Funding
Participatory grants may be the future of aid: so what have the pioneers learned?
Momentum is building across the development sector to shift power over funding decisions to the communities where the money is being spent. Dominic Vickers reports experiences from organisations that are leading the way.
Fairer funding for organisations of persons with disabilities: a call for change
Why 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.
Value for money and disability inclusion: beware of false choices
As aid cuts deepen, Mark Barrell and Elizabeth Sidell of the Bond Disability and Development Group explain why inclusion is central to true value for money.
Gender, education and health programmes cut in FCDO’s UK aid allocations for 25/26
Yesterday, Tuesday 22 July, the Foreign Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) released its Annual Report & Accounts for 2024–25 and…
Financing for Development Conference: last word from Seville
Last week, Bond and more than 20 of our members, travelled to Seville alongside government, UN, global civil society and business representatives for the Fourth International Financing for Development Conference (FfD4). Here, Alex Farley, Sandra Martinsone and our members take us through the events of the conference.