About ActionAid Ireland

Our Work

We work with communities, people’s organisations, women’s movements, groups and networks, social movements and other allies to overcome the structural causes and consequences of poverty and injustice. Empowering women living in poverty and exclusion is crucial to achieving social justice, gender inequality, and poverty eradication.

We connect the work we do at community level with broader efforts and struggles for justice at every level to make the greatest contribution towards a just, equitable and sustainable world.

Where We Work

ActionAid Ireland is part of the ActionAid global federation, which operates in 45 countries (19 in Africa, 9 in Asia, 2 in the Middle-East, 9 in Europe, 5 in the Americas, and Australia). We have a commitment to shift power to the global south.  Our international headquarters is in South Africa and we are governed by an International Board and International General Assembly.

We work closely with the teams in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Cambodia, Ethiopia, Haiti, Kenya, Lebanon, Nepal, Palestine, Uganda, and Vietnam, along with female asylum seekers in Ireland.

Our Strategy

Our mission for A Just and Caring World for Women and Children is to support the leadership and agency of women and children who are excluded and live in poverty. We have four strategic objectives: To address the systematic and structural causes of gender-based violence; promote women’s leadership in humanitarian contexts; amplify feminist alternatives for economic & climate justice; diversify funding, inspire and engage our supporters.

Read the full strategy here or a summary here.

Finances and Accountability

ActionAid Ireland has achieved the “triple-lock” of good governance and reporting standards: the Board of Directors monitors compliance with the Charities Regulator Governance Code, the Statement of Guiding Principles for Fundraising and the Statement of Recommended Practice (SORP) under FRS102.

Visit this page for more information on our Board of Directors, Governance Procedures, Audited Annual Accounts, Staff and Fundraising Costs and more.

ActionAid Ireland Annual Report 2021

Our Annual Report for 2021 highlights some of our work and impact in 2021, led by the communities who we work with and made possible thanks to our generous supporters and funders.

In 2021 ActionAid Ireland raised income of €2,733,309. We raised this through individual support and the support of Irish Aid, Department of Foreign Affairs. Total expenditure was €2,780,309. Of that, we spent 77% on charitable activities. We spent the remaining 23% on raising funds and on governance.

Our Board of Directors

ActionAid Ireland is governed by a Board of Directors whose principal responsibilities are the setting and monitoring of the strategic direction of the organisation, monitoring compliance, ensuring the efficient and effective use of resources and the establishment of policy. No remuneration is paid to Directors for their services on the Board.