Esmée Fairbairn Foundation’s Post

We have two pre-application Q&A webinars coming up for organisations interested in applying to Esmée for support. We hope these webinars will help you to understand whether it's worth investing time in applying to us. ⭐️ 23 September, 2pm: We'll have funding managers from Our Natural World and A Fairer Future who will share more about what we're looking for, how we make decisions, and application process. But we'll spend most of the time answering your questions. More info, including the presentation slides, is in the link below. ➡ https://lnkd.in/e7HmYiRF ⭐️ 14 November, 11am: This webinar will focus on our Creative, Confident Communities priorities. The team will talk through the long-term outcomes we're looking to support, as well as what we won't support. They'll also outline the application process and what we consider when making decisions. There will also be plenty of time for questions! We're currently updating the guidance so it's clearer and will send the information ahead of the webinar. But you can register for it now using the link below. ➡ https://lnkd.in/epK5EgrD 🚨Whilst we will be answering questions live, if you know your question already, do send it to [email protected]. This helps us prepare and make sure we answer your question the best we can!🚨

We're really excited to be supporting Farm491's new Challenge Prize series, which aims to encourage and support companies fostering innovation to improve our natural world. Farm491 has supported over 200 food and farming start-ups and SMEs with its flexible incubation model. This challenge prize fund has the potential to really amplify impact and we're thrilled to be working with them on it. Learn more about the first challenge: https://lnkd.in/ehmydP_X And please share 🙏

We're hosting a pre-application Q&A webinar on 23 September 2024 for organisations interested in applying to Esmée for support. This webinar will help you to understand whether it's worth investing time in applying to us. 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. ➡ Learn more and sign up: https://lnkd.in/e7HmYiRF Please note: we are planning another Q&A webinar focusing on our funding priorities towards our aim for Creative, Confident Communities later on in the Autumn. We'll share more details once available.

Huge congrats to the six fab collections awarded a grant through the Esmée Fairbairn Collections Fund with Museums Association 🎉 They include independent, local authority and national museums further developing their participatory practice and addressing societal issues: ⭐ The Centre For Computing History, for “Broken Tech: Broken Earth”, a participatory project with local communities to explore the environmental and societal impacts of the computing technologies celebrated in the museum’s collections. ⭐ 𝗛𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗱𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗿𝗲 𝗠𝘂𝘀𝗲𝘂𝗺 𝗦𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗰𝗲 (Herefordshire Council), for “Revealing Our Roots: Unearthing Common Ground”, a community engagement project to reinterpret the Herefordshire Hoard through working with marginalised and underrepresented communities across the county. ⭐ National Museums Liverpool, for “Cuerpos del Tiempo (Bodies of Time)”, a partnership project with Luma Creations to work with the Latin American community in the north west of England to shape the reinterpretation of the Latin American collections, beginning with the redisplay of the Mixteca Codex. ⭐ 𝗡𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗵 𝗛𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗱𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗿𝗲 𝗠𝘂𝘀𝗲𝘂𝗺, to research and review colonial and other world collections with members of communities from the countries where the collections originated. ⭐ Orkney Islands Council, to boost core hours to re-engage with Orkney’s geographically harder-to-reach communities and facilitate community led outputs. ⭐ 𝗧𝗵𝗮𝗰𝗸𝗿𝗮𝘆 𝗠𝘂𝘀𝗲𝘂𝗺 𝗼𝗳 𝗠𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗲, to transform collections, interpretation and exhibition practices to make the museum more representative of audiences and local communities and recruit a specialist curator to lead on decolonisation of its collections. The Esmée Fairbairn Collections Fund supports a range of projects that bring collections closer to people. Learn more about the fund and how to apply for the Autumn round ➡ https://lnkd.in/e2ZFGW5j 📅 Applications close on 16 September.

The UK Fund from The National Lottery Community Fund is looking to fund projects that help bring diverse communities together. And from July 2024, they're also looking to fund projects that help children and young people use their voice to influence change 🗣 Learn more about the Fund: https://lnkd.in/emewT2hJ They have recruited a team of Youth Voice Advisors, who will work with their funding teams to help design and shape the decisions that affect young people and their communities 🙌