Want to shift from storytelling about towards storytelling with? @IngridguyonFoto and @zungumza.bsky.social share insights gained from 20 years facilitating participatory video, photography and arts with communities around the world. www.bond.org.uk/news/2025/10...

Is your NGO facing volatility? Join us tomorrow, 9 October, with @BirchesGroup for a practical and insightful webinar as we explore how NGOs can navigate volatility across various contexts, from donor funding to staff layoffs and pay cuts. my.bond.org.uk/s/event/a79N...

Join us on 7 October at 12 pm for this timely and practical session in partnership with @crownagentsbank, exploring how bank de-risking is reshaping the humanitarian and development landscape. buff.ly/ZnvHgSH

In this second blog of our series, Bond's @RowanPopplewell examines 10 different ways UK-based NGOs can respond to restrictions on civil society, both in the UK and overseas. buff.ly/moNXn8e

Join us for our event on 14 October at 11am with Black Sands Communications as we explore how our current approach to communications and campaigns is not meeting the scale of the challenge needed to safeguard democracy. 📍14 October 11am (BST) on Zoom buff.ly/iYFqQ1I

At tomorrow's webinar at 14:00pm (BST) we are exited to hear about the UK public’s perceived ability to make a difference to global poverty from Molly Anders and David Hudson from the Development Engagement Lab. buff.ly/DAaM2Ur

After years of research, reform and advocacy, there is broad consensus on one essential truth: children thrive best when they grow up in families, not institutions. @soschildrenuk are investing in keeping families together and in family-based care. buff.ly/kAavBsX

In this blog written by Bond's Lena Cohrs, she unpacks the insights offered by the final SIDs for 2024, then she turns to considering them in the context of the government’s decision to cut ODA from 0.5% of GNI to 0.3%. buff.ly/TGHIhVG

How people feel about their ability to change something affects how they relate to it. That’s why understanding the UK public’s sense of efficacy is essential for anyone looking to support social impact issues like poverty reduction. @DevEngageLab www.bond.org.uk/news/2025/09...

Bond has joined more than 40 other civil society leaders calling the new Foreign Secretary to maintain strategic priority given to countering illicit finance within the UK’s foreign policy and confirm commitment to the Summit on Illicit finance next year. buff.ly/iIj3FYT

UK civil society networks have signed a statement calling on the UK government to take further action against Israel and recognise a Palestinian state as a pathway to peace ahead of next week’s high-level week of the @UN General Assembly: buff.ly/hmyjEZ9

Today, Bond has published a briefing examining British International Investment (BII), the UK’s development finance institution, raising questions about whether the institution is fulfilling its core mission. 🔍 Find out what the briefing reveals here: buff.ly/vSLCatR

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer announced the UK will recognise a Palestinian state next week at the UNGA. If the government is serious, why hasn’t recognition already happened? Find out more from Dr. Afaf Jabiri. buff.ly/CQ76nA4

In the shift to locally-led development, INGOs tend to represent all in-country partners as naturally legitimate actors. But there is little openness on how INGOs decide which organisations fit that description, and on what basis. 💡 Read the blog buff.ly/WukUioY

Funders must stop seeing organisations for disabled people as high-cost options and start seeing them as vital partners in creating a fairer, more inclusive world. Ganesh Singh shares the reality of funding barriers, why flexibility is key to inclusion. buff.ly/9WYdpAZ

Join this webinar on 26 September (2PM BST) with @DevEngageLab, as we explore whether organisations have the tools to successfully reconnect the public with their own ability to transform the lives of others. Sign up here: my.bond.org.uk/s/event/a79N...

How do you overhaul the world’s flawed financial systems so that countries and communities can access the funds they need to achieve their development goals? Jaleh Saboktakin at @crownagentsbank addresses this question here. www.bond.org.uk/news/2025/09...

Equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI) are not peripheral to the crises in international development, but central to both the problems we face and the solution. Mike O'Driscoll and Bond's Lena Bheeroo explore our sector's EDI problem in this blog. www.bond.org.uk/news/2025/09...

How do you move from a successful pilot to national adoption? Much can be learned from the reforms made to early-childhood education in Ghana, which grew from a small project into a nationwide, government-owned scheme. www.bond.org.uk/news/2025/09...

Jaleh Saboktakin, from @crownagentsbank, on what needs to change within global financial systems to ensure the money pledged at the Financing for Development conference has maximum impact. www.bond.org.uk/news/2025/09...

On 24 September at 7BR Barristers’ Chambers, we’re bringing together legal experts and crisis communication professionals to explore how organisations can respond effectively when facing a reputational challenge. Places are limited - register now: my.bond.org.uk/s/event/a79N...

It’s time to dust off the rosettes; it’s party conference season. Here are all the tips and events you’ll need to make the most of each conference from our public affairs manager Paul Abernethy. www.bond.org.uk/news/2025/09...

How do you protect trust, morale and resilience during a restructure? Thriving People believes even small actions can make a significant difference. Here are five mistakes to avoid during a restructure: www.bond.org.uk/news/2025/09...

@FollowEmbrace's 'Childhood Behind Bars' campaign calls on the UK government to urge Israel to end the use of traumatising practices against Palestinian children in detention, and stop the unlawful transfer of children outside the occupied territory. buff.ly/XDuyEVg

The ongoing funding crisis has left many INGOs fighting for survival. If a restructure is looming, here are the 5 things to avoid to help your organisation not only weather the storm but build a better future. → Read the blog by Thriving People: www.bond.org.uk/news/2025/09...

This blog, the first in a two-part series, will look at what is happening to civic space and how its impacting international development. In the second part we will look what international NGOs can do to help strengthen civic space. www.bond.org.uk/news/2025/08...

World Humanitarian Day should not be a day of mourning alone. It should be a turning point — the moment when the world decided that the lives of those who serve others are worth protecting at any cost. New blog from Bond’s Humanitarian Adviser Mustafa Al-Soufi. www.bond.org.uk/news/2025/08...

Over 40 CEOs of UK NGOs sign solidarity statement a year after the race riots in the UK. Read the statement here: www.bond.org.uk/press-releas...

Latest Bond statement on Gaza. For the full accessible statement please follow this link. . . www.bond.org.uk/press-releas...