Poverty porn vs empowerment: The best and worst aid videos of 2016
An expert panel has decided which are the most compelling – and cringeworthy – fundraising videos of the year
November 2015
Aid fundraising videos: the best and worst of 2015
Date Aid: are charities sending the wrong message?
October 2014
10 minutes with ... Anne-Marie Huby, co-founder of JustGiving
World in a week
World in a week: truce agreed with Boko Haram over Chibok schoolgirls
September 2014
Invisible crises: have donors forgotten the hungry in Chad?
Why are WFP and UNHCR struggling to raise funds for humanitarian emergencies that don’t make the headlines?
August 2014
The F-word: when can we call what's happening in South Sudan a famine?
More people will die before a famine is formally declared yet no declaration means little media attention and even less funding, warns Davina Jeffrey
July 2014
How to
Legacy income: how VSO increased donations by 75%
It's time NGOs admit aid isn't going to 'save' Africa
June 2014
3D printed prosthetics: long-term hope for amputees in Sudan
Much has been written about Project Daniel but is this open-source, brand-sponsored model sustainable?
October 2013
War and peace: still a man's world
The arbitrary requirement that funding for work on gender, peace and security must go to women-led organisations is counterproductive to any meaningful integration of gender, argue Gesa Bent and Shireen Lau
UK aid match: the NGO perspective
A small Manchester-based charity secured unrestricted match funding under the pilot scheme aid match. As it is rolled out, Retrak shares the lessons it has learned
UK aid match: the donor perspective
The DfID is offering £120m over three years in the next stage of its match funding scheme. Cathy Welch offers some tips for NGOs hoping to secure a grant
September 2013
Digi-development: exploring the potential of online volunteering
Websites now exist to connect poor communities with a problem to individuals with a solution, anywhere in the world. But are they effective?
June 2013
Views and reviews
Letters: getting over the charitable giving guilt trip
Putting the 'fun' back into fundraising
May 2013
Fundraising: a choice between donations and dignity?
Britons are more likely to donate to campaigns that help people survive, than thrive. Steven Buckley explains Christain Aid's decision to concentrate its new ad campaign on the upside
Views and reviews
Letters: social media must be the instigator of a new way of work
Though the development sector has been a late adopter of technology, social media is proving to the disruptive force that is changing everything from fundraising to impact measurement
Funding and partnerships key challenges for African diasporas – study
Africa Europe Platform project shows how diasporas can overcome limitations and influence global development initiatives
April 2013
MDGs: the case for collective global action
James Mackie explains what the findings of the European report on development 2013 mean for development professionals
