Press
If you would like to feature Opportunity International or our work in one of your publications, please contact us at the details below.
Press contact:
Mark Kingston
T: +44 (0) 1865 811470
mkingston@opportunity.org.uk
Recent features:
Lloyds Executive Director backs our Appeal
Lloyds Executive Director Truett Tate has publicly backed our Christmas Appeal in an interview on p9 of today’s edition of City A.M.
Speaking of Opportunity, he said, “This is not a charity that gives away money. It enables people to realise their entrepreneurship and when you see how much you can achieve with so little it is a humbling experience.” You can read the full interview with Truett Tate here.
There are several ways to get involved in our Christmas Appeal:
- GIVE: You can give online, by phone or by text message too – find out more here.
- BID: Why not bid for a lot in our Appeal Auction? All successful bids will be matched by the UK Government, pound for pound.
- READ: You can read all of City A.M.’s appeal-related stories on their Appeal page.
Powering Connections – SEEP 2011
This week, Opportunity International joins USAID, Credit Suisse, IFC World Bank Group, Blue Orchard, Grameen Foundation and other industry leaders in sponsoring the 2011 SEEP “Powering Connections” conference.
Every year, SEEP brings together microfinance practitioners from a variety of disciplines to build capacity through the sharing of industry best practices. This conference is one of the cornerstones of development — for four days thought-leaders will discuss innovative ways to use microfinance and microenterprise solutions to alleviate poverty in the developing world.
Find out more about Opportunity’s involvement in Seep 2011 here. You can visit the Seep 2011 website here.
Parliamentary Inquiry
The All-Party Parliamentary Group on Microfinance has today published a report on their inquiry into the UK’s role in supporting the microfinance sector worldwide.
Opportunity UK’s Deborah Foy made a submission to the inquiry. We welcome its 9 key recommendations which you can read here.
Opportunity Interviewed
The latest edition of Marketing Week features an overview of Opportunity’s work. Read the interview here.
Opportunity and Lloyds Banking Group “Highly Commended”
Update: Opportunity UK’s partnership with Lloyds Banking Group (Wholesale Division) was recognised at Monday night’s Business Charity Awards.
We were ‘Highly Commended’ in the ‘Overseas Project’ category that recognised the company that has made the biggest difference through involvement with an overseas project by a UK charity.
We’ve been partnering with Lloyds Banking Group (Wholesale Division) to raise money for Opportunity’s work since 2007. Lloyds staff have been tireless fundraisers on our behalf, raising £1million in the last 4 years. You can find out more here.
If you have a company, division or team who would like to work with Opportunity to raise money for microfinance in Africa, please get in touch.
Opportunity and Lloyds nominated for Business Charity Awards
Opportunity’s long term partnership with the Lloyds Banking Group has been shortlisted as a finalist in the 2011 Business Charity Awards in two categories:
a) Charity Partnership (long-term) – awarded to the best partnership between a company and a charity or charities that has lasted or will last more than a year and a half
b) Overseas Project – awarded to the company that has made the biggest difference to charity beneficiaries through its involvement in a project run by a UK charity outside the UK
To find out more about the awards, visit the Third Sector website.
In support of Muhammad Yunus
In response to the recent barrage of criticism levelled at Nobel Peace Laureate Mohammad Yunus, we have published this letter of Support: