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Hannah Griffiths

Head of policy and campaigns

hannah.griffiths@wdm.org.uk

Hannah joined WDM in 2011 as head of campaigns and policy. Previously, Hannah worked at Friends of the Earth, 1999-2009. There she led campaigns on a range of issues relating to economic and environmental justice and corporate accountability, including leading the corporates and trade team and developing Friends of the Earth’s campaign on biofuels. Prior to that, she coordinated a network of communities across the world campaigning on Shell’s impacts in their area, which resulted in many successes for different communities. From 2009-2011 Hannah was a freelance consultant on environment and development issues, and carried out campaign review, strategy, planning and fundraising for a range of organisations in the UK and Europe. Hannah has a Masters degree in Environmental Policy from Imperial College.

Kathryn Excell

Fundraising assistant

kathryn.excell@wdm.org.uk

Kathryn is fundraising assistant at WDM and helps raise money from individuals and ethical companies. Prior to joining WDM in January 2012 Kathryn worked in international student recruitment and volunteered with War on Want in London and Amnesty International in Mexico. Kathryn studied at Sussex University in Brighton where she graduated with a degree in International Relations, Spanish and Italian.

Clean up the bailed-out banks

WDM campaigned to clean up the bailed-out banks between 2009 and 2011.

Terms and conditions of the bailed out banks

Background

Following the financial crisis of 2008, the UK government used a staggering £45.5 billion of UK taxpayers’ money – the GDP of Kenya and Tanzania combined – to prop up the Royal Bank of Scotland.

RBS used that public money to finance projects and companies that threaten the climate and human rights, such as tar sands extraction in Madagascar and Canada.

WDM campaigned to get the government to rein in the power of RBS and the other bailed-out banks and force them to keep to the highest environmental and human rights standards when investing our money.

Successes

After sustained campaigning by WDM, including meetings with RBS group chairman Sir Philip Hampton and other board members, RBS’s 2010 and 2011 sustainability reports for the first time highlighted the issue of tar sands mining. Significantly, they also committed RBS to developing external environmental, social and ethical risk statements and internally implementing similar policies for oil and gas, mining and metals...

Andy Lockhart

Regional network coordinator

andy.lockhart@wdm.org.uk

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Andy is WDM's north of England network coordinator, based in Manchester where he has been for over six years. His role is to support local groups in the North West and North East regions with events, publicity, attracting new members and raising their profiles. Andy is also a journalist, and has been one of the editors of the local independent newspaper Manchester Mule since 2008. He studied Politics at the University of Manchester and holds an MA in Environmental Politics from Keele University. Andy has been a campaigner and activist for many years on issues around climate change, migration, higher education and cuts.

Staff and council

Staff

Sarah Reader

Networks assistant and campaigns and policy assistant

sarah.reader@wdm.org.uk and climatejustice@wdm.org.uk

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Sarah is part time networks assistant at WDM and part time climate justice campaigns and policy assistant. As networks assistant, Sarah helps James and Katharine support WDM’s local groups network and organise events.

As campaigns and policy assistant, Sarah works on the climate justice campaign helping to research issues related to the campaign, produce materials and organise actions and events.

Before WDM, Sarah was the universities network coordinator for Campaign Against Arms Trade and promoted recycling in Hackney with Waste Watch. She graduated with a degree in Politics and International Studies from the University of Warwick. Outside of work Sarah is involved in anti-arms trade, anti-cuts and environmental campaigning.

Katharine Talbot

Senior network development officer

katharine@wdm.org.uk

Katharine is senior network development officer at WDM. She supports and develops WDM’s network of local groups and organises local and national events, having joined WDM in 2006. Before that, Katharine was an events fundraiser at St John Ambulance, and prior to that she worked for the Charities Advisory Trust. Katharine has volunteered in Zimbabwe as a teacher, and in London as a bereavement counsellor. She has an MA in Development Studies.

Heidi Chow

Campaigns officer

heidi.chow@wdm.org.uk

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Heidi is a campaigns officer at WDM, working to stop excessive speculation on food prices in financial markets. She does this alongside her job share partner, Christine Haigh. Heidi started with WDM in 2008 and has campaigned on issues including Europe’s trade deals, the World Trade Organisation and stopping RBS’s unethical investments. Since gaining her degree in Politics, Philosophy and Economics from Oxford University Heidi has held a number of jobs in marketing and communications.

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Jane Herbstritt

Campaigns assistant, Scotland

jane@wdmscotland.org.uk

Jane is campaigns assistant and works with Liz and Eddy in WDM’s Scottish office, helping to adapt WDM campaigns to the Scottish context. She also works on Scottish WDM publications, including the Scottish newsletter and works with the Scottish local groups.

Before working for WDM, Jane worked for Scottish Environment LINK as a parliamentary officer, and for the Scottish Civic Forum. Outside of work, she and her two young kids enjoy experimenting with baking vegan cakes, reading, and mastering the art of the ‘lie-in’ – sleep being rather hard to come by at the moment!

Martyn Barsom

Data processing assistant

martyn.barson@wdm.org.uk

Martyn is data processing assistant at WDM. He started working at WDM in 2009 as a resources volunteer. Prior to that, Martyn worked at St George’s hospital, Tooting and as a volunteer for the development charity Restless Development in Nepal working with young people. Outside of WDM Martyn enjoys mountain biking and claims to be WDM’s mass participation sports expert.

Lucy Pearce

Lucy Pearce has spent the last 15 years working as an international social and environmental justice campaigner. Career highlights include leading the mobilisation for The Wave which saw 60,000 people take to the streets in the biggest UK demo on climate change demanding climate action in December 2009, kicking Esso off campus, getting over 60 universities to switch to buying green electricity, and persuading the UK government to adopt a Climate Change Act. She has long been a supporter of WDM.

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Shaun Chamberlin

Shaun Chamberlin is the author of The Transition Timeline and has been involved with the Transition Network since its inception, co-founding Transition Town Kingston. He also co-authored the All Party Parliamentary Group on Peak Oil's report into TEQs (carbon rationing) and has been a member of WDM since 2004. His website is www.darkoptimism.org.

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Sue Wheat

Sue Wheat joined council in 2008 and is now Vice Chair. She has been a WDM member for many years and is a long-term campaigner, writer and communicator on development issues. She is Communications Manager at Y Care International, the aid agency for the YMCA.

Marylyn Rayner

Marylyn Rayner has been a member of WDM since 1991. She’s an Area Rep for the East Midlands and a Rep on Council, and has served on and off council since 1996. She has also sat on the board of the WDM Trust for the past 3 years.

Julieanne Porter

Julieanne Porter When not in her natural habitat (gardening), she is a campaigner with Oxford WDM (since November 2002). Julianne has also been the Area Rep for the East Anglia and Chilterns region since June 2008 and on WDM Council since August 2010.

Veronica Pasteur

Veronica Pasteur is Head of Campaigns at the Fairtrade Foundation, where she has been for 6 years. She has been an active member of WDM for 10 years and on council since 2010.

Maggie Pankhurst

Maggie Pankhurst has been a member of WDM for over 15 years and has been on Council since 2005, most recently as Chair. Maggie works as a consultant in the INGO sector working on governance and change processes with a range of small/medium organisations

Kevin Meaney

Kevin Meaney has been an active member of the Oxford WDM group for the last 9 years. In that time he’s been treasurer, secretary and chair of the local group. He also blogs on environment and social issues on Oxford Kevin and as a contributor to The Topsoil. He works as a Software Engineer.

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Steve Huxton

Steve Huxton has been involved with WDM local groups in London for 8 years. Steve's background is in IT, having worked as an IT engineer and manager for 15 years in various firms. Steve is currently studying for a degree in Environment and Development studies to enhance his campaigning activities, and is the current area representative for London groups.

John Blair-Fish

John Blair Fish has been a member of WDM for 20 years. He has been an active member of the Edinburgh and Lothians group for 14 years, and a member of Council for 5 years including one year as Scottish rep. He has a strong Church background as the son of an Anglican vicar who introduced Christian Aid to his Church. When he’s not spending time with WDM, he supports research computing in the University of Edinburgh and a passion for running up hills.

Belinda Calaguas

Belinda Calaguas is Director of Policy and Campaigns at ActionAid-UK. She has been aware of WDM whilst she was still an activist in the Philippines, and joined WDM as an individual supporter in late 1990s, sometime after she moved to Britain with her husband and daughter. She joined council in 2010.

Chrisine Babin

Christine Babin joined WDM council in July 2010 as National Treasurer. She is a qualified accountant who previously supported financial management in WaterAid’s Asia region. She joined WaterAid in February 2006 from Rathbone and started the role of Internal Auditor in WaterAid UK January 2010. Prior appointments include roles with other international NGOs.

Nicola Ansell

Nicola Ansell has been a member of WDM for many years and has been active within the Richmond and Kingston group for about 6 years. She has been on Council since 2008 and is currently National Secretary. She is a Reader in Human Geography at Brunel University where she runs an MA in Children, Youth and International Development and researches how young southern Africans confront the impacts of globalisation, education and AIDS.

Kirsty Wright

Senior campaigns officer

kirsty.wright@wdm.org.uk

Kirsty is senior campaigns officer at WDM. She campaigns to keep the World Bank out of climate finance and against loans for climate change. Kirsty joined WDM in 2008 and was part of WDM’s successful campaigns to stop Kingsnorth and push for a strong Climate Change Act. Before this, she lived in New Zealand where she was campaigned on trade justice in the Pacific, conflict and climate change. She has also worked on women’s rights in Nicaragua, as a peace observer with Zapatista communities in Mexico, and with refugee communities in Middle East. She graduated from Sussex where she studied Media, Culture and Community focusing on social movements and political communication. Outside of work, Kirsty is also involved in anti-cuts and climate justice campaigning, and enjoys learning about bees.

Graham Whitehouse

Information and communications officer

graham@wdm.org.uk

Graham is information and communications officer at WDM. After studying at Goldsmiths in the 1990s he spent a brief period teaching before moving into IT. Graham came to WDM as a contractor and liked it so much decided to apply for a job. He has managed several large projects including the migration of WDM’s database to a SQL based CRM system and the complete rebuild of WDM’s computer network and phone system. Outside of WDM he has founded a housing association which provides social housing in the London Borough of Lambeth.

Andrew Taylor

Fundraising and communications assistant

andrew.taylor@wdm.org.uk

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Andrew is fundraising and communications assistant at WDM. He helps raise money from individuals and ethical companies and organises WDM’s annual comedy night. Prior to working for WDM, Andrew spent a year working for a charity telephone fundraising agency. He studied Journalism and Sociology at Staffordshire University before completing an MA in International Relations. In his spare time, Andrew writes events reviews for an entertainment website and spends as much time as possible getting out of London to go wildlife watching.

WDM's view on unpaid internships

Volunteers and interns are an important and valued part of the team at WDM. This is also true for many organisations in the not for profit sector. Our entire national network is comprised of people who are passionate about international development and campaign on a voluntary basis in their spare time. The internships we offer are slightly different as we tend to attract people who are not only passionate about international development but who also wish to develop their future career in this sector.

In the voluntary sector ongoing budget constraints mean there aren’t many entry level posts available. This, combined with the high level of competition, makes it extremely difficult for anyone to gain paid employment in this sector at entry level. WDM’s internship and volunteer schemes help people get their foot in the door.

Yes, WDM internship programme increases our capacity to do our work. In return, interns gain considerable and varied experience while working here. Not only do we provide an opportunity to gain work experience to increase their chances of gaining paid employment, but we also provide support on CV writing and interview techniques. In addition, if a short fixed term temporary position becomes available, we only recruit internally thus giving...

Miriam Ross

Media officer

miriam.ross@wdm.org.uk

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Miriam is media officer at WDM, and works to generate as much coverage as possible for our campaigns. She joined WDM in May 2011, and prior to that worked for ten years as a campaigner and press officer at Survival International, the organisation supporting tribal peoples.

James O'Nions

Events and publications officer

james@wdm.org.uk

James is events and publications officer at WDM. He organises WDM’s national events and edits its supporter magazine, Action. He is also a trustee of development charity War on Want and an editor of Red Pepper, a left-green magazine of politics and culture. James has been involved in the movements against war and corporate power for over a decade. His previous jobs include as a researcher-campaigner at Campaign Against Arms Trade.

Liz Murray

Head of campaigns and networks, Scotland

liz@wdmscotland.org.uk

Liz Murray is head of campaigns and networks at WDM’s Scottish office. She works to strengthen WDM’s campaigns by adapting them to the Scottish context, lobbying Scottish MPs and MSPs and working with WDM’s local groups in Scotland. Before WDM, Liz worked as a researcher at the Scottish Parliament and as a campaigner on environmental justice for Friends of the Earth Scotland. Liz previously worked as a campaigner on green economics and climate change for Greenpeace in the UK and in Australia and as a volunteer in Zimbabwe. Outside WDM, Liz has helped set up a community garden in the grounds of a hospital in Edinburgh.

Polly Moreton

Resources assistant

polly.moreton@wdm.org.uk

Polly is the resources assistant at WDM. She does lots of processing around payments, income logging and general financial recording. She is also in charge of novelty pens.

Ashley Misplon

Head of resources

ashley.misplon@wdm.org.uk

Ashley is head of resources at WDM. She took on the role in 2008 and has overall responsibility for all of WDM’s key internal functions - finance, human resources, ICT and office management - ensuring that effective resource management helps WDM achieve its aims. Prior to joining WDM, Ashley worked at the Environmental Investigation Agency – firstly as communications and press coordinator and then as the operations manager.

Andrea Kaszewski

Development and partnerships officer

andrea.kaszewski@wdm.org.uk

Andrea is development and partnerships officer at WDM, managing key relationships with charitable trusts and foundations, aid agencies and faith based organisations. She joined WDM in January 2011. Prior to that, Andrea worked for six years at WWF campaigning on energy and climate policies. She is an experienced project manager and green advocate with over ten years experience in climate justice, sustainable development and energy policy issues.

Andrea studied Geology at the University of Edinburgh, before moving to London to start a Masters in Environmental Technology at Imperial College. Outside of WDM Andrea volunteers for a children’s earth science educational charity, RockWatch, and is a keen hill-walker and outdoors enthusiast.

Effie Jordan

Campaigns assistant

effie@wdm.org.uk

Effie is a campaigns assistant at WDM having first come across the organisation when she was in the throes of moving abroad to work on programmes to combat poverty in Africa. WDM made her realise to her horror that much of the poverty there existed due to UK international policies. Effie then traded a life in the sunshine for life in the inner city and initially volunteered at WDM before moving into her current role. Effie has a masters degree in Development. She has also been involved in the Women’s Environmental Network, arts and crafts, school volunteering and vegetable growing, as well as being a parent and child producing.

Amy Horton

Policy and campaigns assistant

amy.horton@wdm.org.uk

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Amy is a policy and campaigns assistant at WDM. She joined in May 2011 to work on the food justice campaign. Previously she carried out research and advocacy relating to the World Bank, at the Bretton Woods Project, and has worked as a volunteer in Kenya and Vietnam. She has a master’s degree in Environment, Politics and Globalisation from King’s College London. Amy has been active in grassroots movements to defend public services from spending cuts, promote climate justice and human rights.

Angela Heasman

Finance officer

angela.heasman@wdm.org.uk

Angela is finance officer at WDM, having joined in November 2010. She started work in the voluntary sector many years ago helping to run a small London housing co-operative. She has worked in a variety of financial management and accountancy roles, mainly for a large social housing and care provider. She has also worked for a small housing charity for Irish people in London, and prior to joining WDM, for Richmond Fellowship, a large mental health charity.

Christine Haigh

Campaigns officer

christine.haigh@wdm.org.uk

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Christine is policy and campaigns officer for WDM’s food speculation campaign. She originally joined WDM in January 2007 as an intern in the campaigns and policy team, and also worked briefly as network assistant. She returned to WDM in February 2011, working as campaigns officer on the food speculation campaign with Heidi Chow. Prior to this she worked for Sustain, the alliance for better food and farming, coordinating their Children’s Food Campaign, and for the Women’s Environmental Network supporting their network of local food projects and researching gender and climate change issues. Christine has a degree in philosophy and physics from the University of Aberdeen, and a master’s in food policy for City University.

Lorraine Groves

Head of fundraising and communications

lorraine.groves@wdm.org.uk

Lorraine is head of fundraising and communications at WDM. She has overall responsibility for raising money for WDM’s work and for supporter communications and marketing. Before joining WDM in 2009 Lorraine held fundraising roles with The Children’s Society, Shelter and Action Against Hunger, having left a lengthy career in marketing with a global banking group in 2004. The decision was prompted, of course, by the desire to do something much more worthwhile. When not at work, Lorraine is busy as a qualified garden designer and restaurant reviewer.

Caroline Griffin

Fundraising and communications officer (on maternity leave in 2012)

caroline.griffin@wdm.org.uk

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Caroline is fundraising and communications officer at WDM, responsible for raising money from individuals and ethical companies. She also produces materials and resources to raise WDM’s profile and inform people about WDM’s campaigns. In 2010 Caroline went to Kenya to research how people have been affected by food prices rises to support WDM’s food campaign. Before joining WDM in 2006, Caroline worked in Christian Aid’s direct marketing teams, gained a Masters in gender studies and taught English as a foreign language in Japan. Outside of WDM, she is the chair of Soundmix, a small charity which runs music workshops for refugees and asylum seekers.

Deborah Doane

Director

deborah.doane@wdm.org.uk

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Deborah is director at WDM. Since 1996 she has worked on ethical trading, human rights and sustainable development issues, most recently as head of sustainable consumption at WWF-UK. Prior to that, she was director of the CORE Coalition of over 130 NGOs, which achieved groundbreaking changes to UK Company Law to improve governance of social and environmental impacts. Previously, Deborah was head of corporate accountability at the New Economics Foundation, and led the Humanitarian Ombudsman Project for the British Red Cross.

Deborah is a frequent guest lecturer and has published widely on sustainability, human rights and corporate accountability issues. She is on the board of the Fairtrade Foundation, and was a member of the Corporate Responsibility Advisory Group of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of England Wales between 2004 and 2010. She is also a co-founder of Anti-Apathy, which supports people to take creative approaches to social and...

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Pontus Westerberg

Website officer

pontus.westerberg@wdm.org.uk

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Pontus is web officer at WDM. He looks after WDM’s websites, social media channels, emails and anything else digital. Pontus has worked in digital communications for NGOs and charities in the UK, Kenya and Guyana and is currently completing a part-time MA in Global Media at the School of Oriental and African Studies, focusing on the role of digital media in campaigning.

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World Development Movement (WDM) is committed to maintaining all personal data on our members and supporters in a secure manner which meets the requirements of the Data Protection Act (1998). All data on supporters who either donate to us or take part in our campaign actions is held so that we can communicate effectively with our supporter base.

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Annual review

WDM understands that every question is a political question and needs to be resolved by taking political action."
- George Monbiot, journalist

2010: Forty years of fighting for justice

At 40 years old in 2010, WDM is no less bold than it was in 1970, when thousands of people got together around the country to stand up to the injustices faced by the world’s most vulnerable people. Our message back then, of justice not charity, is more relevant today than ever before.

In 2010 we launched two new campaigns to fight global poverty, in the face of severe global economic and environmental crises. Our Stop Betting on Hunger campaign highlighted the dubious role of the finance sector in manufacturing the ever-rising food prices that have witnessed some of the poorest in the world paying up to 90 per cent of their income on basic food stuffs.

We also launched a new campaign on climate debt. In spite of much-applauded debt relief in the 1990s, many of those same countries now face the prospect of new loans through the undemocratic World Bank to tackle the ever-growing economic costs that come from a changing climate.

After 40 years, we know what works. Our tried and tested tactics of stunts, lobbying and mobilising...

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About WDM Scotland

WDM Scotland is the Scottish wing of the World Development Movement (WDM) - a UK-based anti-poverty campaigning organisation with a world-wide reputation for tackling hard-hitting, controversial issues. We lobby decision makers to change the policies that keep people poor; research and promote positive alternatives; and work alongside people in the developing world who are standing up to injustice.

The WDM Scotland office was set up in November 1998 in order to support campaign activity in Scotland, and to adapt WDM campaigns for use in the Scottish context. Read about our past successes here, or go to Scotland Campaigns for details of present projects.

There are lots of ways to get involved now - see Scotland Action for details of current action, or why not join a local group?

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Out of time: The case for replacing the IMF and World Bank

UK election 2005: Where the parties stand on justice for the world's poor

Past campaign successes

WDM was founded in 1970, by bringing together a number of groups which had been campaigning against world poverty during the late 1960s. We broke new ground by focusing on the causes of poverty and demanding policy changes rather than charitable giving. Since then, WDM has evolved into a democratic, politically independent organisation, with 15,000 supporters and a network of 60 local groups across the UK. Read more about our campaigning successes below.

WDM protesting about the arms trade

2011 After concerted lobbying by WDM supporters, French oil company Total postponed plans to mine tar sands deposits in one of the poorest regions of Madagascar.
2010 After campaigning by WDM, RBS commits to developing external environmental, social and ethical risk statements and internally implementing similar policies for oil and gas, mining and metals and forestry and defence.
2010 After sustained campaigning by WDM, including meetings with RBS group chairman Sir Philip Hampton and other board members, RBS’s 2010 and 2011 sustainability reports for the first...

Meeting room for hire

WDM's light and airy self contained meeting space can be hired for away days, meetings and training events. The room is 80 square metres in size. It seats 18 if tables are arranged in boardroom style or up to 25 if arranged in a horseshoe style.

There are two comfortable sofas for break out group or tea breaks.
The room has a small kitchenette and an en-suite toilet, with more toilets available in the building. There is fast and reliable WiFi with a number of accessible power points for break out groups to use.

Price: £150 per day (charities), £200 per day (businesses)

A meeting room with a table and chairs

More information

For more information, contact Ashley Misplon, tel 020 7820 4908, email ashley.misplon@wdm.org.uk or Polly Moreton, tel 020 7820 4999, email polly.moreton@wdm.org.uk.

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WDM's annual general meeting 2010

WDM's 2010 annual general meeting (AGM) will take place during our activist gathering in Sheffield on Saturday 19 June. Further information and booking.

AGM agenda

1. Welcome and introduction by the Chair

2. Director's report
a) Update on WDM+10 (Strategic Framework)
b) Plans for 2010

3. Adoption of the minutes of the 2009 AGM and matters arising not elsewhere on the agenda

4. Adoption of annual report and accounts
    a) Treasurer’s report
    b) Adoption of annual report and accounts
    c) Re-appointment of auditors

5. Election of Council members and Area Representatives.

6. Close by Chair

Accounts and annual review

The audited accounts for 2009 and WDM's annual review are available online. The minutes of the 2009 AGM will be available on the day.

WDM council elections 2010

WDM is a democratically governed movement of individuals, groups and affiliates who work together for justice for the world’s poor. Every two years we hold elections for our Council, which sets overall policy for WDM, including approving the strategies for major areas of work.

All WDM members are entitled to stand for election as members of Council or as Area Representatives. For details of the nomination process and further information, please download the form below.

Please note that you can use the same form to nominate someone, or to give your own consent to being nominated. The closing date for nominations is 31 March 2010.

The World Development Movement - working towards justice for the world's poor

The World Development Movement is one of the most dynamic and successful NGOs I have known. I salute WDM!

John Pilger, journalist

Who we are

The World Development Movement (WDM) is a UK-based anti-poverty campaigning organisation. We have a worldwide reputation for tackling hard-hitting, controversial issues.

Our vision

We believe a fairer world is possible if together we take action for social justice. Just as campaigners stopped the transatlantic slave trade and won women the vote, we can end global inequality.

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Take action

The Climate Justice campaign. We are calling on the UK government to take action to reduce the UK’s emissions and pay back its climate debt to poor countries in the form of climate finance. It is time to stop climate injustice.

The Clean the Banks campaign. Following the bail-out of the Royal Bank of Scotland, taxpayers now own 84% of the bank and the Treasury has done...

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World Development Movement Trust

The World Development Movement Trust is a registered charity (CC No. 1064066) linked to WDM.

WDM Trust enables us to use charitable income from individuals, churches and charitable trusts to fund our research and education work, whilst leaving WDM free to campaign at a political level. The Trust funds the key research and publications which underpin our campaigns.

The Trust is also active in a small way in direct relief of poverty. Its Tanzania Rural Revival initiative is especially linked to Bulongwa and its neighbourhood and a "Peppercorn" scheme, run jointly with another Trust that specialises in employment generation by refurbishing computers, supplies computers to schools and other institutions, mainly in Africa. Both of these also welcome donations.

Through the WDM Trust, you can support WDM's work 'tax effectively' - if you are a UK tax-payer. This means that we can claim back from the Inland Revenue the tax you have already paid - making your gift worth 28% more at no extra cost to you.

WDM plus 10 vision

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A new vision for the movement - Annual review for 2008

With 2008 seeing the collapse of global markets, catapulting the world into financial turmoil, the global south suffered the greatest impact. Our groups, activists and supporters rallied in force to address the situation, working harder than ever to push the issues of trade, climate change and water to the top of political agendas.

Following on from years of successful campaigning on trade issues, 2008 brought in a new trade campaign focusing on the unjust European Union trade deals in negotiation with 34 emerging economies. Alongside this, the climate campaign continued to strengthen and achieve great successes. WDM campaigners kept the pressure on the UK government to address water rights, and stood in solidarity with the Phulbari community in Bangladesh facing destruction at the hands of a UK mine company.

The AGM brought about agreement on WDM’s ten year vision, and this is now the blueprint for our exciting and ambitious new direction.

I’d like to thank everyone for all your support this past year. Our greatest strength is our supporters and members. It is only through working together that we will achieve our shared belief that another world is possible.

Benedict Southworth...

How WDM works

WDM strives to be a truly democratic movement, with individuals, groups and our professional staff working together for justice for the world's poor. WDM's council approves and monitors all WDM's major policy positions and initiatives, and sets our long term plans and direction. Council members are responsible for:

Agreeing a shared vision and strategy for WDM's development created with the director in consultation with staff, local groups and southern partners.
Ensuring that robust policies and plans, together with the necessary resources, are in place to achieve our strategic aims.
Monitoring and evaluating performance against approved plans and budgets.
Ensuring compliance with WDM's charitable objects, its legal and financial responsibilities and securing its long-term financial viability.

The council of WDM consists of nine people voted for by WDM members, up to three representing local groups, and a further three people co-opted as required to balance the council’s skills or diversity.

A revised Articles of Association was adopted at the June 2011 AGM, which now means that each council serves for a three year term, with elected members serving a maximum of two terms, or six consecutive years. Therefore those...

Welcome to the new WDM website

Welcome to the new World Development Movement website.

We will be trying out new things, keeping the old things that worked well from our existing website, and moving forward with new and exciting technology.

You can leave comments below about what you think about the new website, send us a message through our contact form, or you can tweet your comments to Pete @wdmuk.

In the meantime we are keeping our old website running untill all the pages are moved across to the new system, so you may occasionally come across content in the old format.

About the World Development Movement

Who we are

The World Development Movement (WDM) is a UK-based anti-poverty campaigning organisation. We have a worldwide reputation for tackling hard-hitting, controversial issues.

Our vision

We believe a fairer world is possible if together we take action. Just as campaigners stopped the transatlantic slave trade and won women the vote, we can end global inequality.

The World Development Movement is one of the most dynamic and successful NGOs I have known. I salute WDM!"

- John Pilger, journalist

WDM at the put people first march in 2009

Our goal

We seek to establish economic justice. For us this means the right of poor communities to determine their own path out of poverty, and an end to harmful policies which put profit before people and the environment.

What we do

We lobby decision-makers, organise public campaigning and produce robust research to win change for the world's poorest people. We investigate, expose and challenge government policies and corporate actions that harm vulnerable communities and trap people in poverty.

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