Funded by the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO), UK Aid Direct supported small and medium sized civil society organisations (CSOs), based in the UK and overseas, to achieve sustained poverty reduction and the United Nations's Global Goals.

Jun 6, 2018 · UK Aid Direct gives grants to small and medium sized civil society organisations, based in the UK and overseas, to achieve sustained poverty reduction and to achieve the Sustainable...

Dec 22, 2015 · UK Aid Direct is the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office’s main centrally managed funding mechanism for small and medium sized civil society organisations, based in the UK and overseas,...

5 days ago · She adds that detailed decisions on the UK’s aid spending will be part of the upcoming Spending Review. Aid programme teams within the department have been instructed not to agree any new business cases, contracts, agreements or funding until initial ODA allocations for 2025/26 are set later in March, with final allocations to be agreed in ...

Feb 26, 2025 · Independent Commission for Aid Impact (ICAI) sets out the current picture on UK development as Prime Minister announces reduction in aid spending target to 0.3% of national income. Aid...

Jul 9, 2024 · in 2022, UK bilateral humanitarian aid was £1,109 million, an increase of £366 million compared to 2021

Feb 26, 2021 · UK aid is the financial support Britain gives to poorer countries to promote sustainable development, eliminate world poverty and help people whose lives have been destroyed by disaster or conflict. That support is needed. More than 700 million people live in extreme poverty 1 - on less than $1.90 a day.

‘Aid’ is used by people and the media as a short-hand term for all sorts of activities. However, the UK government voluntarily adheres to a definition of aid established by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development’s (OECD) Development Assistance Committee (DAC), of which it is a member and to which it reports its aid spending.

Over the next four years, UK taxpayers’ money will vaccinate over 55 million children against preventable diseases, provide 50 million people with the means to help work their way out of poverty,...

May 4, 2020 · What is the UN 0.7% aid target and why has the UK adopted it? Which government departments spend UK aid? What impact does UK aid have? What will be the impact of Brexit on UK aid? These and other questions are answered in an accessible way in this briefing paper.