Concern Universal in the UK

Established in 1976, Concern Universal has had its UK office in the small, market city of Hereford for over ten years. We have 12 full-time staff in our offices in King Street, working in finance, programmes and fundraising. We keep the overheads of our UK office to an absolute minimum, and to do so we rely on the generous support of individuals, businesses and organisations in the local area.Masa visiting a Hereford school

In the UK, Concern Universal raises awareness of sustainable development issues and inspires people to take action at a local to global level, to challenge poverty and inequality. In the UK, as well as raising funds to support our work overseas, this includes working in partnership to inspire leaders in sustainable development.

Street fundraising team with Omar NjieWe continue to build on a wide network of supporters in the West Midlands, South Wales and the South West region who believe in, and want to take action to support our vision and mission. This network now totals almost 10,000 supporters, including the many Associate Members who donate regularly to our work, volunteers, business leaders, academics and educators.

The overarching aims of our Development Education work in the UK are:

  • to contribute towards the creation of a fairer and more just world, building upon the intrinsic value of interdependent relationships between individuals and communities, both locally and globally.
  • to fully engage in activities throughout all of Concern Universal's countries of operation to stimulate the critical analysis of local and global issues, raising awareness and understanding, and inspiring individual and community action.

In the UK, we do this by:

To find out more about any of these areas of our work, select one of links above.

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