As chief executive of Scotland's International Development Alliance, the former UK ambassador is done being diplomatic a...

What’s next for aid and development? In the context of dramatic changes to the aid and development landscape,  including cuts to aid budgets by traditional donor countries, pervasive conflicts and ong...

English is often the default language used in a global sustainable development context, but what about when English is not your first language or you don’t know English at all?  Communication is key t...

SIDA’s safeguarding definition: ​“Safeguarding promotes the safety and welfare of people involved in the delivery or receipt of humanitarian aid and development assistance, protecting them from harm, ...

CoDEC brings together independent, not-for-profit organisations that support and deliver global learning in schools and communities across England.

Forced displacement continues to be a challenge faced by the world’s most marginalised people, especially in global south countries, as a result of unliveable conditions: climate breakdown, armed conf...

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NGOs and refugee charities from across the UK have come together to write an open letter to the Prime Minister, calling for the UK Government to end the use of hotels for housing asylum seekers as soo...

The Disasters Emergency Committee in Scotland has launched an appeal to support millions of people affected by the devastating earthquake in Myanmar.  More than 3,000 people have already died with tho...

Leading non profit organisations from Africa, Asia, South America and Europe have delivered a letter to Keir Starmer, Rachel Reeves and David Lammy urging the UK government to make progress on interna...

This parliamentary briefing argues that we urgently need a new UK law to hold companies to account when they fail to prevent human rights abuses and environmental harms in their global value chains. A...

Last week SIDA held a special online briefing in collaboration with the Disasters Emergency Committee, where Cabinet Secretary Angus Robertson MSP announced an additional £400,000 funding will be made available to four SIDA members (Islamic Relief, Tearfund, Christian Aid and Oxfam) through the Humanitarian Emergencies Fund (HEF), to support their ongoing work responding to the crisis in Sudan and neighbouring countries.

This International Women’s Day we’re taking a look back at some of our members’ success stories from the last year in advocating for and advancing women’s rights across the globe, with a particular fo...

SIDA members and development NGOs react to the Prime Minister’s announcement that ODA will be cut from 0.5% of GDP to 0.3% by 2027. Following Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer’s announcement on Tuesday ...