Petitions and campaigns
See how we have responded to your campaign letters and activities.
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The Department for International Development (DfID) was replaced by the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) in September 2020. This page is no longer current. See the FCDO’s website
We welcome the work of civil society groups in inspiring the public to lobby on behalf of developing countries. Last year, we received over 100,000 letters, emails and petition signatures from the public.
As we receive such a large volume of correspondence in connection with these campaigns, we may not acknowledge all of them or send individual responses. However, all such representations will be taken into account when considering the issues concerned and we will ensure that both the public and civil society groups are informed of our views and decisions on these issues.
Our responses to some current campaigns are given below:
DFID response to: Action Aid campaign on the DFID and FCO merger
PDF, 148 KB, 2 pages
DFID response to: World Vision campaign on the DFID and FCO merger
PDF, 148 KB, 2 pages
DFID response to: Suspension of debt payments for developing countries
PDF, 151 KB, 2 pages
DFID response to: Save the Children, merger of DFID and FCO
PDF, 140 KB, 2 pages
DFID response to: Burma Campaign
PDF, 107 KB, 3 pages
DFID response to: Global Justice campaign
PDF, 96.8 KB, 1 page
DFID response to: Gavi replenishment campaign
PDF, 121 KB, 1 page
DFID response to: Unicef report on ending preventable child deaths
PDF, 120 KB, 2 pages
DFID response to: Population Matters regarding the Sustainable Development Goals
PDF, 126 KB, 2 pages
DFID response to: UN high level meeting: Universal Health Coverage
PDF, 74.8 KB, 2 pages
DFID response to: Funding of Marie Stopes International
PDF, 124 KB, 2 pages
DFID response to: 2019 Unlock Education for Everyone campaign
PDF, 126 KB, 2 pages
DFID response to: Burma Campaign UK, Aid to Burmese military companies
PDF, 118 KB, 1 page
DFID response to: Global Citizen Supporters campaign - Education Cannot Wait (ECW)
PDF, 122 KB, 2 pages
DFID response to: UK Aid to the Palestinian Authortity
PDF, 170 KB, 3 pages
DFID response to: World Bank campaign on energy restrictions
PDF, 153 KB, 2 pages
DFID response to: Save the Children campaign - UK Aid for health/nutrition
PDF, 54.4 KB, 1 page
DFID response to: International Finance Facility for Education (IFFEd)
PDF, 298 KB, 2 pages
DFID response to: Go Citizen Campaign - abortions in Africa
PDF, 160 KB, 1 page
DFID response to: Supporters of the Global Citizen #SheIsEqual Campaign
PDF, 172 KB, 2 pages
DFID response to: World Bank Energy Justice campaign
PDF, 163 KB, 2 pages
DFID response to: Tearfund campaign plastics and poverty
PDF, 159 KB, 1 page
DFID response to: Internally Displaced Persons (Christian Aid)
PDF, 65.3 KB, 2 pages
DFID response to: Medical Aid for Palestinians
PDF, 123 KB, 1 page
DFID response to: ONE campaign, Global Partnership for Education (GPE)
PDF, 118 KB, 1 page
DFID response to: eradicating pneumonia
PDF, 124 KB, 1 page
DFID response to: ending the World Bank energy restrictions campaign
PDF, 439 KB, 2 pages
DFID response to: Right to Life
PDF, 538 KB, 2 pages
DFID response to: Golbal Citizen Polio Eradication campaign
PDF, 334 KB, 2 pages
DFID response to: Global Learning Programme
PDF, 541 KB, 2 pages
DFID response to: Reliable energy
PDF, 66.4 KB, 1 page
DFID response to: Sightsavers - Put us in the picture
PDF, 267 KB, 1 page
DFID response to: Progressio - ending gender based violence
PDF, 753 KB, 4 pages
DFID response to: Palestinian women - breast cancer
PDF, 69.3 KB, 1 page
DFID response to: The ONE Campaign
PDF, 130 KB, 1 page
DFID response to: CDC - work and role in the overall UK Aid budget.
PDF, 72 KB, 2 pages
DFID response to: Global Citizen’s campaign in support of UK Aid
PDF, 52.9 KB, 1 page
DFID response to: CAFOD’s Energy Poverty Plan Campaign
PDF, 186 KB, 2 pages
DFID response to: Jubilee Debt Campaign ‘Don’t Set a New Debt Trap'
PDF, 56.5 KB, 2 pages
DFID response to: Stop Privatisation of Education (National Union of Teachers)
PDF, 13.5 KB, 1 page
DFID response to: Fairtrade Foundation Show Your Hand campaign
PDF, 264 KB, 1 page
DFID response to: War on Want's No More Fashion Victims’ Campaign
PDF, 56.3 KB, 2 pages
DFID response to: Send My Friend to School's 'world leader' campaign
PDF, 203 KB, 1 page
DFID response to: Global Poverty Projects’s polio eradication campaign
PDF, 10.4 KB, 1 page
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DFID response to: Plan UK’s "Because I am a Girl" campaign
PDF, 12.4 KB, 1 page
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DFID response to: ActionAid Fearless campaign
PDF, 10.1 KB, 1 page
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DFID response to: Save the Children's 'Put Children Lives First' campaign
PDF, 67.2 KB, 2 pages
DFID response to: UNICEF’s End Violence against Children campaign
PDF, 119 KB, 1 page
DFID response to: Save the Children 'No child born to die' campaign
PDF, 120 KB, 1 page
DFID response to: Save the Children campaign on Gaza six months on
PDF, 67.6 KB, 1 page
DFID response to: Global Justice Now's campaign on Dominion Farms in Nigeria
PDF, 121 KB, 2 pages
DFID response: Jubilee Debt Campaign. Don't turn the clock back
PDF, 140 KB, 2 pages
DFID response to: WaterAid campaign on World Toilet Day and sanitation
PDF, 15.2 KB, 1 page
DFID response to: War on Want's campaign All We Can
PDF, 312 KB, 1 page
DFID response to: Global Citizen campaign on Gavi Alliance replenishment
PDF, 66.9 KB, 1 page
DFID response to: Stop Dehumanisation of Nigerian Girl Child
PDF, 115 KB, 1 page
DFID response to: Support the Palestinians – Not the Occupation
PDF, 78.4 KB, 1 page
DFID response to: Tearfund's campaign to end corruption in developing countries
PDF, 57.3 KB, 1 page
DFID response to: WaterAid’s ‘We Can’t Wait’ report campaign
PDF, 104 KB, 1 page
DFID response to: Save the Children’s ‘No Child Born to Die’ campaign
PDF, 67.1 KB, 1 page
DFID response to: Oxfam's Lift Lives for Good campaign
PDF, 73.7 KB, 2 pages
DFID response to: IF campaign - enough food for everyone
PDF, 161 KB, 2 pages
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DFID response to: Stop international land grabs (Oxfam)
PDF, 162 KB, 2 pages
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DFID response to: Take action on UK aid policy (World Development Movement)
PDF, 123 KB, 1 page
DFID response to: 0.7% commitment (Oxfam)
PDF, 116 KB, 1 page
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View previous campaign responses on the National Archive website.