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Esmee Fairbairn Foundation (6)

Charity No. : 200051

Purpose of Trust Fund :
To further such charitable purpose or purposes as the trustees in their absolute discretion shall think fit.

Trust Fund Policy:
Grants to organisations which aim to improve the quality of life for people and communities in the UK.

Beneficial Area(s):
UK

Nature of Grants:
We channel our funding through two routes:

Main Fund
Our Main Fund distributes about two-thirds of our funding. It is responsive to requests for support across the broad range of our interests, which are: the cultural life of the UK, education and learning, the natural environment and enabling disadvantaged people to participate more fully in society.

We will prioritise work that:

- Addresses a significant gap in provision
- Develops or strengthens good practice
- Challenges convention or takes a risk in order to address a difficult issue
- Tests out new ideas or practices
- Takes an enterprising approach to achieving its aims
- Sets out to influence policy or change behaviour more widely

Strands
We will also allocate funds to specific strands of work. These will change over time, but overall they express our desire to make a contribution in particular areas of interest. We currently have four funding strands and there is a separate application process for them.

- Biodiversity
- Food
- Museum & Heritage Collections
- New Approaches to Learning

See website for more details.

Grants Given: 24,286,000 in 2009
Annual Income: 11,729,000 in 2009

Restrictions:
Outside the remit of the Main Fund no matter how worthwhile are:

- Grants to individuals or to causes that will benefit only one person, including student grants or bursaries
- Work that does not have a direct benefit in the UK, including expeditions and overseas travel
- Capital costs and equipment
- Work that is well-established and well-proven. Examples of the kind of work we consider to be so are:
+ Mainstream activities of organisations which are part of a wider network of others (e.g. Age Concern, CABx, MIND)
+ Standard services which are provided in similar ways across multiple locations such as refuges, contact centres, sports associations, playgroups, play schemes, out of school clubs, supplementary schools, playgroups, youth clubs and routine capacity building/professional development
+ Energy efficiency or waste reduction schemes with no exceptional social benefits, such as recycling or renewable energy schemes
+ Routine information and advice work
- Outward bound courses, recreational activities and adventure experiences
- Healthcare or related work such as medical research, complementary medicine, hospices, counselling and therapy, education and treatment for substance misuse
- Work that is primarily the responsibility of central or local government, health trusts or health authorities. This includes residential, respite and day care, housing and homelessness, individual schools, nurseries and colleges, and vocational training. In this context please note that:
+ We do not replace or subsidise statutory funding
+ We are unlikely to make grants for vocational training (meaning training that may result in specific employment)
- Projects that primarily benefit the independent education sector
- Projects related to animal welfare, zoos, captive breeding and animal rescue centres
- General appeals or circulars
- The promotion of religion
- Retrospective funding, meaning support for work that has already taken place.

Method of Application:
Application form via contact or website

Contact Details:


Grant Applications
Esmée Fairbairn Foundation
Kings Place
90 York Way
London N1 9AG

Email Address : info@esmeefairbairn.org.uk

Telephone No. :020 7812 3700