Humanitarian Emergency Fund: annual report 2025-2026

Acknowledgements

This Annual Report provides an overview of work delivered during 2025/6 through the Scottish Government’s Humanitarian Emergency Fund (HEF). The report has been produced by the Scottish Government in collaboration with the Disasters Emergency Committee and HEF Panel members.

We would like to recognise the particular effort of Emily McDonnell Thomas and Huw Owen at the Disasters Emergency Committee for drafting the report and to Frances Guy, the Chair of the HEF panel, the panel members (British Red Cross, Christian Aid, Islamic Relief Worldwide, Mercy Corps, Oxfam, Save the Children, SCIAF and Tearfund) and their delivery partners.

Particular thanks go to, Mark Adams, Jonathan Dames, Jenny Walter, Jamie Livingstone, Pamela Woodburn, Valerie Brown, Nadeem Baqir, Alistair Fergusson, Natasha McKinnon, and Lorna McDonald for contributing case studies and other inputs to the report and for their engagement in the peer review and delivery of HEF projects.

Finally, thanks also go to Steven Thistleton for their quality assurance.