Social Development Consulting UK

Social Development Consulting UK (SDC UK) is an international consulting agency, registered in England and Wales as a private limited company (12132308). Since 2004, it has served the global Not for Profit and International Development sectors by providing a range of organisational development and social development services to national and international CBOs and NGOs and their funding partners. Recent clients include the National Lottery Community Fund, Global Giving, Saferworld, the Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC), Amnesty International, Caritas, HEKS/EPER and ICVA. Please see our Portfolio for more details.

Together, its Directors have served as CEOs, Country Directors, Finance Managers and Child Protection Advisors. Each has over 25 years of international development experience and they have worked together, in Bangladesh and in the UK, for 15 years.

SDC UK's organisational development services are designed to a, improve the performance of the organisation, b, to improve the ability of the organisation to adapt to its environment, and c, to improve inter-personal and inter-group behaviour to ensure the benefits of shared values and collaborative team work.To this end, we provide technical support in strategic planning, financial development - including systems and tools adaptation and development - and income generation. SDC also offers training and support on all aspects of project cycle management, and it provides monitoring and evaluation in the field. We provide training and systems strengthening in safeguarding - having led successful safeguarding evaluations in Tanzania and Uganda - and provide expertise in safeguarding investigations.

Our social development services are equally comprehensive. Our work addresses issues such as children's rights and protection, gender discrimination, social exclusion, powerlessness, vulnerability and poverty. We also offer important safeguarding services, including safeguarding reviews and investigations. This has been a particular feature of work in 2019 onwards. Please see 'Our Services' for more detail.

Using the expertise of Associate Consultants, SDC UK is able to call on a broad base of specialist skills tailored to the particular needs of the client. Contact us to see how we can be of assistance to you.

How can we help you? By developing financial systems and training your finance team. By carrying out financial reviews. By working with you to develop your strategic plan. By providing temporary specialist or stabilizing cover to Country Offices in need of urgent external input. Through partner due diligence assessment and review. By writing project proposals. Through programme planning and development and all aspects of Project Cycle Management. Through programme monitoring and evaluation. By reviewing the quality and outcomes of your gender and development approach. By strengthening your safeguarding policies, carrying out safeguarding reviews and safeguarding investigations. And by helping your team capitalize on experience and lesson learn.

For more details of how we can help your organisation please visit 'Our Services' section.

SDC UK Policy base

Anti-bribery Policy
Anti-Fraud Policy
Data Protection and Privacy Policy (GDPR)
Equality and Diversity Policy
Environmental Safeguarding Policy
Prevention of Financial Crime, Including Terrorism policy
Safeguarding Policy, including a Code of Conduct,
Whistleblowing Policy
Our policies are available on request.

Our Values

SDC believes in the importance of creating inclusive, cohesive and accountable institutions that are clear about their mandate and able to deliver quality services professionally, effectively and efficiently and which deliver essential services to those in need. We see social change and social justice as fundamental to the task of national development, an essential partner to economic growth.

SDC UK Mission

We see social change and social justice as fundamental to the task of national development, an essential partner to economic growth. Our work addresses issues such as children's rights, protection, gender discrimination, social exclusion, powerlessness, vulnerability and poverty, and unaccountable institutions.

Geoff Cordell and Istiaque Ahmed.