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New Human Rights in the Community project
13 May 2010
Human Rights in the Community is a new three year project (2010 – 12) which aims to empower individuals and communities with human rights language and tools, supporting them to challenge poor service provision and resolve everyday problems and inequality at a local level.
The project is led by the British Institute of Human Rights (BIHR) in partnership with the English Regions Equality Network (EREN), and is funded by the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC). The project is being piloted in the North West ih partnership with One North West.
Over the three year period, the key project activities will be:
► A series of consultation and awareness raising events on human rights in the three pilot regions: the South East, North West and North East
► Selecting and supporting local community groups in each region to develop human rights advocacy projects to tackle the issues they face. The pilots will be selected in year 1, and will receive an intensive human rights advocacy training programme in years 1 and 2 to test a human rights based approach
► Setting up an interactive web resource that will act as a ‘one-stop-shop’ of human rights information as well as a forum for sharing learning for community advocates. The information resources and tools will be road-tested through the pilot groups and launched nationwide in year 3.
There will be a free information day on 10 June for organisations in the North West that are interested in being involved in the project. The aim of these days is to provide you with the opportunity to meet the project staff and clarify any questions you might have about the project as well as get some ‘taster’ human rights information.
Click here for more information on the 10 June event
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