Grant Expression of Interest

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Guidance for completing your Expression of Interest

You'll first be asked for some details about your organisation, the work that you do, your contact details and which of Esmée’s aims and priorities your work matches. You will then have a total of 300 words to tell us about your work by answering the following two questions:
    1. Tell us about what you want Esmeé to support?  What’s the impact you're aiming for and how does it fit with Esmée's priorities? How do you want to use Esmée funding?
2. Tell us about you.  How is your organisation or partnership well placed to do this work? Does it centre lived experience or take a collaborative or community-led approach?


Please note that you will not be able to save the form so if you’re not ready to complete your Expression of Interest, you will need to start again. 


Response times
We will get back to you within four to six weeks about your Expression of Interest.


Are we the right funder for you?

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. 

We focus our support on a small number of longer-term grants for organisations and work that fit our strategy. We make around 200 grants a year across our 13 funding priorities and demand for our funding is very high. In 2024, 6% of expressions of interest received through our website went on to be awarded a grant.   


Before continuing, please check if we are the right funder for you.


 


Criteria- we're looking to fund work that:
  • Is a strong fit for our strategy – working towards the long-term outcomes in line with our funding priorities.
  • Is ambitious and/or doing something new to create systemic change. 
  • Has potential for wider influence or spread. 
  • Centres lived experience, justice and equity.
  • Takes a collaborative approach.


What we don't support- our exclusions:
  • Work that is not legally charitable - by this, we mean work that does not fall within one of 13 descriptions of charitable purposes. 
  • Organisations with a regular annual turnover of less than £100,000 (as reflected in the latest set of accounts). 
  • Organisations that are not constituted or do not have measures in place to guard against disproportionate ‘personal benefit’. 
  • Work that does not have a direct benefit in the UK.
  • Grants for less than £30,000.
  • Capital costs including building work, renovations, and equipment.
  • Academic research – unless it can demonstrate real potential for practical outcomes.
  • Healthcare with a clinical basis, including medical research, hospices, counselling and therapy, arts therapy, education about and treatment for drug and alcohol misuse.
  • Independent education.
  • Work that is primarily the responsibility of statutory authorities.
  • The promotion of religion.


If you are still not sure if we are the right funder for you, please read our funding guidance.
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion:

We are also gathering Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) data from organisations who apply for our funding. Once you’ve submitted your Expression of Interest, you will be redirected to a DEI monitoring form. We want to use the information we gather to help us identify and address structural inequity, and ensure that the reach of our funding and our funding practices are fair and just.

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About your organisation

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Please note: 
We do not fund organisations that are not constituted. 
If you’re not a registered charity and we progress your application to the next stage, we will want to discuss any measures you have in place to guard against disproportionate 'personal benefit'. For example, some organisation structures have protections against personal benefit built into their Articles of Association.
FTE (full time equivalent)
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Alignment to Esmee's aims and priorities


If more than one, choose the one it fits best


Please note we are closed to applications for work towards early years provision and young people leaving care.

Please note that we have now closed to applications towards Youth-Led Creativity. Learn more.

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Funding request

Please use one sentence to sum up your work - maximum 230 characters

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Your Expression of Interest
Tell us briefly about your work by answering the following two questions. You will have a total of up to 300 words that you can use. 

Please note: We will also look at your website to learn about your organisation and impact so far. If we think your work is a good match to what we are looking for, we will call you to discuss your work in more detail. At this stage we just want to get an idea of the work rather than detailed information. 

What’s the impact you're aiming for and how does it fit with Esmée's priorities? How do you want to use Esmée funding?

How is your organisation or partnership well placed to do this work? Does it centre lived experience or take a collaborative or community-led approach?.

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Further questions about your organisation and work


This does not mean funding for a post within your organisation.





By this, we mean work that falls within one of 13 descriptions of charitable purposes and is for the public benefit. 


Please select from the fields below the Level and Geographic that will benefit from the work proposed.  (Note: you should only go down to the level relevant to your work so if you work on a national level you should select Level = 'Country' and then select Geographic as the relevant country. If you work at local authority level, you should select Level = 'Local Authority'.  If you benefit from more than one Level or Geographic, then you can select 'Add another geographical area'.


Submitting your form
Once you submit, you will be redirected to a Diversity, Equity and Inclusion monitoring form.

We will then review your Expression of Interest and aim to get back to you within the next month. In the meantime, if you have any queries, you can get in touch by emailing us.

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