Powerful photography exhibition spotlighting women land defenders comes to Exeter for International Women’s Day
SWIDN are pleased to share this piece provided by and written by ActionAid A striking photography exhibition organised by ActionAid UK which spotlights women aroundthe world who are defending their land and their communities from destruction is coming toExeter this International Women’s Day. Women By Women: Rooted in Resilience depicts women leaders in Brazil, Cambodia,Nepal…
The SWIDN Network’s views on the Future of UK Aid
In the autumn, SWIDN gathered input from our members and submitted this to the UK Parliament’s International Development Committee’s inquiry into the Future of UK Aid. We said we would publish our submission when we were able to and, now that it’s available on the IDC website for public view, we can do so here.…
British Public Defy Anti-Solidarity Narrative as Members Hit Christmas Fundraising Targets
We are delighted to congratulate our member organisations who took part in the Big Give Christmas Challenge 2025. Together with our sister network the Small International Development Charities Network (SIDCN), members of SWIDN and SIDCN achieved remarkable success this Christmas, with all SWIDN members meeting their targets and over 68% surpassing their fundraising goals, while…
Holding on to Connections (Letting go of 2025)
There is no doubt that 2025 has been an extremely difficult year for global solidarity. Whether it’s reflected in our monthly management accounts, the frustration of yet another funding rejection, or the evidence of growing inequality that reminds us why our work matters, we all recognise a difficult truth. As a community committed to global…
Learning from Others: the SWIDN Annual Conference 2025
A huge thank you to everyone who joined us for the SWIDN Annual Conference 2025 in October. It was an inspiring and deeply reflective day of listening, learning and connecting across the South West and beyond. Together, we explored how our sector can confront historical inequities and move towards more just, anti-colonial, and equitable ways of working.…
That Swedish ‘Fika’ Feeling (or Tackling the big Questions Together)
I’ve never been to Sweden before. From dashing out the door at 5am for the coach to Heathrow, to arriving back in the early hours of the morning 3 days later, it was a dizzying, inspiring, exhausting, and quite honestly life-changing experience. Dare I say it, my trip to Sweden last week was reparative. In…
Theory of Cause, anyone?
In June, SWIDN were delighted to host a discussion event with a few of our organisational and academic members at the Development Studies Association Conference at the University of Bath, hosted by the Centre for Development Studies. The topic was whether it’s possible to decolonise development and move practice into something reparative. If reparative development…
Focus on Family Care
In July we had the opportunity to partner with Hub Cymru Africa and Hope and Homes for Children to deliver an open-access, online event focused on care for marginalised children. Designed to connect and support UK charities and donors working with at-risk children internationally, this event was an opportunity to share best-practice resources and explore…
Building Charity Resilience in 2025
The first quarter of 2025 has brought fresh challenges to the international development sector. With sudden, dramatic cuts to USAID and the unexpected announcement of UK Aid reductions by 2027, many organisations are turning inward, focused on survival. SWIDN are committed to supporting our members and wider international development community, and so are delivering a…
