Supporting the power and agency of disability justice movements.
ADD is a participatory grant-maker for disability justice. We support disability justice organisations and activists with funding and leadership skills to build powerful movements for change.
Disabled people make up 16% of the world’s population yet funding for disability justice is disproportionately low, and even less of this is available to grassroots organisations led by disabled people. ADD aims to change this. Find out more about this change.
Our Vision is for a world in which ableism no longer exists and disabled people can fully participate in society.
Our Mission is to strengthen disability rights activists and organisations through resourcing and leadership skills.
“I want to make my rights known, so we listen to young women with disability, instead of overlooking them.”
Sokhak, a Young Leader from Cambodia.
Our strategy.
We have named our strategy Mtiririko, which is a Swahili word meaning ‘flow’, because at the centre of it is the desire to see resources flow directly to disability justice activists and movements.
OUR FOCUS AREAS
We stand against ableism and racism. We are committed to disability justice by addressing inequalities within disability movements and ensuring disabled women, disabled young people, and other underrepresented groups have equitable access to funding, leadership, and opportunities.
Disability is a revolutionary movement – about how disabled people can liberate themselves.
Chris Underhill, ADD International Founder
Our Global Partners.
Working together is the most effective way to ensure no disabled person is forgotten. That’s why we partner with national and international organisations, to ensure that the voices of disabled people are heard. We are an active member of the following organisations:
- The International Disability and Development Consortium (IDDC) which promotes inclusive development.
- Bond, the UK membership body for organisations working in international development.
- The Gender and Development Network (GADN), a membership network made up of UK NGOs working on women’s rights issues.
We also work with the International Disability Alliance (IDA), a network of organisations of persons with disabilities (DPOs) and their families, to ensure the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) is effective and fully implemented worldwide.
We receive funding from key solidarity partners. Find out more here:
We rely on public support to fund our vital work. We are registered with the Fundraising Regulator (FRSB), the independent self-regulatory scheme for fundraising in the UK, to guarantee best practice to our donors.
We are certified as an equivalent Certified Public Charity by NGO Source.
