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

8 May 2019: Statement in response to The Guardian piece: Aid sector action to tackle abuse 'completely unsatisfactory', say MPs

8 May 2019: Poverty reduction and the SDGs will not be achieved without dedicated climate finance, says Bond in response to International Development Committee latest report

1 May 2019: Bond statement in response to the appointment of Rory Stewart as the Secretary of State for International Development

10 April 2019: Bond statement in response to OECD DAC ODA figures

9 April 2019: Bond statement in response to ICAI's report: DFID’s partnerships with civil society organisations

4 April 2019: Bond statement in response to DFID's provisional ODA statistics

1 April 2019: New report warns of decline in relationship between UK civil society working in development and government

28 March 2019: Bond statement in response to UK backing British aid organisations in the event of no deal

26 March 2019: Bond statement in response to ICAI review of the CDC Group

21 March 2019: New report finds marginalised groups continue to be left behind, despite Sustainable Development Goals commitment

11 February 2019: Bond statement in response to Henry Jackson Society's "Global Britain: A Twenty-First Century Vision"

22 January 2019: NGOs, academics and journalists to be exempt from Counter-Terrorism and Border Security Bill

9 January 2019: Stephanie Draper appointed Bond Chief Executive

6 December 2018: Bond statement in response to Government reply to Committee report on Sexual Exploitation and Abuse in the Aid Sector

4 December 2018: Counter Terrorism and Border Security amendment backed by House of Lords peers

29 November 2018: UK’s leading NGOs concerned aid workers, journalists and development researchers will be caught out by Counter Terrorism and Border Security Bill

20 November 2018: Bond members commit to safeguarding through Bond Charter amendment

7 November 2018: Bond statement in response to UK government abstaining from European Development Fund vote

18 October 2018: UK NGOs to collectively raise the bar on safeguarding

17 October 2018: Bond statement in response to the Charity Commission's final report from its safeguarding taskforce

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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