At RESULTS, we make change in the world in three ways:

Political will - we create the public and political will to end extreme poverty.

Policy change - we influence the policies of the UK Government and global institutions to ensure that resources reach those in greatest need and have real impact. 

Resource mobilisation - we educate decision makers about the benefits of investing resources that provide life-saving healthcare, an education, and economic opportunities to millions of the world’s poorest people.

Read on to find out more about some of our most recent achievements in the specific issue areas we currently work on. You can also read more in our annual report 2021 or get in touch with us. 

Image: Msoni Timothy and her friend, Kenya. Msoni is a former patient treated for Multi-Drug Resistant TB at Shompole health centre, Kenya, a Global Fund implementation site. She shared her story with us as part of our virtual delegation to Kenya. 

Tuberculosis (TB)


RESULTS campaigners join campaigners from other organisations at an advocacy day in Westminster where together we engaged with over 20 MPs about the Global Fund, May 2022.

  • Resource mobilisation: We advocate for strong financial pledges to the Global Fund to fight AIDS, TB and Malaria, an organisation which has saved 44 million lives over the last 20 years. In 2016, we were instrumental in securing a landmark commitment from the UK Government of £1.1 billion to the Global Fund. Our advocacy on the Global Fund in 2022 ahead of the 7th Replenishment included: media engagement on the importance of the Global Fund such as this Guardian article; Grassroots campaigning on the Global Fund; researching and publishing a report on the Global Fund’s support in Ukraine; helping to mobilise over 350 organisations in Commonwealth countries to sign a letter ahead of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting urging the UK to increase funding for the Global Fund. The UK pledged £1 billion to the Global Fund over three years for its 7th Replenishment.

  • Political will: Through RESULTS’ role as Secretariat for the All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Global TB, we co-hosted a virtual TB delegation to Kenya alongside MPs on the Kenyan Health Select Committee. This has facilitated engagement with key Global Fund stakeholders in Parliament and increased awareness and interest among Parliamentarians of TB. You can see some of the stories of TB patients, survivors and health care professionals shared during the virtual delegation here.

  • Policy changes: We constantly seek to amplify the voices of TB-affected community members. For example, in 2021 we engaged with the new TB Vaccine Advocacy Roadmap working group. This included supporting and publishing a letter written by TB survivors to G20 leaders highlighting the need for investment in TB vaccines.

Child Health 


Flyer for the webinar series

  • Policy change: In collaboration with multiple other organisations, we hosted a three-part webinar series addressing the risks and opportunities for routine immunisation services in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. The key learnings and recommendations from the webinar series have been compiled into a new policy briefing ‘Routine immunisation amidst the COVID-19 pandemic’ for consideration of civil society organisations, donor and implementing governments, and the wider immunisation community. These recommendations are designed to be used as an advocacy resource for all immunisation stakeholders seeking to accelerate progress against Immunisation Agenda 2030 and achieve equitable access to immunisation for all.

  • Political will: In May 2021, the APPG on Vaccinations for All, which RESULTS provides the Secretariat for, launched a report entitled ‘Improving Vaccine Uptake’. The launch particularly attracted high levels of parliamentarian engagement. 

  • Resource mobilisation: We advocate that the UK Government supports Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, a partnership working in the world’s poorest countries with a mandate of enabling children to receive routine and life saving vaccines. In 2020, we advocated for funding to Gavi and welcomed the UK pledge of £330 million per year over 5 years. This pledge will help protect up to 75 million children against diseases like measles, polio and typhoid, and is a huge contribution to building the health systems needed to protect people for the future and overcome global poverty. In 2021, we advocated that this pledge be honoured despite cuts to the Official Development Assistance (ODA) budget, and welcomed news that it would be with the first payment for the new strategic period successfully being disbursed in August 2021.

Nutrition 

  • Resource mobilisation: Prior to the 2021 Nutrition For Growth (N4G) summit, we advocated for a UK financial commitment to support global efforts to tackle malnutrition. Since the first Nutrition for Growth Summit in 2013, there has been a significant reduction in rates of childhood malnutrition, including 12 million fewer children who are below average height. The UK did not make a financial commitment at the summit so with The International Coalition for Advocacy on Nutrition (ICAN) we kept up the pressure and were pleased that a financial pledge was made at the beginning of 2022. We welcomed the pledge of £1.5 billion between 2022 and 2030 for nutrition programmes, although this was considerably less than we advocated for.

  • Policy change: We successfully campaigned for the adoption and implementation of the OECD nutrition policy marker across the FCDO. This was a technical change that will increase the effectiveness of existing programmes on nutrition, and enhance new development programmes where improving nutrition is a stated objective. 

  • Political will: As the secretariat of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on N4G, we have mobilised Members of Parliament and elevated the N4G agenda through Parliamentary Questions and debates, such as the debate linked to in the above tweet.

 COVID-19 pandemic response, and pandemic preparedness 


Image: Scientist harvesting flu virus. Credit: CEPI. 

  • Political will: We secured a backbench business debate on inequitable access to vaccines and worked with stakeholders across two coalitions and one APPG to produce briefings on a range of topics to help increase awareness among parliamentarians of the issues related to pandemic preparedness and response.

  • Policy change: Our recent report ‘Paternalism and Power in UK Pandemic Preparedness and Response’ argues that many decisions in the UK’s response were influenced by paternalism, outdated stereotypes and racism, and decision-making lacked genuine consultation with affected communities and civil society. Among multiple recommendations, it recommends that future pandemic preparedness planning should learn lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic response and centre on equity and global solidarity, and that the terms of reference of the COVID-19 inquiry be broadened to include evaluating the UK's role in the international response. 

  • Resource mobilisation: The Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) is a global partnership set up to accelerate the development of vaccines against emerging infectious diseases and enable equitable access to these vaccines during outbreaks. In 2021, we advocated for the UK to support CEPI in order for life-saving vaccines to be developed sooner. We welcomed the UK Government’s announcement of £160 million over the next five years and continue to advocate that this be increased.

Education


RESULTS UK joins other ACTION partners to raise our hand for education, as part of our campaigning on the Global partnership for Education (GPE) .

  • Resource mobilisation: The Global partnership for Education (GPE) is the largest partnership working solely to transform education systems in lower-income countries. Since GPE was created, 160 million more children are in school in partner countries and many governments have increased their education spending. In the run up to the GPE replenishment in 2021, co-hosted by the UK and Kenya, we advocated that the UK Government make a pledge of £600 million over 5 years. Our advocacy included: a UK-Kenya parliamentary exchange; coordinating a letter to the Prime Minister from over 50 parliamentarians; grassroots action calling for the financial ask to be met. The UK’s pledge was £430 million over 5 years, which fell short of what civil society called for but was made in the context of huge cuts to education spending from the Official Development Assistance (ODA) budget.

  • Political will: We have increased our engagement with parliamentarians on education, including an expanded membership and core leadership group of the APPG on Global Education, which we act as the Secretariat for. 

  • Policy Change: COVID-19 has exacerbated the learning crisis and figures suggest that 90% of children in low-income countries could not read and understand a simple text when they reached their 10th birthday. We have increased our focus on foundational literacy and numeracy and advocate that the UK maximises its impact in addressing the learning crisis. You can read more in our recently released report.

Citizen voice 


RESULTS campaigners on our advocacy day, July 2022.

  • We support a network of 13 campaign groups and over 60 highly-engaged campaigners who take dedicated actions with RESULTS on a regular basis. We do this through providing detailed campaign materials, campaign guides, events, training, 1:1 calls and more.

  • Throughout 2021, over 350 actions were taken by the RESULTS grassroots network across the UK on a range of issues, primarily focused on the Official Development Assistance (ODA) budget, global education, global nutrition and an equitable response to the COVID-19 pandemic. While the pandemic continued to pose challenges, RESULTS campaigners continued to engage with their MPs and Ministers by writing letters, holding virtual meetings and through social media. You can see some of our highlights in our ‘Grassroots Scrapbook 2021’.

  • From 2019 to 2021, we ran a programme called ‘Youth Leaders for Health’ in partnership with four organisations across Africa, training 25 young people from Ghana, Tanzania and Sierra Leone to advocate for policy change on malaria prevention and health system strengthening. This was regarded by the evaluators of the programme as “a transformative leadership journey”.

Hosted Organisations

RESULTS currently hosts three organisations (Send my Friend to School, the Global TB Caucus and IPNEd) that align with our mission and help us to achieve our strategic objectives relating to health and education. While these organisations are legally part of RESULTS UK, they each have an independent advisory group that steers their work. We are proud of the work these organisations achieve and that we are able to facilitate this through our hosting agreements. You can read more about our hosted organisations here.

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