Frequently asked questions

Saferworld works to prevent conflict and support peacebuilding. This includes ensuring security for communities, promoting inclusive peace processes where everyone’s voices can be heard, outlining constructive alternatives to counter-terrorism, supporting the development of the security and justice sectors, and providing a deeper understanding of the connections between peace, gender and security.  For more information, click here.

 Saferworld receives funding from a range of donors including governments, multilaterals, charitable trusts and foundations, and individuals. For more information, click here.

Saferworld is governed by a board of trustees, which also oversees the work of the executive director and executive management team, who report on performance against strategic and operational plans. The board meets four times a year. 

The Senior Leadership Team, consisting of the Chief Executive Officer and the Directors of Policy & Programmes and Business Performance, and Heads of Finance, People, Funding, Programmes, Policy, and Communications, also meet regularly to review progress against Saferworld’s ten year strategy and annual plans.

It is great to hear that you would like to make a donation to us. You can become a regular supporter or make a one-off donation. Your gift will help us in our work to prevent violent conflict and create safer communities. You can donate here. 

To donate via bank transfer or cheque, please contact us for details. If you are a grant maker, philanthropist or wealth manager contact us about ways we can work together via philanthropy@saferworld-global.org

You can also remember Saferworld in your will. Building peace in countries torn apart by violent conflict is a long process – one that is achievable through dedication and patience. Remembering Saferworld in your will is a great way to help us create safer communities and prevent violent conflict for years to come.

Your donation will be used as an important contribution to support Saferworld’s work to prevent violent conflict and build safer lives across the countries where we work. Find out more here. We are part of the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI).

 Regular giving means making a gift to Saferworld each month. Regular giving is usually arranged through a direct debit or standing order, which provides instructions to your bank to send a set amount to Saferworld at regular intervals. These are set up and managed by you and can be cancelled at any time. Regular giving is an important source of income for Saferworld, allowing us to plan ahead and develop innovative programming with a reliable and predictable source of income. In ever-changing and complex conflict environments, this flexibility is invaluable to ensuring our programmes contribute to lasting change.

When you donate to Saferworld – either through regular giving or a single donation – we allocate your gift to our general funding pool, it allows us the flexibility to develop programmes and respond to situations quickly and effectively. The contexts we work in change quickly, so this flexible funding helps us adapt and focus our efforts where the need is greatest and where we can make the biggest difference.

If you would like to discuss other strategic ways to support our work, please get in touch via philanthropy@saferworld-global.org

Please contact fundraising@saferworld-global.org

Saferworld strives to be as accountable as possible to the people we support, our partners, trustees and donors. Financial information on donations and grants is posted on our website and in our annual review and the annual audited report that can be downloaded from the Charity Commission’s website. We also regularly evaluate the impact that our projects and programmes make as part of our arrangement with our donors, and undertake regular quality reviews of our publications and selected programmes.

Non-governmental organisations like Saferworld need to pay core costs to keep things running. These costs fall outside of specific projects, and help ensure continuity and the growth of the organisation. This can include the development of long-term strategies, learning, and monitoring as well as funding, finance and communications. It also covers more practical costs such as office rent and IT equipment that enable us to do our work.

You can find detailed information on our partners and projects for each country, or about how we work here. You can also sign up to our newsletter here. For specific queries about our work, please email general@saferworld-global.org

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Audited information about Saferworld’s activities, account statements and annual reports is published on our website as well as on the International Aid Transparency Initiative website here. You can also sign up to receive our newsletter here.

Your donation qualifies for Gift Aid if you pay tax in the United Kingdom and have signed the Gift Aid declaration when you donate. Every £1 that you donate with Gift Aid is worth £1.25 for basic rate taxpayers, at no extra cost to you.

Gift Aid is a United Kingdom giving scheme introduced by the Inland Revenue and is one of the simplest and most effective ways of giving to charity. It allows us to reclaim from your donation the basic rate tax you pay as a taxpayer in the United Kingdom. Currently that is an additional 25p for every £1 – so a donation of £10 could mean we receive £12.50 at no extra cost to you. If you are a higher rate taxpayer you are also able to reclaim the additional difference yourself through your tax return, or you may choose to donate it back to Saferworld by completing the information on your form. All you have to do is remember to include details of your charitable gifts on your tax form. For further information, contact Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs directly by calling their Gift Aid helpline on 0151 472 6038 or visit hmrc.gov.uk