The GCBC team are joined by Mike Adamson, CEO of the British Red Cross. Mike discusses the charity's role in responding to Covid, how he's planning to manage a significant deficit in BRC's income over the coming years, and what the pandemic has revealed about...
Leadership Voices
A humanitarian recipe for a green, resilient and inclusive recovery from COVID-19
Pascale Meige, Director IFRC Disaster and Crisis DepartmentRichard Blewitt, IFRC Permanent Observer to the United NationsMaarten van Aalst, Director Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre The diagnosis: the COVID-19 pandemic as an x-ray of our vulnerability to shocks...
The Spanish Red Cross’s response to COVID-19: articulate all response capacities and accelerate processes of improvement and innovation
General CoordinatorSpanish Red Cross Spanish Red Cross has more than 155 years of experience responding to emergencies of a very different nature. The capacities we have developed over these years have helped us facing this crisis that has been an unprecedented...
Why collaboration is crucial for an effective response to Covid-19
Chief ExecutiveBritish Red Cross Society We are used to supporting people during disasters – whether conflict, floods, fires or earthquakes – but an unprecedented crisis like Covid-19 creates a whole host of new and untested challenges. How do you decide how best to...
The International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement is revising its COVID-19 Appeals. It is gearing up for the marathon not the sprint.
Executive Director – InternationalBritish Red Cross Society We still don’t have a clear picture of the scale of the COVID-19 pandemic in fragile states and low-income countries. The secondary impacts, however, are already severely felt. Despite the initial surge to...
If everyone is moving forward together, then success takes care of itself
Executive Director – InternationalBritish Red Cross Society A quiet revolution is happening in how partner Red Cross and Red Crescent societies are collaborating. It is not happening everywhere, not everyone is on board and there continue to be bumps in the road. ...