Our aims

To ensure that social development is embedded as a strategic and critical aspect of poverty reduction policy and practice, and to bring authoritative social and political perspectives to emerging policy agendas.
To provide high quality professional social development skills and expertise helping partners and clients address poverty and social exclusion both in the UK and internationally.
To develop new and creative approaches and ‘out of the box’ solutions to both old and new problems and dilemmas, and tailor-made responses to individual assignments.
To achieve professional collaboration between like-minded professionals working in the north and south and to create opportunities for young and southern development professionals.
And above all, to foster development approaches grounded in a commitment to eradicating poverty, inequality and injustice internationally.