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Bond represents over 450 members working in international development, ranging from large agencies with a world-wide presence to smaller, specialist organisations.

For comments, interviews and information from Bond please contact Bond's Media Manager, Maryam Mohsin.

Call: 07555 336029 / 020 7837 8344 (ext 471)

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Press Releases

23 March 2020: Bond International Development Conference goes ahead remotely celebrating incredible work of NGOs

23 March 2020: Bond International Development Conference goes ahead remotely celebrating incredible work of NGOs

18 March 2020: Bond statement in response to COVID19 and the impact it is having on NGOs

17 March 2020: For immediate release: Bond statement in response to the International Development Committee's Effectiveness of UK Aid evidence session

12 March 2020: Bond statement in response to International Development Committee launch of inquiry on the Effectiveness of UK Aid

11 March 2020: Bond 2020 Annual Conference cancelled due to Coronavirus

5 March 2020: Bond statement in response to reports that DFID staff are being told to report directly to the Foreign Office

5 March 2020: Bond statement in response to Charity Commission's report on Save the Children UK

25 February 2020: Bond statement in response to launch of Inter-Agency Misconduct Disclosure scheme

14 February 2020: Bond statement in response to the reappointment of Baroness Barran as Minister for Civil Society

13 February 2020: New Secretary of State for International Development must champion a Department for International Development that remains focused on helping the world’s poorest people, says Bond the UK network for 450 NGOs

31 January 2020: Bond statement as the UK leaves the EU: “The UK’s departure from the EU must not leave people facing poverty across the world worse off”

31 January 2020: Bond statement as the UK leaves the EU: “The UK’s departure from the EU must not leave people facing poverty across the world worse off”

15 January 2020: Bond quote in response to Publish What You Fund’s Aid Transparency Index

7 January 2020: Bond statement in response to reports that the Department for International Development is to remain an independent department

16 December 2019: Over 100 charities warn that plans to merge DFID with FCO risks Britain turning its back on the world 

13 December 2019: Statement from Bond in response to the general election 2019 result

11 December 2019: Statement from Bond in response to the Department for International Development (DFID) and the Foreign Commonwealth Office (FCO) merger story in the FT

19 November 2019: Charity sector calls on next government to restore freedom to campaign

13 November 2019: Simon Starling appointed as Bond’s Director of Policy, Advocacy and Research

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Recent media coverage

05/2019: UK government urged to focus aid money on climate change, Reuters 

05/2019: MPs committee says aid sector has been 'failing miserably' to tackle sexual exploitation, Third Sector

04/2019: Poorest countries bear the brunt as aid levels fall for second successive year, the Guardian

04/2019: Brexit and bananas: UK charities fear fall from global stage, Reuters

04/2019: UK aid watchdog seeks public input on its work, Devex

04/2019: Aid charities and gov engagement is deteriorating, says Bond, Charity Update

04/2019: Relationship between aid charities and government has 'declined', says Bond, Civil Society 

04/2019: Government treats charities as suppliers, not partners, claims Bond, Third Sector

03/2019: Brexit: DFID underwrites £90M of aid contracts at risk, Devex

03/2019: Advocates call out lack of diversity in global development, Devex

03/2019: Mordaunt tells charities to 'chill out' over UK aid target and slaps down DFID critics, The Telegraph

03/2019: S.Sudan 'superhero' wins award for work with children born of rape, Reuters

03/2019: Brexit 'could benefit overseas development by curbing City of London’s power', Civil Society

03/2019: International NGOs are 'not just charities', says Mercy Corps Europe chief, Civil Society

03/2019: Weeks before Brexit, Europe ends aid funding for non-EU NGOs, Ecodaily

03/2019: Billions of pounds at risk of being ‘wasted’ in foreign aid and measures needed to prevent misspend, report warns, The Sun