# ITDG changes its name to Practical Action

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2005/06/30/itdg-changes-its-name-practical-action/
- Published: 2005-06-30T23:00:00+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

The Intermediate Technology Development Group (ITDG), set up in the 1960s to address
poverty and help redress the problem of the rich world off loading inappropriate
technology onto the poor world, has today been renamed Practical Action.

The charity believes that its new name will help it communicate to a wider audience
because it better reflects its mission.

A spokesperson said: “we believe our new name – Practical Action – better explains
what we do but is also a name that our existing and potential friends and supporters
will remember.”

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