Brexit: threats and opportunities for international development
…with the fallout created by the undefined withdrawal arrangements on ongoing and future EU-funded programmes for months. Even with the UK’s commitment to underwrite all EU-funded contracts in the event…
Building caring and inclusive organisations for mental wellbeing
…organisational culture we nurture and the wellbeing of our staff goes hand in hand. We must do more to address the inequalities of support when it comes to mental health…
The Police Bill Alliance – learning summary
The Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts (PCSC) Bill was introduced in March 2021. Over 300 pages long, the Bill represented an assault on the rights and freedoms of the UK…
Defining a new era for UK international development: Part 2
…to, the House of Commons International Development Committee report on the FCDO and disability-inclusive development. The government must adopt participatory approaches that meaningfully engage people with disabilities and their representative…
Understanding changes to UK Government grant agreements and contracts
As a result of the Covid-19 crisis the UK economy is expected to contract in coming months and the Gross National Income (GNI) is likely to drop and therefore so…
Six tips for success with institutional fundraising in 2021
…nurturing relationships with donors, communicating transparently, and making the most of technology, we are now more than a year down the line, and many are still struggling as the pandemic…
The World Bank’s broken food system: how agricultural lending is failing smallholder farmers
…CAFOD examining the World Bank’s agricultural lending. Our research found the World Bank is more interested in ensuring private finance flows towards a broken food system based on industrial agriculture…
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The future NGO is agile
Traditional organisations are finding it difficult to deal with the concurrent crises of Covid-19, slowbalisation, climate and biodiversity loss, economic recession and Brexit. Agile organisations, however, have responded faster, are…
Building financial reserves for resilient organisations
…examine the different attitudes and approaches to financial reserves in the UK’s international development sector. Even before the crisis, most UK charities didn’t have sufficient reserves. UK charities working in…