Results UK

Who we are

RESULTS’ mission is to work with others to create the public and political will to end poverty, by enabling people to exercise their personal and political power for change.​

Internationally, we work with RESULTS organisations around the world, and in health we also work with partners in India, Kenya, Zambia and elsewhere through the international ACTION Global Health Advocacy Partnership (www.action.org). RESULTS UK believes the building blocks of the end of poverty can be most simply articulated as “health, education, economic opportunities, and citizen voice”. These are the things that all people, wherever they live, need and have a right to. 

Within these areas, we prioritise a small number of specific issues where we can have the most influence to achieve much needed development progress. Across all our issues, our aims are to mobilise resources, change policy, and create the public and political will that will bring about change.

Our culture and values

Like you, we're passionate about ending poverty. We’re a small, collaborative organisation that has a big impact. We just do advocacy - we don’t run programmes. The experience you gain with us sets you up for a career in international development.

Our values

• Equality –  Power is not distributed equally; it can be taken from communities and hoarded in other regions, countries or international structures. There are structural barriers that can prevent people from taking action or participating in finding solutions to end poverty. Language, narratives and frameworks can be used to reinforce this inequality. We will take action to challenge this wherever we find it.

• Anti-oppression – We believe that we cannot end poverty without also actively using our voice to challenge the injustice and oppression, including systemic racism, that contributes to poverty. Oppression in all its forms must be challenged from a position of solidarity and justice in both our advocacy and the way we work. 

• Participation – People everywhere have the right to actively participate in the organisation and running of their society. We believe that individuals and communities being able to exercise this right is fundamental to finding the solutions to ending poverty. 

• Partnerships – We believe that working collaboratively with others towards shared goals is essential for creating meaningful change. We recognise that the primary experience of poverty and its solutions are best understood by the people who experience it.

• Accountability – We believe that citizens everywhere have the right to hold their governments to account. People in the UK and around the world can and should hold their governments and global institutions to account for how much money is spent on development,how it is spent, and whether promises are kept. Accountability also means that we take responsibility for our actions and hold ourselves accountable for achieving meaningful results and material change through our work.

• Integrity – We will also challenge behaviours, narratives, framings and language that is not consistent with our values. We will use robust evidence to inform our advocacy and will not advocate for proposed policies and practices that are not supported by evidence or which we do not think will work.

Equality, diversity and inclusion policy

At RESULTS UK, we believe in equality, diversity and inclusion, and that it should be the norm. As well as this being an issue of equality and fairness, we recognise that diverse and inclusive organisations are some of the most productive and impactful.

As an organisation, we are aware of the underrepresentation of certain groups and communities in our sector. These include - but are certainly not limited to - people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) communities, refugees, people with disabilities and people from lower socio-economic backgrounds.

We want to change this and are committed to playing our part as an organisation. As a committed equal opportunities employer, we actively welcome applications from people of a wide range of backgrounds, skills and abilities, recognising the value that these different perspectives bring to our organisation.