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 our October newsletter featuring:
📍Insights from place-led funding
💜 Support for organisations on DEI
🌱 How businesses are taking action for nature
🐬 Scaling and sustaining UK marine restoration
Plus news from the sector!
👉 esmeefairbairnfoundation.createsend1.com/t/t-e-gkykll...
📍Insights from place-led funding
💜 Support for organisations on DEI
🌱 How businesses are taking action for nature
🐬 Scaling and sustaining UK marine restoration
Plus news from the sector!
👉 esmeefairbairnfoundation.createsend1.com/t/t-e-gkykll...
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The government has shut down refugee family reunion — turning in effect a “temporary pause” into a permanent ban.
Cruel. Heartless. Inhumane. 🧵
reunitefamiliesuk.co.uk/over-60-orgs...
Cruel. Heartless. Inhumane. 🧵
reunitefamiliesuk.co.uk/over-60-orgs...
November 4, 2025 at 10:42 AM
The government has shut down refugee family reunion — turning in effect a “temporary pause” into a permanent ban.
Cruel. Heartless. Inhumane. 🧵
reunitefamiliesuk.co.uk/over-60-orgs...
Cruel. Heartless. Inhumane. 🧵
reunitefamiliesuk.co.uk/over-60-orgs...
Learning from Esmée’s Blue Spaces Programme 💧
Join us on 11 December 2025 for a webinar exploring learning from Esmée’s Blue Spaces programme, which was established to support communities to take action to improve their local freshwaters.
Join us on 11 December 2025 for a webinar exploring learning from Esmée’s Blue Spaces programme, which was established to support communities to take action to improve their local freshwaters.
November 17, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Learning from Esmée’s Blue Spaces Programme 💧
Join us on 11 December 2025 for a webinar exploring learning from Esmée’s Blue Spaces programme, which was established to support communities to take action to improve their local freshwaters.
Join us on 11 December 2025 for a webinar exploring learning from Esmée’s Blue Spaces programme, which was established to support communities to take action to improve their local freshwaters.
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Banning people from work has never made sense. The House of Lords couldn't understand it, and we don't either.
The Government is prepping asylum reforms RIGHT NOW. They must hear voters want an end to this absurd ban - not more irrational hostility:
📣 bit.ly/LTB-act
The Government is prepping asylum reforms RIGHT NOW. They must hear voters want an end to this absurd ban - not more irrational hostility:
📣 bit.ly/LTB-act
November 15, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Banning people from work has never made sense. The House of Lords couldn't understand it, and we don't either.
The Government is prepping asylum reforms RIGHT NOW. They must hear voters want an end to this absurd ban - not more irrational hostility:
📣 bit.ly/LTB-act
The Government is prepping asylum reforms RIGHT NOW. They must hear voters want an end to this absurd ban - not more irrational hostility:
📣 bit.ly/LTB-act
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The investment period for our Arts & Culture Impact Fund (ACIF) has been extended until 2027!
Read more figurative.org.uk/news/major-i...
Thanks to @artscouncilengland.bsky.social, National Lottery Heritage Fund, Better Society Capital, Nesta, @esmeefairbairn.bsky.social & Freelands Foundation.
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Thanks to @artscouncilengland.bsky.social, National Lottery Heritage Fund, Better Society Capital, Nesta, @esmeefairbairn.bsky.social & Freelands Foundation.
Major impact investment fund for cultural and creative sector is extended for two years - Figurative
Figurative has announced that the investment period for its Arts & Culture Impact Fund (ACIF) has been extended until August 2027.
figurative.org.uk
November 11, 2025 at 10:49 AM
The investment period for our Arts & Culture Impact Fund (ACIF) has been extended until 2027!
Read more figurative.org.uk/news/major-i...
Thanks to @artscouncilengland.bsky.social, National Lottery Heritage Fund, Better Society Capital, Nesta, @esmeefairbairn.bsky.social & Freelands Foundation.
Read more figurative.org.uk/news/major-i...
Thanks to @artscouncilengland.bsky.social, National Lottery Heritage Fund, Better Society Capital, Nesta, @esmeefairbairn.bsky.social & Freelands Foundation.
🚨 We’re recruiting 🚨
Join our team as Funding Manager – Our Natural World! We’re looking for someone with strong experience in marine and fisheries work, who’s passionate about sustainable oceans and ready to help drive lasting environmental change.
Join our team as Funding Manager – Our Natural World! We’re looking for someone with strong experience in marine and fisheries work, who’s passionate about sustainable oceans and ready to help drive lasting environmental change.
November 11, 2025 at 2:48 PM
🚨 We’re recruiting 🚨
Join our team as Funding Manager – Our Natural World! We’re looking for someone with strong experience in marine and fisheries work, who’s passionate about sustainable oceans and ready to help drive lasting environmental change.
Join our team as Funding Manager – Our Natural World! We’re looking for someone with strong experience in marine and fisheries work, who’s passionate about sustainable oceans and ready to help drive lasting environmental change.
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Asylum hotels and military barracks are awful places to live for people fleeing torture.
We didn’t rely on them to house asylum seekers five years ago – so why is our government using them now?
It’s time to change this and take action on asylum accommodation.
We didn’t rely on them to house asylum seekers five years ago – so why is our government using them now?
It’s time to change this and take action on asylum accommodation.
October 30, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Asylum hotels and military barracks are awful places to live for people fleeing torture.
We didn’t rely on them to house asylum seekers five years ago – so why is our government using them now?
It’s time to change this and take action on asylum accommodation.
We didn’t rely on them to house asylum seekers five years ago – so why is our government using them now?
It’s time to change this and take action on asylum accommodation.
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❓How can UK nations lead the way when it comes to fair, healthy and sustainable food and farming?
Join FFCC's NI Director John Woods for panel “Wales the odd one out and why it matters” at the Wales Real Food and Farming Conference.
👉Get tickets now: wrffc.wales/cynhadledd-2...
Join FFCC's NI Director John Woods for panel “Wales the odd one out and why it matters” at the Wales Real Food and Farming Conference.
👉Get tickets now: wrffc.wales/cynhadledd-2...
October 24, 2025 at 3:23 PM
❓How can UK nations lead the way when it comes to fair, healthy and sustainable food and farming?
Join FFCC's NI Director John Woods for panel “Wales the odd one out and why it matters” at the Wales Real Food and Farming Conference.
👉Get tickets now: wrffc.wales/cynhadledd-2...
Join FFCC's NI Director John Woods for panel “Wales the odd one out and why it matters” at the Wales Real Food and Farming Conference.
👉Get tickets now: wrffc.wales/cynhadledd-2...
Read our October newsletter featuring:
📍Insights from place-led funding
💜 Support for organisations on DEI
🌱 How businesses are taking action for nature
🐬 Scaling and sustaining UK marine restoration
Plus news from the sector!
👉 esmeefairbairnfoundation.createsend1.com/t/t-e-gkykll...
📍Insights from place-led funding
💜 Support for organisations on DEI
🌱 How businesses are taking action for nature
🐬 Scaling and sustaining UK marine restoration
Plus news from the sector!
👉 esmeefairbairnfoundation.createsend1.com/t/t-e-gkykll...
October 24, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Read our October newsletter featuring:
📍Insights from place-led funding
💜 Support for organisations on DEI
🌱 How businesses are taking action for nature
🐬 Scaling and sustaining UK marine restoration
Plus news from the sector!
👉 esmeefairbairnfoundation.createsend1.com/t/t-e-gkykll...
📍Insights from place-led funding
💜 Support for organisations on DEI
🌱 How businesses are taking action for nature
🐬 Scaling and sustaining UK marine restoration
Plus news from the sector!
👉 esmeefairbairnfoundation.createsend1.com/t/t-e-gkykll...
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🏆 UK River Prize 2026 – Now Open!
Celebrating innovation and excellence in river restoration across the UK.
5-minute application | Deadline: 19 Dec 2025
👉 Apply here: www.therrc.co.uk/uk-river-prize
Celebrating innovation and excellence in river restoration across the UK.
5-minute application | Deadline: 19 Dec 2025
👉 Apply here: www.therrc.co.uk/uk-river-prize
October 14, 2025 at 10:33 AM
🏆 UK River Prize 2026 – Now Open!
Celebrating innovation and excellence in river restoration across the UK.
5-minute application | Deadline: 19 Dec 2025
👉 Apply here: www.therrc.co.uk/uk-river-prize
Celebrating innovation and excellence in river restoration across the UK.
5-minute application | Deadline: 19 Dec 2025
👉 Apply here: www.therrc.co.uk/uk-river-prize
Community power is the antidote to division and democratic decline.
Give communities the power to fix broken Britain from the ground up.
🎥 Watch and share @right-here.org’s new film. vimeo.com/1128898994?s...
#CommunityPoweredPolitics #CommunityPower #Devolution
Give communities the power to fix broken Britain from the ground up.
🎥 Watch and share @right-here.org’s new film. vimeo.com/1128898994?s...
#CommunityPoweredPolitics #CommunityPower #Devolution
We're Right Here – Campaign Film
This film carries an urgent message: community power is the antidote to division and democratic decline. When people have real control over what happens in their…
vimeo.com
October 23, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Community power is the antidote to division and democratic decline.
Give communities the power to fix broken Britain from the ground up.
🎥 Watch and share @right-here.org’s new film. vimeo.com/1128898994?s...
#CommunityPoweredPolitics #CommunityPower #Devolution
Give communities the power to fix broken Britain from the ground up.
🎥 Watch and share @right-here.org’s new film. vimeo.com/1128898994?s...
#CommunityPoweredPolitics #CommunityPower #Devolution
This is good news - well done to everyone involved 🙌
We have long called for children’s welfare and survivors of domestic abuse to be prioritised in child contact cases in the family courts.
The Ministry of Justice announcement to repeal the presumption of parental involvement is a positive step forward.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
The Ministry of Justice announcement to repeal the presumption of parental involvement is a positive step forward.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Family law shift hailed as victory for children facing domestic abuse
‘Groundbreaking’ repeal of presumption of parental involvement in England and Wales ‘will ensure courts place safety of children above all else’
www.theguardian.com
October 22, 2025 at 10:30 AM
This is good news - well done to everyone involved 🙌
Catch up on our DEI webinar - now available to watch and read! 🚨
Last week, we hosted a webinar exploring insights from our review of how Funding Plus supports organisations to strengthen diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI).
🎥 Watch the recording now: esmeefairbairn.org.uk/latest-news/...
Last week, we hosted a webinar exploring insights from our review of how Funding Plus supports organisations to strengthen diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI).
🎥 Watch the recording now: esmeefairbairn.org.uk/latest-news/...
October 20, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Catch up on our DEI webinar - now available to watch and read! 🚨
Last week, we hosted a webinar exploring insights from our review of how Funding Plus supports organisations to strengthen diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI).
🎥 Watch the recording now: esmeefairbairn.org.uk/latest-news/...
Last week, we hosted a webinar exploring insights from our review of how Funding Plus supports organisations to strengthen diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI).
🎥 Watch the recording now: esmeefairbairn.org.uk/latest-news/...
💡NEW REPORT: Insights from place-led funding 2, which shares learning on three large scale initiatives we supported in three places:
📍Sandwell
📍Plymouth
📍Barking and Dagenham
👉 esmeefairbairn.org.uk/latest-news/...
📍Sandwell
📍Plymouth
📍Barking and Dagenham
👉 esmeefairbairn.org.uk/latest-news/...
October 14, 2025 at 3:29 PM
💡NEW REPORT: Insights from place-led funding 2, which shares learning on three large scale initiatives we supported in three places:
📍Sandwell
📍Plymouth
📍Barking and Dagenham
👉 esmeefairbairn.org.uk/latest-news/...
📍Sandwell
📍Plymouth
📍Barking and Dagenham
👉 esmeefairbairn.org.uk/latest-news/...
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🚜 #Farm491 Challenge 2025 - Apply now!
This year’s theme promotes innovations that enable nature-friendly, multifunctional land-use. 🦋
🏆 Win £40k + 12 months of business mentoring from Farm491 (supported by @esmeefairbairn.bsky.social)
Sign up by 23 Oct 👉 agricology.co.uk/applications...
This year’s theme promotes innovations that enable nature-friendly, multifunctional land-use. 🦋
🏆 Win £40k + 12 months of business mentoring from Farm491 (supported by @esmeefairbairn.bsky.social)
Sign up by 23 Oct 👉 agricology.co.uk/applications...
October 10, 2025 at 10:46 AM
🚜 #Farm491 Challenge 2025 - Apply now!
This year’s theme promotes innovations that enable nature-friendly, multifunctional land-use. 🦋
🏆 Win £40k + 12 months of business mentoring from Farm491 (supported by @esmeefairbairn.bsky.social)
Sign up by 23 Oct 👉 agricology.co.uk/applications...
This year’s theme promotes innovations that enable nature-friendly, multifunctional land-use. 🦋
🏆 Win £40k + 12 months of business mentoring from Farm491 (supported by @esmeefairbairn.bsky.social)
Sign up by 23 Oct 👉 agricology.co.uk/applications...
How are organisations improving diversity, equity, and inclusion?❤️
We’re excited to share case studies from @yorkswildlife.bsky.social, JERICHO and the Centre for Sustainable Energy about work to support them on #DEI.
👉 Read the full case studies here: esmeefairbairn.org.uk/latest-news/...
We’re excited to share case studies from @yorkswildlife.bsky.social, JERICHO and the Centre for Sustainable Energy about work to support them on #DEI.
👉 Read the full case studies here: esmeefairbairn.org.uk/latest-news/...
October 10, 2025 at 9:23 AM
How are organisations improving diversity, equity, and inclusion?❤️
We’re excited to share case studies from @yorkswildlife.bsky.social, JERICHO and the Centre for Sustainable Energy about work to support them on #DEI.
👉 Read the full case studies here: esmeefairbairn.org.uk/latest-news/...
We’re excited to share case studies from @yorkswildlife.bsky.social, JERICHO and the Centre for Sustainable Energy about work to support them on #DEI.
👉 Read the full case studies here: esmeefairbairn.org.uk/latest-news/...
🌊 From Decline to Revival: Restoring the UK Marine Environment
Join us on Monday 20 Oct for a webinar discussing key findings from our new two-part report with Pelagos, exploring how we can scale and sustain marine recovery across the UK.
👉 Register: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Join us on Monday 20 Oct for a webinar discussing key findings from our new two-part report with Pelagos, exploring how we can scale and sustain marine recovery across the UK.
👉 Register: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
October 9, 2025 at 10:34 AM
🌊 From Decline to Revival: Restoring the UK Marine Environment
Join us on Monday 20 Oct for a webinar discussing key findings from our new two-part report with Pelagos, exploring how we can scale and sustain marine recovery across the UK.
👉 Register: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Join us on Monday 20 Oct for a webinar discussing key findings from our new two-part report with Pelagos, exploring how we can scale and sustain marine recovery across the UK.
👉 Register: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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20 Stories High are looking for new
Artistic Leadership!
They'll work alongside our Co-CEO/Executive
Director & drive the company forward with
ambitious, excellent & equitable theatre & art for
culturally diverse, working-class young people &
communities.
www.20storieshigh.org.uk/artistic-lea...
Artistic Leadership!
They'll work alongside our Co-CEO/Executive
Director & drive the company forward with
ambitious, excellent & equitable theatre & art for
culturally diverse, working-class young people &
communities.
www.20storieshigh.org.uk/artistic-lea...
September 22, 2025 at 11:57 AM
20 Stories High are looking for new
Artistic Leadership!
They'll work alongside our Co-CEO/Executive
Director & drive the company forward with
ambitious, excellent & equitable theatre & art for
culturally diverse, working-class young people &
communities.
www.20storieshigh.org.uk/artistic-lea...
Artistic Leadership!
They'll work alongside our Co-CEO/Executive
Director & drive the company forward with
ambitious, excellent & equitable theatre & art for
culturally diverse, working-class young people &
communities.
www.20storieshigh.org.uk/artistic-lea...
Our latest newsletter is out 🚀
🌊 Marine restoration - new report and webinar
💼 We’re hiring a Lead Funding Manager
📊 Two new social investment tenders
🏆 UK Social Enterprise Awards
Plus more news from across the sector!
➡️ Read more: esmeefairbairnfoundation.createsend.com/t/t-e-gduuii...
🌊 Marine restoration - new report and webinar
💼 We’re hiring a Lead Funding Manager
📊 Two new social investment tenders
🏆 UK Social Enterprise Awards
Plus more news from across the sector!
➡️ Read more: esmeefairbairnfoundation.createsend.com/t/t-e-gduuii...
September 30, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Our latest newsletter is out 🚀
🌊 Marine restoration - new report and webinar
💼 We’re hiring a Lead Funding Manager
📊 Two new social investment tenders
🏆 UK Social Enterprise Awards
Plus more news from across the sector!
➡️ Read more: esmeefairbairnfoundation.createsend.com/t/t-e-gduuii...
🌊 Marine restoration - new report and webinar
💼 We’re hiring a Lead Funding Manager
📊 Two new social investment tenders
🏆 UK Social Enterprise Awards
Plus more news from across the sector!
➡️ Read more: esmeefairbairnfoundation.createsend.com/t/t-e-gduuii...
📢 Seeking consultants for 2 short-term projects:
1️⃣ UK high-integrity carbon markets review
2️⃣ Big Nature Impact Fund due diligence
⏰ Apply by 10 Oct 2025
🔗 Find out more: esmeefairbairn.org.uk/about-esmee/...
1️⃣ UK high-integrity carbon markets review
2️⃣ Big Nature Impact Fund due diligence
⏰ Apply by 10 Oct 2025
🔗 Find out more: esmeefairbairn.org.uk/about-esmee/...
September 30, 2025 at 12:15 PM
📢 Seeking consultants for 2 short-term projects:
1️⃣ UK high-integrity carbon markets review
2️⃣ Big Nature Impact Fund due diligence
⏰ Apply by 10 Oct 2025
🔗 Find out more: esmeefairbairn.org.uk/about-esmee/...
1️⃣ UK high-integrity carbon markets review
2️⃣ Big Nature Impact Fund due diligence
⏰ Apply by 10 Oct 2025
🔗 Find out more: esmeefairbairn.org.uk/about-esmee/...
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School exclusions are a form of structural racism, and indicate deep failings within educational settings, our latest report with Communities Empowerment Network details 🧵
September 25, 2025 at 7:00 AM
School exclusions are a form of structural racism, and indicate deep failings within educational settings, our latest report with Communities Empowerment Network details 🧵
🚨Join our team as Lead Funding Manager - A Fairer Future!
We're looking for an experienced funder who is committed to social justice and ambitious to help create change. This is a leadership role with a focus on Gender Justice and Children and Young People’s Rights.
We're looking for an experienced funder who is committed to social justice and ambitious to help create change. This is a leadership role with a focus on Gender Justice and Children and Young People’s Rights.
September 23, 2025 at 9:52 AM
🚨Join our team as Lead Funding Manager - A Fairer Future!
We're looking for an experienced funder who is committed to social justice and ambitious to help create change. This is a leadership role with a focus on Gender Justice and Children and Young People’s Rights.
We're looking for an experienced funder who is committed to social justice and ambitious to help create change. This is a leadership role with a focus on Gender Justice and Children and Young People’s Rights.
🌱 How are UK businesses acting on nature? Join our webinar and expert panel to explore new research by Will McDonald for Esmée Fairbairn Foundation, as well as the launch of a practical guide to #NatureFinance. 📅 Register here: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
September 19, 2025 at 10:40 AM
🌱 How are UK businesses acting on nature? Join our webinar and expert panel to explore new research by Will McDonald for Esmée Fairbairn Foundation, as well as the launch of a practical guide to #NatureFinance. 📅 Register here: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
💖 Every child deserves to feel included at school.
We’re backing #InclusionForAll with The Difference and Impetus - Backing the best - calling on the UK government to:
✅ Embed inclusion in reforms
✅ Support children early
✅ Make inclusion everyone’s business
We’re backing #InclusionForAll with The Difference and Impetus - Backing the best - calling on the UK government to:
✅ Embed inclusion in reforms
✅ Support children early
✅ Make inclusion everyone’s business
September 18, 2025 at 7:39 AM
💖 Every child deserves to feel included at school.
We’re backing #InclusionForAll with The Difference and Impetus - Backing the best - calling on the UK government to:
✅ Embed inclusion in reforms
✅ Support children early
✅ Make inclusion everyone’s business
We’re backing #InclusionForAll with The Difference and Impetus - Backing the best - calling on the UK government to:
✅ Embed inclusion in reforms
✅ Support children early
✅ Make inclusion everyone’s business
🚨 We’re hiring! 🚨
Join our team as a Funding Officer in our Creative, Confident Communities (CCC) team and play a vital role in supporting place-led change - where local people can exercise greater power over their economic, social, cultural and environmental futures.
Join our team as a Funding Officer in our Creative, Confident Communities (CCC) team and play a vital role in supporting place-led change - where local people can exercise greater power over their economic, social, cultural and environmental futures.
September 16, 2025 at 11:28 AM
🚨 We’re hiring! 🚨
Join our team as a Funding Officer in our Creative, Confident Communities (CCC) team and play a vital role in supporting place-led change - where local people can exercise greater power over their economic, social, cultural and environmental futures.
Join our team as a Funding Officer in our Creative, Confident Communities (CCC) team and play a vital role in supporting place-led change - where local people can exercise greater power over their economic, social, cultural and environmental futures.
New blog: A Look Inside the New Connections Programme ✨
Do it Now Now , the Learning Partner for our New Connections Programme, has shared a new blog exploring the challenges smaller, community-led organisations face in accessing funding.
👉 Read more: www.doitnownow.com/news/feature...
Do it Now Now , the Learning Partner for our New Connections Programme, has shared a new blog exploring the challenges smaller, community-led organisations face in accessing funding.
👉 Read more: www.doitnownow.com/news/feature...
Featured Collaboration: A Look Inside the New Connections Programme — Do it Now Now
In the world of social change, the organisations closest to the ground often have the deepest understanding of the challenges their communities face. Yet, they are frequently the most under-resourced....
www.doitnownow.com
September 16, 2025 at 7:58 AM
New blog: A Look Inside the New Connections Programme ✨
Do it Now Now , the Learning Partner for our New Connections Programme, has shared a new blog exploring the challenges smaller, community-led organisations face in accessing funding.
👉 Read more: www.doitnownow.com/news/feature...
Do it Now Now , the Learning Partner for our New Connections Programme, has shared a new blog exploring the challenges smaller, community-led organisations face in accessing funding.
👉 Read more: www.doitnownow.com/news/feature...