Provider: Esmee Fairbairn Foundation 

Grant Value: Minimum 30k

Status: Rolling

Summary:We fund organisations that we believe will make the greatest long-term impact and change systems for the future – work that has the potential for wider influence or spread; takes a collaborative approach; and centres lived experience, justice and equity.

Who can apply?

• They support constituted organisations, including charities and non-charities doing charitable work.

What will it fund?

• Is working towards the long-term outcomes in line with their funding priorities
• Can create sustainable change that lasts and/or leave a positive legacy
• Is informed by evidence and experience, with a solid understanding of the context
• Is driven or shaped by those with lived experience of the issues and/or is community-led
• Centres justice and equity in how they work including how they engage and involve people who face injustice and/or barriers, and amplifies their voices
• Works in equitable partnership or collaboration
• Has a clear understanding of their role and good connections to their communities, relevant networks, and grassroots groups
• Goes beyond providing service delivery with a wider influence and impact
• Seeks to influence policy, practice, attitudes or behaviour
• Has potential to be scaled up, replicated or has scope to spread