The Humanitarian Centre
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The Humanitarian Centre is a Cambridge
-based hub organization which works to bring together local humanitarian organisations and societies, providing a local network and resources. Its website claims it is "a Cambridge based hub organisation that 'thinks local and acts global', sharing complementary resources and skills to achieve more than the sum of its parts".
It is listed on the Charity Commission web page number 1121067, where the charity's financial details can be found.
The Humanitarian Centre is Company Limited by Guarantee in England
and Wales
; Company number 6080896, Registered Charity number 1121067.
In September 2006 a full-time post was established and office space was made available at Fenner's
sports centre through the University of Cambridge
. Financial support was secured through the support of the Sir Halley Stuart Trust.
Further support in recent years has come from University of Cambridge Active Community Fund and Society Syndicate, Isaac Newton Trust, The Golden Bottle Trust, BT Community Awards, and a number of Cambridge Colleges.
In addition, the Isaac Newton Trust and Cambridge Careers Service have supported interns carrying out activities at The Humanitarian Centre.
Additionally The Humanitarian Centre is developing an online library of talks and lectures given at Humanitarian Centre events. Some of these may also be found on iTunes
.
Cambridge
The city of Cambridge is a university town and the administrative centre of the county of Cambridgeshire, England. It lies in East Anglia about north of London. Cambridge is at the heart of the high-technology centre known as Silicon Fen – a play on Silicon Valley and the fens surrounding the...
-based hub organization which works to bring together local humanitarian organisations and societies, providing a local network and resources. Its website claims it is "a Cambridge based hub organisation that 'thinks local and acts global', sharing complementary resources and skills to achieve more than the sum of its parts".
It is listed on the Charity Commission web page number 1121067, where the charity's financial details can be found.
The Humanitarian Centre is Company Limited by Guarantee in England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
and Wales
Wales
Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It has a population of three million, and a total area of 20,779 km²...
; Company number 6080896, Registered Charity number 1121067.
History
The Humanitarian Centre began from informal meetings of local NGOs, charities and student organisations in Cambridge whence opportunities for more formal collaboration have arisen.In September 2006 a full-time post was established and office space was made available at Fenner's
Fenner's
Fenner's is the University of Cambridge's cricket ground.-History:Fenner's has hosted first-class cricket since 1848, and many of the world's great players have graced the wicket. The ground was established on land leased for the purpose by Francis Fenner, after whom the ground is named.Playing for...
sports centre through the University of Cambridge
University of Cambridge
The University of Cambridge is a public research university located in Cambridge, United Kingdom. It is the second-oldest university in both the United Kingdom and the English-speaking world , and the seventh-oldest globally...
. Financial support was secured through the support of the Sir Halley Stuart Trust.
Further support in recent years has come from University of Cambridge Active Community Fund and Society Syndicate, Isaac Newton Trust, The Golden Bottle Trust, BT Community Awards, and a number of Cambridge Colleges.
In addition, the Isaac Newton Trust and Cambridge Careers Service have supported interns carrying out activities at The Humanitarian Centre.
Education
The Humanitarian Centre provides diploma courses in International Development to students, professionals and others. It also hosts an annual lecture on the theme of International Development, and stocks a library of International Development related publications.Additionally The Humanitarian Centre is developing an online library of talks and lectures given at Humanitarian Centre events. Some of these may also be found on iTunes
ITunes
iTunes is a media player computer program, used for playing, downloading, and organizing digital music and video files on desktop computers. It can also manage contents on iPod, iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad....
.
Member organizations
- Afrinspire
- Addenbrooke's Abroad
- AptivateAptivateAptivate is a UK based NGO and not-for-profit organisation. It provides IT services for international development. It is notable for developing the open-source Loband website service...
- Architectures Sans Frontieres
- Bridges to Belarus
- Cambridge to Africa
- Camvol
- CBM-UK
- CUiD
- Development in ActionDevelopment in ActionDevelopment in Action is a small UK International development Non-governmental organization run "by young people for young people". Its main objective is to promote global citizenship by encouraging engagement in global issues amongst young people in the UK.The charity offers 5-month and 2-month ...
- Engineers Without BordersEngineers Without BordersEngineers Without Borders – International is an international association of some national EWB/ISF groups, whose mission is to facilitate collaboration, exchange of information, and assistance among its member groups that have applied to become part of the association...
- ELST
- Global Poverty ProjectGlobal Poverty ProjectThe Global Poverty Project is a community education group founded by Hugh Evans and Simon Moss that aims to increase awareness of, and action towards fighting extreme poverty through a presentation entitled 1.4 Billion Reasons, patterned after Al Gore's An Inconvenient Truth, delivered around the...
- Harambee Centre
- Hoveraid
- Kenya Education Partnerships
- Kiwaja.net
- Menelik Education
- The Mountain Trust
- Naari
- NECT
- New Foundations
- OxfamOxfamOxfam is an international confederation of 15 organizations working in 98 countries worldwide to find lasting solutions to poverty and related injustice around the world. In all Oxfam’s actions, the ultimate goal is to enable people to exercise their rights and manage their own lives...
Cambridge
- RedRRedRRedR is an international NGO whose stated mission is to “rebuild lives in times of disaster by training, supporting and providing aid workers to relief programmes across the world.” It was originally an acronym for Register of Engineers for Disaster Relief, although it is no longer used as...
Cambridge
- Shelter CentreShelter Centre----Shelter Centre is non-operational Swiss humanitarian NGO which works to support all humanitarian stakeholders involved in the shelter of populations affected by conflict and natural disaster....
- SSSK
- VSOVoluntary Service OverseasVoluntary Service Overseas is an international development charity that works through experienced volunteers living and working as equals alongside local partners. It is the largest independent volunteer-sending organization in the world...
Cambridge
- WDMWorld Development MovementThe World Development Movement is a membership organisation in the United Kingdom which campaigns on issues of global justice and development in the Global South....
Cambridge