RedR UK Celebrates 45th Anniversary and Strategy Launch
RedR UK Celebrates Achievements and Launches Strategy with Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal
On Wednesday 7th May 2025, humanitarian NGO RedR held its Annual Reception, hosted by its long-standing partner Arup, at its Charlotte Street offices. The event brought together RedR’s diverse community of staff, partners, and supporters from across engineering and humanitarian sectors to celebrate the organisation’s achievements and reaffirm its continued commitment to driving impact through its strategic priorities amidst emerging global challenges.
RedR’s President, Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal, was in attendance and emphasised the importance of working with local responders to strengthen existing humanitarian capacities.
Over the course of the evening, attendees had the opportunity to network and listen to inspiring speeches from RedR’s CEO Bernadette Sexton, RedR’s Senior Technical Programmes Coordinator Dr. Noorullah Kuchai, and Her Royal Highness, who has been President of RedR since 1988. Their remarks echoed the organisation’s strategic direction, prioritising localisation, climate resilience, and strengthening the skills of those on the frontlines of crisis response.
The evening also marked the launch of RedR’s 2025-2027 Strategy, which builds on the organisation’s roots in humanitarian engineering, and reinforces its broader commitment to strengthening local and international response capacity through training programmes, technical assistance, and convening.
This strategy comes at a vital time, as the humanitarian sector faces unprecedented funding shortfalls amid rising global need and instability. RedR’s work to equip local responders with the skills and support they need is more critical than ever. By strengthening local leadership and knowledge, RedR helps make humanitarian response more sustainable, efficient, and equitable.
Bernadette Sexton, CEO of RedR said: “At a time when humanitarian funding cannot match the unprecedented demand, efficiency is crucial. Learning and development transforms the ability of humanitarians to efficiently deliver lifesaving aid to those that need it most. This is at the heart of RedR’s strategy to equip local agencies and communities with the knowledge and skills to prepare, respond and rebuild in the face of disasters.”
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