How can we use images of hope to campaign for human rights?
…free and open source hopeful human rights art on TheGreats.co, Fine Acts’ new and unique platform for open socially-engaged art. The collection is meant to help civil society groups to…
A new approach to reimagining development communications
…brand, publications, integrated communications, comms capacity-building and anything else related to communications. This is an open space for communications staff in the sector to discuss issues that are important to…
Campaigning under the Lobbying Act: FAQs
…regulated if they pass both the “public test” and the “purpose test”. An activity passes the public test if it is directed towards or involves communicating with the public or…
5 things to look forward to this year in locally led development
…Consultancy (TSIC) and its three locally led development working groups, launched a comprehensive guide titled Becoming Locally Led as an Anti-Racist Practice: A Guide. Apart from the initial flurry in…
The Participatory CLD Assessment Tool: Helping INGOs shift power
…our way of thinking, doing and being to work in true partnership with communities and local organisations? In January 2021 the Movement for a Community-led Development (MCLD) launched the Participatory…
Learning from Consortia
…research approach The programme supports the consortia to learn, adapt and work more effectively to achieve their development outcomes. This is focusing on five themes: consortium working, gender, innovation, community…
Risks and opportunities for the newly opened FCDO
…FCDO should adopt DFID’s transparency agenda, which includes commitments across open societies, open government, freedom of the press, extractives and natural resource transparency, and open budgeting. This could be challenging…
5 ways development consortia have adapted to Covid-19
…how to work with communities Covid-19 has impacted the way consortia work with target communities. In-person activities such as community events, training and workshops, and research have had to be…
Public Order Bill: New restrictions to protest tempered but will still bite
…were two of our major concerns. The stop and search powers would have allowed police officers to stop and search someone or a vehicle without suspicion. SDPOs, aka ‘protest banning…
Cost recovery: what it means for CSOs
…background and current research on cost recovery, as well as recommendations for sustainable, transparent and cost-effective resourcing of CSOs. Find out more about Bond and Mango’s work on cost recovery….