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…
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…
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…
Climate Action Working Group
Join us as we host our Climate Action Working Group, following World Environment Day on 5th June. Come along to this free to access, open to all discussion on how our sector and those of us working within it can take positive climate action and understand the climate crisis. We will be joined by knowledgeable…
Climate Fresk
The science of the climate can be challenging, yet solving the crisis means we all need some level of knowledge about it. Boost your understanding with the Climate Fresk, an interactive, in-person 3 hour workshop with experienced facilitator, Sarah Poppy Jackson. Following last November’s brilliant Climate Fresk we are pleased to welcome Sarah back to…
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…
SWIDN Consultants Working Group
Join us for this meet-up aimed at independent consultants/freelancers who are SWIDN members to discuss areas of common interest. Come along to this online, informal lunchtime event and chat with other international development practitioners. Independent consultants who are not SWIDN members yet are welcome to come along to find out more about what SWIDN can…
Resilient Charities – Training Series
In the last few years, the fundraising landscape for international development charities in the UK has been shrinking. At the same time, scrutiny on traditional aid models and on the ideas behind development has increased. In our ever changing world, global poverty and inequality is not reducing, but efforts to tackle it seem to be…
Communications Working Group
We are pleased to offer the first of a new quarterly working group for our members who work in communications roles at their organisation. This group will focus on building collaborative networks with peers facing similar challenges, and building resilience through working together and sharing knowledge. We hope it will be a valuable place for…
