By building resistance and resilience among those challenging unaccountable power, Open Briefing supports a shared vision for a world where communities and ecosystems can thrive. We are expanding our diverse, inspired, and purpose-driven team. Will you join us as our new director of digital and information security?
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When funding freezes, so do we: The wellbeing cost of overseas aid cuts
Cuts to overseas aid don't just end programmes - they erode the wellbeing of the people behind them. As funding freezes across the US, UK, and beyond, many in the development and human rights sectors are facing a hidden toll: emotional shutdown, anxiety, and burnout. This article explores the freeze response and how organisations can support resilience in the face of deep uncertainty.
Consultant opportunity! Digital and information security consultants
We have scaled to meet a 66% surge in demand for our support over the past two years, with our international team now responding to 11 new cases every week. We are expanding our diverse, inspired, and purpose-driven team. Will you join us as our new digital and information security consultant?
Job alert! Digital and information security coordinator
By building resistance and resilience among those challenging unaccountable power, Open Briefing supports a shared vision for a world where communities and ecosystems can thrive. We are expanding our diverse, inspired, and purpose-driven team. Will you join us as our new digital and information security coordinator?
Job alert! Philanthropy coordinator
We are expanding our diverse, inspired, and purpose-driven team. As our philanthropy coordinator, you will play a key role in building new partnerships with philanthropists and high-net-worth individuals, with an immediate focus on the UK, US, and Europe. In return for your time and dedication, we will offer you a remuneration package made up of fair pay, sector-leading benefits, and progressive leave policies.
Join our new development board!
We are looking for five people to join a dynamic, passionate, and action-orientated development board. Across the world, authoritarianism is on the rise, civic space is shrinking, and foreign aid is being slashed. These are challenging times, but we are facing them head-on, and our first ever development board will be a key piece of our response. This is your chance to support an impactful organisation that ensures communities can thrive and continue their vital work challenging power.
Open Briefing’s protection work honoured in Charity Hall of Fame
Open Briefing’s founder and CEO, Chris Abbott, has been named one of the inaugural inductees into the Charity Hall of Fame - a recognition of our collective work protecting activists and social movements under threat around the world. Chris has been recognised in the Social Pioneers category, which honours individuals who were the first to tackle an issue or bring about change in their field or community.
Prioritising wellbeing in environmental activism: Lessons from a peer supporter
Open Briefing is delighted to feature a guest post by Shreya K.C, a youth advisor with the Iris Project. We were honoured to welcome Shreya onto our recent Peer Supporter training programme, which equips participants to take on an informal role championing the wellbeing and resilience of their co-workers and fellow activists. In this post, Shreya shares how the training enhances her role as a wellbeing focal point for the Iris Prize grantees.