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Join our webinar on 13 May, hosted with MzN International (@MzNInt), exploring how organisations can move from fundraising strategy as a document to a practical framework.

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Why a reparative approach is the only way forward for international development | Bond Claims of locally led development often remain rhetorical unless colonial power and its patriarchal legacy are confronted. This must involve women-led initiatives which use female insight and…

Claims of locally led development often remain rhetorical unless colonial power and its patriarchal legacy are confronted. This must involve women-led initiatives that use women's insights and evidence to drive policy, financial, and systems change.
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Participation in practice: co-creating inclusion resources with disability-led organisations | Bond When we listen to Persons with Disabilities' expertise, programmes become more responsive, relevant and grounded in lived experience. That's why disability-led organisations have co-created a new…

When we listen to Persons with Disabilities’ expertise, programmes become more responsive, relevant and grounded in lived experience. That’s why disability-led organisations have co-created a new visual resource.

💡New blog by @CBMuk.

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On 22 April, Bond members are invited to join the Bond Child Rights Working Group for their first webinar in a new series that spotlights some of the most urgent issues facing children around the world today.

Why does child poverty remain an urgent issue?
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Participation in practice: co-creating inclusion resources with disability-led organisations | Bond When we listen to Persons with Disabilities' expertise, programmes become more responsive, relevant and grounded in lived experience. That's why disability-led organisations have co-created a new…

When we listen to Persons with Disabilities’ expertise, programmes become more responsive, relevant and grounded in lived experience. That’s why disability-led organisations have co-created a new visual resource.

💡New blog by @CBMuk.

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📢 Join us tomorrow for a focused and practical session in partnership with @StoneX_Official, exploring the transfer of funds into Sub-Saharan Africa on 16 April.

Understanding how to move money safely and reliably is becoming increasingly critical.

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What does flexible funding look like in practice?

Bond members are invited to join this Funding Working Group session on Thursday, 16 April, where we'll hear from three organisations with experience in answering this question.

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A day of statistics painting a bleak picture for the world’s poorest | Bond As the UK government implements its cuts to ODA, the recently released Statistics for International Development (SIDs) offer important spending insights on these reductions. Here are the key…

📊 As the UK government implements its cuts to ODA, the newly released Statistics for International Development (SIDs) offer important spending insights on these reductions. Here are the key takeaways.
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This is the moment: from the UK Global Health Summit 2026 to the Global Partnerships Conference | Bond Global health is in crisis. As two major international health conferences take place, now is the time for the UK to embrace a different model which recognises the mutual benefits of engaging with…

🌍 Louise McGrath at Global Health Partnerships (@THETlinks) shares highlights from UKGHS 2026 and calls for the principles of equitable partnerships and genuine co-investment to be at the heart of the Global Partnerships Conference this May.
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💡 How can AI be used responsibly for Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL)?

Bond members are invited to join this MEL Working Group meeting on 7 May, where we take a closer look.
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How the UK fuels child undernutrition in low- and middle-income countries by enabling illicit finance | Bond Sunit Bagree at Results UK examines the devastating consequences of the UK’s complicity in trade-related illicit financial flows. Can the British government turn the tide?

@BagreeSunit at @resultsuk examines the devastating consequences of the UK’s complicity in trade-related illicit financial flows in this blog.

Can the British government turn the tide?

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UK aid spend falls by over £1 billion in 2025 as over 18% of budget diverted towards asylum support costs | Bond Today, Thursday 9 April, the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) published its provisional statistics on how UK aid was spent

🚨Today, the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (@FCDOGovUK) published statistics revealing that funding to support communities facing conflict and crisis worldwide fell by over £1 billion in 2025.

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What does the NHS owe the countries it recruits from? | Bond The NHS relies on internationally trained staff, and will do so for the foreseeable future. The question is not whether that reality can be wished away. It is whether the UK is prepared to respond to…

The NHS relies on internationally trained staff, and will do so for the foreseeable future. The question is not whether that reality can be wished away. It is whether the UK is prepared to respond to it more fairly.

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What does flexible funding look like in practice?

Bond members are invited to join this Funding Working Group session on 16 April, where we will hear from three organisations with experience in answering this question.

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What 40 years of experience in international infrastructure development has taught me | Bond Mark Harvey OBE reflects on the importance of interdisciplinary learning and working – lessons captured in a new toolkit for infrastructure professionals.

In this new blog, Mark Harvey OBE at Engineers Against Poverty (@EAPGlobal) reflects on the importance of interdisciplinary learning and working – lessons captured in a new toolkit for infrastructure professionals launched on 27 March.

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How the UK fuels child undernutrition in low- and middle-income countries by enabling illicit finance | Bond Sunit Bagree at Results UK examines the devastating consequences of the UK’s complicity in trade-related illicit financial flows. Can the British government turn the tide?

@BagreeSunit at @resultsuk examines the devastating consequences of the UK’s complicity in trade-related illicit financial flows in this blog.

Can the British government turn the tide?

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What does the NHS owe the countries it recruits from? | Bond The NHS relies on internationally trained staff, and will do so for the foreseeable future. The question is not whether that reality can be wished away. It is whether the UK is prepared to respond to…

The NHS relies on internationally trained staff, and will do so for the foreseeable future. The question is not whether that reality can be wished away. It is whether the UK is prepared to respond to it more fairly.

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On 22 April, Bond members are invited to join the Bond Child Rights Working Group for our first webinar in a new series that spotlights some of the most urgent issues facing children around the world today.
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How time travelling could provide ideas, answers and motivation to finally embrace transformation | Bond Aleema Shivji and Matt Jackson from Impact Works make the case for a new kind of futures thinking.

Aleema Shivji and Matt Jackson from @ImpactWorksAsso make the case for a new kind of futures thinking in their new blog.

Travel to the future in four steps.
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People deserve the chance to decide how UK aid is spent in a changing world | Bond As the impact of the UK’s decision to slash international development funding really starts to hit home, NGOs are pushing to shift decision-making over projects to local people, Romilly…

As the impact of the UK’s decision to slash international development funding really starts to hit home, NGOs are pushing to shift decision-making over projects to local people, Romilly Greenhill writes for The Independent.

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We’re pleased to partner with @StoneX_Official for a focused and practical session on 16 April exploring transferring funds into Sub-Saharan Africa. Understanding how to move money safely and reliably is becoming increasingly critical.
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What does flexible funding look like in practice?

Bond members are invited to join this Funding Working Group session on 16 April, where we will hear from three organisations with experience in answering this question.

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Stories that help change systems | Bond We hear from people with disabilities in Bangladesh, Nepal and Kenya who are showing what locally led change means in action. How is participatory storytelling powering locally led disability rights…

In this new blog, we hear from people with disabilities in Bangladesh, Nepal and Kenya who are showing what locally led change means in action.

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Tomorrow, Bond members are invited to join the Bond Child Rights Working Group for our first webinar in a new series that spotlights some of the most urgent issues facing children around the world today.
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Faith actors in development | Bond The evidence is abundant - local faith communities make a significant contribution to achieving the SGDs. This report combines evidence with practical

This week, Bond Faith in Development Working Group launched a new report that articulates the unique contributions of local faith actors in the development and humanitarian sectors.
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Next Tuesday, Bond members are invited to join the Bond Child Rights Working Group for our first webinar in a new series that spotlights some of the most urgent issues facing children around the world today.
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Artificial authenticity: are NGOs risking their reputation when using AI-generated imagery? | Bond Imagine spending months crafting a campaign about poverty or climate destruction, only to find your audience is arguing about pixels instead of people. That is exactly what is happening to some of…

Imagine spending months crafting a campaign about climate destruction, only to find your audience is arguing about pixels instead of people. That is exactly what is happening to some of the world’s best-known organisations in the development sector.
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Have the 2026 ODA allocations highlighted the declining trend of keeping communities safe?  | Bond With the FCDO announcing that funding for safeguarding will be reduced disproportionately, the risk of the quality and consistency of safeguarding plummeting increases.  How can we keep the…

"Reducing safeguarding as a sector priority will increase the risk of another scandal similar to those seen in 2018 – a very real risk that FCDO should be aware of."

Bond's Graham Thursby analyses what reduced safeguarding funding means for the sector.
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Faith actors in development | Bond The evidence is abundant - local faith communities make a significant contribution to achieving the SGDs. This report combines evidence with practical

Yesterday, we launched the faith actors in development report, which combines evidence with practical insight from a range of INGOs, and articulates the unique contributions of local faith actors in the development and humanitarian sectors.
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ODA allocations for 2026 onwards show the grim reality of aid cuts | Bond More than a year since the Prime Minister announced drastic cuts to the UK aid budget from 0.5% to just 0.3% of GNI by 2027/28 – the steepest among G7 countries – last week the Foreign…

More than a year since the Prime Minister announced drastic cuts to the UK aid budget from 0.5% to just 0.3% of GNI by 2027/28, the Foreign Secretary @YvetteCooperMP made a long-awaited statement to set out the @FCDOGovUK’s ODA allocation.

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