Past events
Get a flavour of our activities with our diary of past events.
2025 Annual Gathering & AGM
A day for SMP members and guests to reflect on two decades of grassroots collaboration.
Health Forum: Navigating Aid Cuts and Their Impact on Malawi’s Health Sector
Resilience in Crisis: Responding to USAID and UK Aid Cuts in Malawi’s Healthcare Sector
500 miles' Olivia Giles to Speak at Holyrood's Malawi Cross-Party Group
500 miles' Founder and CEO, Olivia Giles shared a warts and all account of the past 17 years and 500 miles' transformational achievements, challenges, impact, frustrations, learning and steps towards sustainability.
Malawi at 60 Governance Webinar Series
‘A Political and Economic Analysis of Malawi after 60 years of Independence’
Malawi Cross-Party Group: Malawi's First Dental School
Scottish-Malawi partnership builds Malawi’s first dental school & teaching facility, training 124 students with $5.2m support from world bank
Photographic Exhibition
Launched first stop of the "Anthu Pamodzi", a photo exhibition celebrating 20 years of Scotland-Malawi partnerships through images.
Are you Malawian and coming to study in Scotland?
We invited Malawians who were coming to study in Scotland to hear more practical information from those who are currently studying or had already graduated.
New Members Forum [IV]
We heard more about new and existing members’ Malawi links.
Lessons from Lake Malawi: Fisheries Governance in the Colonial Era
Lessons from Lake Malawi: Fisheries Governance in the Colonial Era
New Members Forum [III]
We heard more about new and existing members’ Malawi links.
UK-Malawi Chamber of Commerce Scotland Launch
We are excited to announce the official launch of the UK Malawi Chamber of Commerce in Scotland!
In Livingstone’s Footsteps
At this event we heard from Ben de Ponti, author of ‘In Livingstone’s Footsteps, Through the Heart of Malawi.'
Sending Money to Malawi
A meeting was held to discuss how members could get the best rates when sending money to Malawi.
WASH FORUM - Accessing Ground Water
Experts had a great discussions on the challenges, sustainability and assumptions of availability of water in Malawi.
Fundraising Masterclass (Legacies)
An opportunity for supporters of the Scotland Malawi relationship and the specific interventions of SMP members and their partners to contribute to this important work in their wills.
GiveDirectly Update
An event where GiveDirectly shared the impact of its innovative direct cash transfer approach.
Further and Higher Education Forum
The FEHE Forum, featured updates from members, insights on Scotland-Africa Higher Education Institution collaborations and a KUHeS delegation shared the impact of their Scottish partnerships.