Engineers Without Borders (UK)

Engineers Without Borders UK is a UK-based registered charity and NGO that leads a movement to inspire, enable and influence global responsibility through engineering.

Formed in recognition of the fact that engineering is vital to successfully addressing complex challenges such as the effects of climate change, resource constraints, increasing urbanisation and a rapidly expanding global population, Engineers Without Borders UK works to change how engineering is perceived, taught and practiced. The organisation aims to bring people, ideas and engineering together to respond to the world’s most pressing problems.

Engineers Without Borders UK is a membership based registered charity. It has a small number of employees, augmented by volunteers, who head up the national organisation and a large number of member groups around the UK:

National Team (elements of which have previously been referred to as the National Executive). The National Team designs, resources and coordinates all of Engineers Without Borders UK’s initiatives and implements the organisation’s strategy. Comprising salaried staff, who are based in central London, and volunteers from across the UK, it is also responsible for ensuring compliance with all financial and legal regulations as delegated by the Board of Trustees.

Member Groups. Engineers Without Borders UK's Member Groups are broadly divided into two type; Regional Networks and University Member Groups. All are affiliated to the national organisation under the terms of an affiliation agreement that grants them the use of the organisation's brand, logo and name for approved activities, including taking part in or delivering some projects, programmes and initiatives, and fundraising for the charity. Networks, which refer to themselves as 'EWB [area] Regional Network', are divided into a number of geographic regions and organise speaker events, debates, social functions and fundraising opportunities. They also provide technical assistance and mentorship to the student branches in their geographical area. There are more than 20 University Member Groups, which are also student societies at the Universities in which they are situated. University Member Groups are named 'EWB [University name]' (e.g. EWB University of Bristol).

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