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10 December 2025Blue Spaces: Working in partnership to improve local freshwaters in the UK
The Blue Spaces programme set out to support people and organisations to take imaginative approaches to looking after their freshwater environments. Read our report, which shares the collective learning of everyone involved – from the funding process to the different approaches of the 19 funded projects, and the learning programme co-designed with them.
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Blue Spaces: Reflections on youth leadership, trust and place-based funding
Thalia Papanicolaou from HUDL Youth Development Agency shares her insights into how the Blue Spaces programme unfolded - and why this way of working with young people created such meaningful change.
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Acting on feedback: what we’ve done in 2025
After hearing your feedback, we’re sharing the actions we’ve taken in 2025 to improve our processes, make our guidance clearer, and support a more inclusive approach.
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Funding wellbeing: supporting organisations to thrive
Why is funding wellbeing important? We surveyed organisations who received a wellbeing award last year to help them prioritise the wellbeing of their staff and volunteers. We're pleased to share the findings. Shemain Wahab, Esmée's Impact Support Manager also shares her reflections on this work.
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People seeking asylum in the UK deserve safety and dignity
Read our statement reiterating our support to organisations welcoming and supporting refugees in the UK. We also share responses from the sector about how the government's proposals on the asylum system will impact people.
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Learning from Esmée’s Blue Spaces programme: Webinar on 11 December
We're hosting a webinar to explore 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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Seascapes: Restoring the UK marine environment
We’re excited to share a new two-part report by Pelagos Consulting on how to scale and sustain marine recovery across the UK. Watch our webinar with the report's author, David Tudor, to explore the findings. Morven Robertson, Esmée’s Funding Manager, also reflects on what this means for our future approach to funding and support towards seascapes.
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Diversity, equity and inclusion support webinar: 14 October 2025
Watch a webinar we held on 14 October 2025 to discuss the findings and share reflections from our review of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) support provided to organisations we fund through Funding Plus.
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Insights from place-led funding 2: Continuing to learn and improve our approach
We're pleased to share our second Insights from place-led funding report, which shares learning on three large scale initiatives we supported in three places: Barking & Dagenham, Plymouth, and Sandwell.
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Diversity, equity and inclusion support: Funding Plus case studies
We're sharing case studies of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion work paid for through Funding Plus to help anyone looking to commission or embark on similar work.
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