2024 was a year of seismic electoral change, escalating global crises and, as ever, a tough year for international development. But, at the same time, we have had an incredibly busy, productive and rewarding year. Here are twelve things we’re proud of.
After another busy and productive year for Bond’s 40 working groups, we hear from Aid Effectiveness, Child’s Rights, Communications, Disability and Development, Ethical Storytelling, EU Funding and Policy, Funding, Impact Investing, International Financial Architecture, Safeguarding and Transparency groups about what they’ve been up to, and what’s ahead in 2025.
Over conference season, we met with political supporters, supported our members advocacy efforts, and ensured international development remained a key topic at the conferences. Here are some key takeaways.
Bond’s working groups outline the issues that the new UK government must prioritise to bring in a more effective era of UK overseas development assistance.
At Bond, over the last few months we’ve been working to develop our sector manifesto, ‘A Global System for People and Planet’, which will be launched at an event in Parliament this evening. Here is how we put it together.
After another busy year for all our working groups, we here from the SDGs, Funding, Communications, Disability and Development, Humanitarian and People in the Picture groups about what they’ve been up to, and what they’re planning for 2024.
Last Thursday saw our Annual General Meeting take place online, with members voting in three brand new trustees to our board. Find out a bit more about them.
As we celebrate 30 years of Bond, former Chairs Richard Hawkes and Caroline Nursey reflect on Bond’s history of uniting members for global change and look ahead at what is to come.
Meet two of Bond’s new advisory group members who share their hopes for the group and how they will support Bond to shift power.
