Empty commitments: is the UK government engaging with civil society?
…made clear commitments to embed open policy-making across departments, give civil society significant opportunities to achieve policy change and “convene a cross-government group to work with civil society to establish…
New threats to UK funded humanitarian and development programmes
This week will see the launch of the twice –delayed, highly anticipated comprehensive spending review. The review will set out departmental spending envelopes for the next 3 years. It may…
Six behavioural psychology tips for effective campaigns
…come into contact with about their concerns. We need to step out of our comfort zone and try new ways of communicating and collecting information. Sheffield-based social enterprise Aid Works…
Is the UK setting a bad example on civil society space?
…of these impacts, the UK remains a free and open society and while such restrictions will curb some potentially valuable work, they won’t impede civil society’s ability to function altogether….
Letter from DFID on Brexit No Deal preparations
…funding I wanted to reiterate that DFID has committed to funding the cost of any new programme agreed between August 2018 and March 2019 led by a UK aid organisation…
Great Big Green Week: what is it, why is it so important and how can you get involved?
…Great Big Green Week social media toolkit can be found here. Ask your supporters to tweet or facebook message their MPs: Ask them make a commitment or comment on climate…
Managing NGO finances during a cost of living crisis
…running through their reserves as they attempt to underpin restricted grants which no longer cover the project costs and to meet staff expectations in terms of salary and reward. This…
The future NGO is agile
…be done digitally should be. The more digital processes in place, the more time is freed up for people to focus on the creative and complex tasks at hand. A…
Building financial reserves as we recover from the current financial crisis
…latest round of cuts to the UK aid budget, our research with chartered accountants and tax advisors haysmacintyre found that UK charities working in international development had lower levels of…
A guide to becoming locally led
Bond, along with the Social Investment Consultancy (TSIC) and its three Bond working groups: Practice for locally led development; Sector commitments and Roadmap for locally led development; Changing donor policy…