Media Centre

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)

Email: [email protected] 

Press Releases

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

7 November 2019: Kate Sayer appointed as new Bond Board Chair

4 November 2019: UK NGO sector sets out vision for aid and international development in Bond’s 2019 manifesto

17 October 2019: Bond statement in response to International Development Select Committee's Follow-up: sexual exploitation and abuse in the aid sector report

16 October 2019: Bond launches Apprenticeship Scheme to Increase Diversity in International Development

23 September 2019: Bond statement in response to new Electoral Commission guidance on the laws around political campaigning in the lead up to elections and referendums

4 September 2019: Bond statement in response to government’s commitment to spending 0.7% of national income on aid in spending round announcement

16 August 2019: Bond statement in response to DFID's Secretary letter to civil society organisations about the Government’s planning for Brexit

25 July 2019: Bond comment in response to Alok Sharma becoming Secretary of State for International Development

23 July 2019: Bond statement in response to Boris Johnson becoming the next UK Prime Minister

22 July 2019: Bond statement in response to today’s announcement that more of UK Aid budget will be given to Department for International Trade

29 June 2019: Bond statement in response to PM Theresa May's commitment to cease support for fossil fuel projects and prioritise sustainable investments

20 June 2019: Bond statement in response to National Audit Office report on the effectiveness of Official Development Assistance expenditure

18 June 2019: Bond statement in response to the British Foreign Policy Group's report "Running out of credit: The decline of the Foreign Office and the case for sustained funding”

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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