Making more miracles possible

1. Making more miracles possible Strategic framework 2010-13

2. Vision A world where people living in marginalised communities have the resources, opportunities and skills to take control of their own development, and to challenge unjust structures.

3. MRDF exists to bring about significant and long term change in some of the world’s most marginalised communities, and to empower people to change structures that are oppressive and unjust. Purpose

4. Core priorities Contribute to the eradication of poverty, through transformative long-term development, and disaster relief Increase the effectiveness of overseas partner organisations to contribute to the eradication of poverty Challenge the causes of poverty and injustice through education and advocacy, both in the UK and overseas

5. Core priorities

6. To contribute to the eradication of poverty, through transformative long-term development, and disaster relief Core priority 1

7. 1a. Support community based interventions • 1b. Target doubly disadvantaged communities and regions • 1c. 3 technical foci: • • increasing livelihoods • • improving health • • empowering marginalised women • 1d. Take account of HIV, gender and environment • 1e. Raise awareness about rights, and build community skills and confidence to claim them • 1f. Humanitarian relief and rehabilitation through existing long-term partners, Methodist church, and ACT, focusing on forgotten emergencies

8. Core priority 2 To increase the effectiveness of overseas partner organisations to contribute to the eradication of poverty

9. 2a. Build the organisational capacity of partners • 2b. Build the programmatic capacity of partners • 2c. Increase the financial sustainability of partners • 2d. Build the networking capacity of partners, and facilitate this exchange • 2e. Build the capacity of local partners to influence policy • 2f. Increase the effectiveness of partners to encourage community participation and empowerment

10. Core priority 3 To challenge the causes of poverty and injustice through education and advocacy, both in the UK andoverseas

11. 3a. Support partners’ advocacy initiatives that address the causes of the poverty, and which build community advocacy skills • 3b. Develop and promote strategic campaigns in the UK • 3c. Educate British Methodist churches/beyond about the issues and how to take action • 3d. Build MRDF’s capacity to campaign in the UK

12. Enabling priorities

13. To increase income by building a more diverse and sustainable funding base Enabling priority 1

14. 1a. Build regular giving by individuals • 1b. Greater legacy commitments • 1c. Continued initiatives for current/new audiences which increase supporter recruitment and retention and deliver strong returns • 1d. Secure major donations from individuals, churches and church organisations, companies, trusts and institutional funders • 1e. Develop a strategy to attract wider support and funding

15. Enabling priority 2 To be the international development charity of choice of Methodists

16. 2a. Sustain/increase support and understanding of MRDF with current/new audiences • 2b. Cultivate relationships • 2c. Recruit and nurture ‘multipliers’ for MRDF • 2d. Have a strategic presence at key events/media

17. Enabling priority 3 To manage the organisation effectively

18. 3a. Ensure effective systems • 3b. Improve environmental performance • 3c. Ensure effective strategic oversight and monitoring