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Bond, Choose Love, Restless Development and Ripple Effect team up to show how different business models could help INGOs support locally led development

Stuart Mitchell

Bond, the UK network of international development organisations, has put together a collection of case studies to help international non-governmental organisations (INGOs) consider alternatives to the traditional grant funding model to generate their own income and avoid funder restrictions whilst shifting both income and power to local communities.  As the funding environment for INGOs becomes increasingly difficult following the Covid-19 pandemic, cuts to the UK aid budget, the ongoing cost-of-living crisis and loss of funding from the European Union, organisations are increasingly forced to find new income streams instead of…

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Bond launches framework to support organisations build anti-racist practices and decolonise the international development sector 

Stuart Mitchell

Bond, the UK network of international development organisations, has launched the free online resource, Anti-racism and decolonising: a framework for organisations.  The framework maps out how systemic racism manifests across all areas of the international development sector and supports organisations to build anti-racist practices and to make steps to decolonise the sector.   The framework shows the necessity of an anti-racist and holistic approach to decolonising our organisations to create a fairer, more equitable and racially just sector. It demonstrates how and why an anti-racist approach must be embedded into any…

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Bond launches collection of stories to encourage donors and INGOs to put local partners and communities in the driver’s seat of development

Stuart Mitchell

Bond, in partnership with Recrear and The Local Trust, has launched a set of illustrations and stories to encourage INGOs and donors to use that support locally led development. The free online resource What makes a good “locally led” funder? Stories from your partners takes a storytelling approach rather than traditional case studies to capture the human relationships and creativity underlying strong donor and local partner relationships. The illustrations were created by illustrator, Liliana López. The stories demonstrate that a locally led approach to international development can build a more…

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Bond launches guide for INGOs on how to become locally led as an anti-racist practice

Stuart Mitchell

Bond, the UK network of international development organisations, has launched a comprehensive guide to support INGOs in becoming locally led. Taking a locally led approach is a means to redress unjust and entrenched power imbalances between them and the communities they work with. The free online resource, Becoming Locally Led as an Anti-Racist Practice, has been put together by Bond and some of its members including All We Can, SOS Children’s Villages UK, Integrity Action, Transform Trade. It was developed with the support of The Social Investment Consultancy. A locally…

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Buzzacott and Bond launch Governance guide for UK international NGOs

Stuart Mitchell

In the current context, where NGOs are increasingly challenged about their legitimacy and their position in the development ecosystem, the trustee role and the question “what does good governance look like?” has never been more complex. 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”? Buzzacott and Bond have launched a Governance guide for UK international NGOs. This guide is intended to go some way to help you address these issues and assess…

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