Save the Date – SWIDN Conference 2025
We are pleased to announce this year’s SWIDN Conference which will take place online on Thursday 16th October. Join us for a day of important discussions, networking and inspiring presentations from our panels of expert speakers! The conference is free to attend and open to all. Save the date and look out for updates to…
Safeguarding Essentials for Trustees- Training
Safeguarding is everyones responsibility – including the trustees of an organisation. This workshop will strengthen your safeguarding practice and give you an understanding of the risks, roles, responsibilities and responses for trustees. The session is aimed at any UK-based trustees of international development or humanitarian organisations. It is suitable as a first introduction or as…
Focus on Family Care: What is behind the UK’s new campaign on care reform for children?
SWIDN, Hub Cymru Africa, and Hope and Homes for Children invite you to a collaborative, 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 will share best-practice resources and explore how civil society can engage with the UK Government’s…
SWIDN Mentorship Scheme- Final Feedback Sessions
Thank you to those who have taken part in this years Mentorship Scheme. We hope you have found it a rewarding learning experience! Please join us for the final feedback sessions to share your thoughts, questions and comments. If you are unable to attend on the day, a survey will also be sent out to…
Communications Working Group
Welcome to the second in our new working group for our members who work in communications roles at their organisation. This group focuses on building collaborative networks with peers facing similar challenges, and building resilience through working together and sharing knowledge. For this session, following feedback from attendees who joined is in the last working…
SWIDN Summer Social 2025
Join us in person to celebrate the long days and (hopefully!) warm summer weather! We are pleased to hold this in person meet up for SWIDN members and prospective members and look forward to connecting with you all. This networking event will offer you the opportunity to meet the SWIDN team, chat to other like…
SWIDN at the DSA Conference 2025
Towards a Meaningful Practice of Reparative Development: Bridging Crises and Reimagining Opportunities for Decolonisation Join us on 26th June at the University of Bath as we collaborate with colleagues to convene a round table discussion at the 2025 Development Studies Association conference; 9am – 10.30am / 11am – 12.30pm Through exploring decolonisation discourses and practice,…
Improving Safeguarding Practice for INGO’s – Training
This online workshop will strengthen your safeguarding practice and give you an understanding of the risks, roles, responsibilities and responses for INGOs. It is aimed at any UK-based organisation working with international programmes in a development, humanitarian or academic setting. It is suitable as a first introduction and as a refresher course. This course is…
Learn to create your own AI-led interview with Qualia (“SurveyMonkey, but for stories”)
Join the team at Causal Mapping at this free learning session where they will present their AI interviewer, Qualia. Qualia allows you to set up an interview quickly and share the link with between 25 and 100 respondents who can simply click the link to complete their interview. With conversational and exploratory agents, Qualia is far…
