How do we do the most good?
We read short pieces, argue about them over snacks, and work out where our time, careers and money can do the most good.
The Giving Game
Wednesday 18 November, 18:30 to 19:30, LC Foyer. Our first meeting. In small groups you read about three charities and decide how to split a pot of money between them. Then we see which one the evidence favours.
Doing good, on purpose
Wednesday 25 November, 18:30 to 19:30, LC Foyer. Session 1 of the programme.
Some help does 100 times more
Wednesday 2 December, 18:30 to 19:30, LC Foyer. Session 2 of the programme.
Who counts?
Wednesday 27 January, 18:30 to 19:30, LC Foyer. Session 3 of the programme.
The biggest risks
Wednesday 3 February, 18:30 to 19:30, LC Foyer. Session 4 of the programme.
Is effective altruism wrong?
Wednesday 10 February, 18:30 to 19:30, LC Foyer. Session 5 of the programme, run as a debate.
So what do I do?
Wednesday 17 February, 18:30 to 19:30, LC Foyer. Session 6 of the programme.
Some of us will become doctors who fight malaria in Nigeria.
The point of the club is working out which version of that sentence is yours.
Many of the world's most solvable problems are on our continent.
people died of malaria in 2024. About 95% of them lived in Africa, and most were children under five.
WHO World Malaria Report 2025of the world's children living in extreme poverty live in sub-Saharan Africa.
World Bank and UNICEF, 2025is roughly what the most cost-effective charities spend to save one life.
GiveWell estimates, which vary by programme