Throughout autumn 2022, RESULTS UK hosted a series of training sessions to help advocates gain and develop skills and knowledge that will be applicable to their advocacy. The training was open to everyone and it was great to welcome a range of people to the sessions. If you weren't able to attend, or would like a recap of the content of any of the sessions, check out this blog for resources, recordings and activity ideas. If you have any questions about the content, please contact...
This month, we discussed a number of challenges to achieving RESULTS' current advocacy goals, including the UK's contributing resources to the Global Fund to Fight HIV, TB and Malaria, and to the Global Polio Eradication Initiative. With increased economic uncertainty, we recognise that the UK's Official Development Assistance (ODA) budget is not likely to increase any time soon and could well decrease even further.
This month was a very special grassroots conference call, as it was our Executive Director, Aaron Oxley’s last call after 13 years with RESULTS! For our September action we have asked our network to help push for the eradication of polio. We were joined by guest speaker Safia Ibrahim , a polio survivor and Special Vaccine Advocate for UNICEF Canada, who shared her personal story...
This month, we have decided to do something a little bit different, by focusing on what we at RESULTS are referring to as ‘ anti-oppression ’ - the need to address some of the deep causes of poverty and inequality, including racism. In a world where the economic, financial and political systems were created to benefit colonial powers which is something we inherit today, everyone has their own personal motivation for...
Over the weekend of 2-3 July, 2022 we held our annual National Conference! This year was extra special as we had our first hybrid set-up, with attendees and speakers joining in-person or online. Many of our campaigners, new and old, were able to connect in-person for the first time in two years after our switch to virtual events due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It was great to be joined by campaigners from all over the UK, and speakers from all over the world, to really compliment this year’s...
On this month's grassroots conference call, we were joined by inspirational guest speaker Jane Napais Lankisa , a Youth Leader for Nutrition with the Scaling Up Nutrition civil society network in Kenya. Jane shared her passion for supporting her community to improve their nutrition, especially for adolescent girls, and the extra challenges created by the current food crisis. You can watch the video...
On June 23, Parliament’s International Development Select Committee (IDC), the committee responsible for the scrutiny of the UK’s Official Development Assistance (ODA or ‘aid’) spending, released a long-awaited report on ‘Racism in the Aid Sector ’. This report is the first publication from the IDC’s broader inquiry looking at the ‘Philosophy and Culture of the Aid Sector’. The IDC’s...
This is a guest blog written by Jane Napais Lankisa, a Youth Leader for Nutrition*. She is a trained nutritionist from Kenyatta University, Kenya who now works as a Nutritionist at Feed the Children, inspiring caregivers to adopt positive health behaviours. She is a committed youth advocate and team lead for the FEED Nutrition Advocacy Unit, advocating for adolescent girls’ nutrition. Jane is particularly passionate about adolescent girls’ nutrition and the links between...
This month, we heard from guest speaker Kit Dorey from Peace Direct about the Government's new International Development Strategy (IDS), and what it is likely to mean for the UK's anti-poverty work. With an increased focus on trade and economic development, and the UK's national interest, the IDS barely mentions poverty reduction - the legal and moral purpose of the UK's Official Development Asssistance (ODA) spending. And with ODA forecast to return to 0.7% of Gross National Income (GNI) by...
When the rapid spread of SARS-CoV-2 brought the world to a standstill in 2020, immunisation programmes worldwide were disrupted like almost every other health programme. The disruption was mainly due to the understandable diversion of resources to tackling the COVID-19 pandemic as well as mobility restrictions stopping people from accessing healthcare or health workers reaching out to populations that are marginalised.
After over two years of the pandemic and ongoing efforts to...
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