Annual Report 2023

Here is a recap of what we’ve achieved together in 2023:

• Grew our membership to close to 100 local, national, and international members, more than half of whom are local, working across six continents.
• Shifted network power to local and national organisations by supporting 10 locally led humanitarian hubs 
• Shifted resources to civil society organisations and increasingly local actors through the global Start Fund, with more than £4.7 million going directly to local organisations.
• Made network resources available ahead of crises through Start Ready, a leading-edge anticipatory financing facility and risk pool of £5 million that has allowed us to move from assisting people in need to protecting people at risk.
• Shifted network practice and behaviour to be anti-colonial and driven by community priorities

Our Annual Report 2023 speaks of our progress to deliver systemic shifts in power, practice, resources, and relationships and accelerates local leadership, anticipatory action, innovation, and anti-colonial policy and practice. We reflect on the learnings we have made from our 2021 - 2023 organisational strategy, and as this strategy period comes to a close, Start Network once again affirms our goal of humanitarian system change by empowering locally-led communities to address their own concerns.