Esmée Fairbairn Communities and Collections Fund

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It is the evolution of the Esmée Fairbairn Collections Fund, with a new name that better represents our dual focus on collections and inclusion. We award the fund on behalf of the Esmée Fairbairn Foundation and have awarded over £14m in nearly 200 grants since 2011.</p> <p>The overall purpose of the Communities and Collections Fund remains the same as in 2023-24. However, we have updated our processes to better support the best of the types of application we have been receiving; and to take the fund further in the direction of the changes made in 2022.</p> <p>The fund will place more emphasis on equitable working, supporting wellbeing and legacy planning. We now offer <strong>core grants</strong> to single museum organisations for strategic development of their inclusive collections work; and <strong>partnership project grants</strong> for museums and community organisations working equitably with collections to achieve shared aims for inclusion.</p> <p>In the case of partnership grants, we would encourage you to have this partnership in place before approaching us for an initial conversation.</p> <p>The changes are informed by a spring 2024 review of our impact in the context of the wider UK museum sector and the society in which it exists. Below are links to two documents that have shaped our thinking:</p> <ul><li><a href="https://media.museumsassociation.org/app/uploads/2024/10/16115451/EFCF-Review-2024-key-findings.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">The key findings of a group of museum and community researchers who contributed to the review</a></li><li><a href="https://media.museumsassociation.org/app/uploads/2024/10/16115453/Practice-insights-May-2024-to-MA.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">A practice insights briefing from the facilitator who convened our action learning sets of grantees</a></li></ul> <p>The next deadline for submissions of interest is <strong>5 February 2025</strong>.</p> <div id=block_67517eccb2da2 class="downloads downloads alignleft"> <h5 class="downloads-title">Apply now</h5> <a class="downloads-link" href="https://media.museumsassociation.org/app/uploads/2024/12/05101203/Guidance-for-applicants-2025.pdf"><span class="downloads-link-title">Guidance for applicants 2025 (pdf)</span><span class="downloads-link-filesize"></span></a> <a class="downloads-link" href="https://media.museumsassociation.org/app/uploads/2024/12/05101346/Expression-of-interest-Communities-and-Collections-Fund-2025-Core-Funding.docx"><span class="downloads-link-title">Expression of interest 2025: core funding (doc)</span><span class="downloads-link-filesize"></span></a> <a class="downloads-link" href="https://media.museumsassociation.org/app/uploads/2024/12/05101236/Expression-of-interest-Communities-and-Collections-Fund-2025-Partnership-Projects.docx"><span class="downloads-link-title">Expression of interest 2025: partnership projects (doc)</span><span class="downloads-link-filesize"></span></a> </div> <blockquote id=block_670fa7d98d439 class="wp-block-quote block-quote alignleft"> <p><span class="TextRun SCXW89501973 BCX0" lang="EN-GB" xml:lang="EN-GB" data-contrast="auto"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW89501973 BCX0">“<span data-olk-copy-source="MessageBody">We are delighted to be able to launch this next phase of the Esmée Fairbairn Communities and Collections Fund. The development of the fund over the past 11 years has shown a real desire on the part of museums to forge strong connections between collections and communities and our research earlier this year told us that the fund should have a focus on people and should support community organisations to have a say in how the funding is spent.</span></span></span></p> <p><span class="TextRun SCXW89501973 BCX0" lang="EN-GB" xml:lang="EN-GB" data-contrast="auto"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW89501973 BCX0"><span data-olk-copy-source="MessageBody">“In order to do that well, we have to look after the people that we work with – staff and community partners – and make sure relationships between museums and communities are truly equitable. These exciting changes will be part of the new fund and I hope will support museums across the UK to put people at the heart of what they do</span></span></span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW89501973 BCX0">.</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW89501973 BCX0">”</span></p> <p><strong>Sharon Heal, director, Museums Association</strong></p> </blockquote> <h3>Key dates</h3> <p><strong>June 2025 decisions</strong></p> <ul><li>December 2024 onwards: contact the MA to discuss your ideas </li><li>5 February 2025: Deadline for submission of the expression of interest form</li><li>w/c 24 February 2025: confirmation of whether shortlisted for funding</li><li>21 May 2025: shortlisted applicants make a second stage application</li><li>Late June 2025: grants awarded</li></ul> <p><strong>December 2025 decisions</strong></p> <ul><li>May 2025 onwards: contact the MA to discuss your project ideas </li><li>16 July 2025: Deadline for submission of the expression of interest form</li><li>w/c 11 August 2025: confirmation of whether shortlisted for funding </li><li>5 November 2025: shortlisted applicants make a second stage application</li><li>Mid-December 2025: grants awarded</li></ul> <h3>Further downloads and links</h3> <div id=block_670fa8988d43a class="small-links small-links alignleft"> <a class="small-link" href="https://www.museumsassociation.org/funding/efccf/july-2024-awardees/" target=""><span class="small-link-title">July 2024 Esmée Fairbairn Collections Fund awardees</span></a> <a class="small-link" href="https://media.museumsassociation.org/app/uploads/2024/08/14151750/EFCF-successful-projects-to-Jul-2024.pdf" target="_blank"><span class="small-link-title">Esmée Fairbairn Collections Fund: successful applicants to July 2024 (pdf)</span></a> <a class="small-link" href="https://media.museumsassociation.org/app/uploads/2020/10/11084741/SEWC-grants-awarded.pdf" target="_blank"><span class="small-link-title">Sustaining Engagement with Collections: successful applicants (pdf)</span></a> <a class="small-link" href="https://media.museumsassociation.org/app/uploads/2024/10/16115451/EFCF-Review-2024-key-findings.pdf" target="_blank"><span class="small-link-title">Esmée Fairbairn Collections Fund 2024 review – key findings (pdf) </span></a> <a class="small-link" href="https://media.museumsassociation.org/app/uploads/2024/10/16115453/Practice-insights-May-2024-to-MA.pdf" target="_blank"><span class="small-link-title">2024 review key findings – Eleri Butler Consultancy practice insights briefing (pdf)</span></a> <a class="small-link" href="https://www.museumsassociation.org/funding/efccf/impact-report/" target=""><span class="small-link-title">Collections Fund impact report 2022</span></a> </div> <h3>Schedule a call or contact us</h3> <p>Please contact Sarah Briggs or Sally Colvin for advice on eligibility for the fund and help to develop applications:</p> <ul><li>Sarah Briggs, collections development lead: <a href="mailto:sarah@museumsassociation.org">sarah@museumsassociation.org</a>, 020 7566 7834</li><li>Sally Colvin, programmes manager: <a href="mailto:sally@museumsassociation.org">sally@museumsassociation.org</a>, 020 7566 7851</li></ul> <blockquote id=block_632d8dbbef193 class="wp-block-quote block-quote alignleft"> <p><span data-olk-copy-source="MessageBody"><span class="TextRun SCXW89501973 BCX0" lang="EN-GB" xml:lang="EN-GB" data-contrast="auto"><span class="NormalTextRun AdvancedProofingIssueV2Themed SCXW89501973 BCX0"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW89501973 BCX0">“</span></span></span>This new phase of the Esmée Fairbairn Communities and Collections Fund marks the next chapter in what has been more than a decade of an invaluable source of funding for museums across the UK and an important opportunity to develop relationships with their communities. The feedback we have received has clearly demonstrated the importance of strengthening this partnerships even further and we look forward to seeing how things develop going forward.<span class="TextRun SCXW89501973 BCX0" lang="EN-GB" xml:lang="EN-GB" data-contrast="auto"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW89501973 BCX0">”</span></span></span></p> <p><strong>Rachael Rogers, MA board member and EFCCF panel member</strong></p> </blockquote> <section id=block_670fab4a8d441 class="page-links page-links alignleft"> <header class="page-links-header"> <h4 >Case studies</h4> </header> <div class="articles articles-small"> <article class="article-card"> <a href="https://www.museumsassociation.org/funding/efccf/museums-northumberland/" class="article-card-image-wrapper" style="background-image:url(https://media.museumsassociation.org/app/uploads/2024/10/16093420/museums-northumberland-16x9-1-768x432.jpg)" aria-label="Read article"> <div class="article-card-image-keyline"></div> </a> <div 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