar
createsend.com/t/t-B5F74CA4...
July 30, 2026 at 2:56 PM
Read the latest news from Esmée 🚀
🚨 Recruiting our next Chief Executive
⚡ Blog on the challenges the sector is facing and what funders can do
📊 Our 2025 Annual Report and Accounts
🏘️ Investment deep dive on social and affordable housing
📅 Pre-application Q&A webinar
createsend.com/t/t-B5F74CA4...
🚨 Recruiting our next Chief Executive
⚡ Blog on the challenges the sector is facing and what funders can do
📊 Our 2025 Annual Report and Accounts
🏘️ Investment deep dive on social and affordable housing
📅 Pre-application Q&A webinar
createsend.com/t/t-B5F74CA4...
📢 NEW BLOG on the challenges facing the sector
For Gina Crane's final project for Esmée as Director of Communications and Learning, she has been working with Oliver French to pull together six years of learning from the organisations we fund for Trustees.
esmeefairbairn.org.uk/latest-news/...
For Gina Crane's final project for Esmée as Director of Communications and Learning, she has been working with Oliver French to pull together six years of learning from the organisations we fund for Trustees.
esmeefairbairn.org.uk/latest-news/...
July 29, 2026 at 1:23 PM
📢 NEW BLOG on the challenges facing the sector
For Gina Crane's final project for Esmée as Director of Communications and Learning, she has been working with Oliver French to pull together six years of learning from the organisations we fund for Trustees.
esmeefairbairn.org.uk/latest-news/...
For Gina Crane's final project for Esmée as Director of Communications and Learning, she has been working with Oliver French to pull together six years of learning from the organisations we fund for Trustees.
esmeefairbairn.org.uk/latest-news/...
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75 years since the Refugee Convention was signed, refugee rights are under more threat than ever in the UK.
If we want more than 75 years, we have to fight for them. Send your MP a plan for an asylum system that keeps the Refugee Convention alive NOW:
fightforasylumrights.org/give-the-new...
If we want more than 75 years, we have to fight for them. Send your MP a plan for an asylum system that keeps the Refugee Convention alive NOW:
fightforasylumrights.org/give-the-new...
July 29, 2026 at 9:28 AM
75 years since the Refugee Convention was signed, refugee rights are under more threat than ever in the UK.
If we want more than 75 years, we have to fight for them. Send your MP a plan for an asylum system that keeps the Refugee Convention alive NOW:
fightforasylumrights.org/give-the-new...
If we want more than 75 years, we have to fight for them. Send your MP a plan for an asylum system that keeps the Refugee Convention alive NOW:
fightforasylumrights.org/give-the-new...
🚨 Recruiting the next Chief Executive of Esmée Fairbairn Foundation🚨
Our current strategy runs to the end of 2027, so the next Chief Executive will lead its final chapter and, working closely with Trustees, staff, and partners, shape the Foundation's direction for the decade ahead.
Our current strategy runs to the end of 2027, so the next Chief Executive will lead its final chapter and, working closely with Trustees, staff, and partners, shape the Foundation's direction for the decade ahead.
July 29, 2026 at 8:21 AM
🚨 Recruiting the next Chief Executive of Esmée Fairbairn Foundation🚨
Our current strategy runs to the end of 2027, so the next Chief Executive will lead its final chapter and, working closely with Trustees, staff, and partners, shape the Foundation's direction for the decade ahead.
Our current strategy runs to the end of 2027, so the next Chief Executive will lead its final chapter and, working closely with Trustees, staff, and partners, shape the Foundation's direction for the decade ahead.
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The UK was one of the first countries to sign the UN Refugee Convention. They made a promise that people fleeing war and persecution would be protected.
To mark this anniversary, we asked Scots about their views on refugees.
Here's what we found: https://ow.ly/EvMl50Zttq4
To mark this anniversary, we asked Scots about their views on refugees.
Here's what we found: https://ow.ly/EvMl50Zttq4
July 28, 2026 at 6:30 AM
The UK was one of the first countries to sign the UN Refugee Convention. They made a promise that people fleeing war and persecution would be protected.
To mark this anniversary, we asked Scots about their views on refugees.
Here's what we found: https://ow.ly/EvMl50Zttq4
To mark this anniversary, we asked Scots about their views on refugees.
Here's what we found: https://ow.ly/EvMl50Zttq4
We're pleased to share our 2025 Annual Report 🌟
Highlights are below, but you can find more reflections and information about our funding, investments, and operations in our full Annual Report: esmeefairbairn.org.uk/latest-news/...
Highlights are below, but you can find more reflections and information about our funding, investments, and operations in our full Annual Report: esmeefairbairn.org.uk/latest-news/...
July 23, 2026 at 8:45 AM
We're pleased to share our 2025 Annual Report 🌟
Highlights are below, but you can find more reflections and information about our funding, investments, and operations in our full Annual Report: esmeefairbairn.org.uk/latest-news/...
Highlights are below, but you can find more reflections and information about our funding, investments, and operations in our full Annual Report: esmeefairbairn.org.uk/latest-news/...
This weekend is Trans Pride and we are proud to be supporting the third annual Assembly of the Trans Pride Collective UK & Ireland 🏳️⚧️
It will see the widest regional gathering of Trans Pride organisers ever convened across the UK and Ireland🩷 museumoftransology.com/trans-pride-...
It will see the widest regional gathering of Trans Pride organisers ever convened across the UK and Ireland🩷 museumoftransology.com/trans-pride-...
July 21, 2026 at 3:52 PM
This weekend is Trans Pride and we are proud to be supporting the third annual Assembly of the Trans Pride Collective UK & Ireland 🏳️⚧️
It will see the widest regional gathering of Trans Pride organisers ever convened across the UK and Ireland🩷 museumoftransology.com/trans-pride-...
It will see the widest regional gathering of Trans Pride organisers ever convened across the UK and Ireland🩷 museumoftransology.com/trans-pride-...