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April Roundup of the Alliance Community

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A member blog post by

Laura ffrench-Constant

The Alliance Community is an online forum for Alliance members to discuss, share and connect with other members.  

This month on the Alliance Community activity included:  

  • Recent sign-ups from members: WaterAid, Kilcheran, Signpost International and SCIAF. You can view the introductions thread to learn more about the new users and their favourite development fuzzwords! Have you introduced yourself to the network yet?  

  • Canvassing for member inputs to a IDC inquiry into Humanitarian Crises and COVID-19 and IDC inquiry on Effectiveness of UK Aid. Are you interested in co-ordinating a response? 

  • A question from a member about events across Scotland to exhibit at post-August, have you got suggestions? 

  • A roundup of our activities on COVID-19 thus far and details of the member scoping exercise we have been undertaking 

  • Discussion of the impact of Coronavirus (Covid-19) on programme delivery. Do you have an experience you want to share? 

  • Discussion of the COVID-19 funding landscape and members’ sharing experiences of adapting fundraising strategies  

  • Exchanging resources about adapting MEL due to COVID-19 and how to collect data remotely 

  • A discussion thread from the recent Leave No-one Behind Working Group about age and inclusion 

Open partnership and collaboration requests include: 

  • A request for an NGO to partner with an academic organisation working on supply chain issues in Brazil.  

  • A request by members within the policy committee to work together on 2021 manifesto related campaign work.  Are you interested in aligning the policy asks of different members and producing a short document/brochure covering various thematic asks? 

Find out more about what members can use the Alliance Community for on the website. Join the Alliance Community today by signing up and creating your profile.  

Need help signing up?  Find out how to sign up and complete a series of simple tasks with our explainer and short video.  

If you have any questions about how to join the Community, or, if you are experiencing any issues posting to the Community, please get in touch with Laura via email. 

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