What makes a good “locally led” funder?
This collection of stories provides concrete ideas to help design funding models that are accessible and appropriate for community-led development.
The most useful tools, reports, books, how-to-guides, videos, briefings, presentations and websites for people working in international development.
27 October 2022 • Recrear; Bond; The Local Trust
This collection of stories provides concrete ideas to help design funding models that are accessible and appropriate for community-led development.
4 October 2022 • The Social Investment Consultancy (TSIC); Bond; Practice for Locally Led Development working group; Sector Commitments and Roadmap for Locally Led Development working group; Changing Donor Policy and Practice for Locally Led Development working group; Yolaina Vargas Pritchard
This draft guide has been developed in response to the growing demand from the international development sector, the UK in particular, to ensure that organisations change how they work, make decisions, and are structured and governed to become more locally led.
28 September 2022 • Rosemary Forest and Kathleen Christie
This learning summary draws on reflections and lessons from the Police Bill Alliance, a coalition of five organisations that launched a campaign against the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts (PCSC) Bill.
28 July 2022 • Buzzacott and Bond
How does a board support organisational transformation, set appropriate, visible examples, lead on culture, and rethink its business models to ensure that it “does no harm”? This guide is to help you address these issues and assess your approach.
20 July 2022 • Bond
This event marked the launch of Bond's latest report The UK's global contribution to the Sustainable Development Goals.
19 July 2022 • Bond
This report builds on Bond's 2019 SDG report and looks at the impact Covid-19, cuts to UK aid and other emerging threats are having on the UK's ability to deliver the SDGs and leave no one behind.
5 July 2022
The UK government published its strategy for international development in May 2022, which sets out its approach to international development over the following decade. This paper analyses the strategy and makes some suggestions for next steps.
16 June 2022 • Bond in partnership with The UK Humanitarian Innovation Hub and the Royal College of Surgeons of England
Bond's Future Dialogues series is looking for new ways forward for the UK's role in international development. This is the third event in the Bond ‘Future Dialogues' series, looking for new ways forward for the UK's role in international development.
6 June 2022 • Bond
How can we improve engagement so that it delivers on its promise of greater inclusion and impact for all? This paper looks at the principles behind effective engagement and outlines key steps that government and CSOs can take to improve it for all.