Our advocacy sees us work to improve the lives of the world’s poorest people, speak out against poverty, and raise awareness about the issues facing those we work with. As part of our 2009strategy, we aimed to increase our partnership work with other non-governmental organisations (NGOs), in order to achieve a stronger collective voice on behalf of vulnerable people.

In 2009, we researched and lobbied on issues such as the cancellation of debt, stopping climate change and encouraging fair trade, while continuing to run campaigns to support those affected by emergencies around the world.

We worked with partners in the Jubilee Debt Campaign to bring an end to the injustice of ‘vulture funds’: profiteering that makes poor people even poorer. These funds are private companies that buy up the debts of heavily indebted countries at a cheap price, then try to recover the full amount, often by suing through the courts. Our joint lobbying and campaigning bore fruit in 2010 a law was passed to severely restrict the actions of vulture funds in the United Kingdom.