Social Investment | Voluntary Action Orkney

The Esmee Fairburn Foundation is one of the largest independent grant-makers in the UK. They also offer social investment.

As well as making direct investments into organisations seeking to create impact towards their aims, the foundation also invests into impact funds, which are managed by other social investors. They offer loans (secured and unsecured), equity, fund investments and everything else.

Expressions of Interest can be submitted at any time.

Key Criteria

There are several investment priorities:

Investing in Our Natural World: social investment to organisations working on nature-based solutions towards: preserved species health and habitats, sustainable and ethical food, and clean and healthy freshwater.
Creative, Confident Communities: Partner in Place: for organisations working to ensure local economies work better for the people who live there.
Investing in A Fairer Future: for organisations who are working to address systemic injustice and inequity.

Across their funding, they commit to investing into organisations led by communities experiencing racial inequity, as well as building community wealth.