Past Events

Until 2006, an annual Paul Sieghart Memorial Lecture was held in memory of the great contribution made by Paul Sieghart to the advancement of human rights throughout the UK. Read more about these events and transcripts of the lectures.

For details of all BIHR events since November 2008, please scroll down.

July 2010

Human Rights in the Community - London and South East event

  • Are you a community-led organisation working to tackle inequality and social injustice in London or the South East?
  • Would you like to empower the individuals and communities you are working with by increasing their knowledge of human rights and how to use human rights to tackle poor treatment and inequality?
  • Would you like to use human rights to increase your influence and impact with public policy makers?
 
If the answer is yes then come along to a free event to find out about our exciting new project 'Human Rights in the Community'.
 
The event will feature:
 
  • An introduction to human rights and their relevance for your organisation
  • An opportunity to hear about the human rights in the community project and how you can be involved
  • An opportunity to meet with the project staff and ask any questions you have about the project
 
The event is one of three regional events taking place in the South East, North East and North West England regions (the NE and NW events have already taken place). It is being held in partnership with the English Region’s Equality Network (EREN) and One North West.
 
If you have any queries regarding booking on to this event please contact John Slater on john@raise-networks.org.uk.

Human Rights in Healthcare - the practice

The current phase of the national Human Rights in Healthcare project is drawing to a close. During this phase, four pilot NHS Trusts have been testing a human rights approach in specific services such as day care and residential services for people with a learning disability, palliative care, residential care for older people and respite care. This learning event, jointly hosted by BIHR and the Department of Health, will share the learning from this phase of the project, and will be an opportunity for delegates to:

  • Find out more about human rights, their application to healthcare and the Human Rights in Healthcare project
  • Hear from the pilot NHS Trusts involved in the project about how they have been applying human rights in practice
  • Share learning and good practice on human rights
  • Discuss how human rights can be further embedded in health and social care practice
     

Speakers at the event will include:

  • Lindsey Dyer, Beth Greenhill, Meryl Cuzak and Amanda Roberts, Mersey Care NHS Trust
  • Tod Heyda, Southwark Health and Social Care
  • Yvonne Thompson and Jenny Inniss, Heart of Birmingham PCT
  • Pam Frost, Surrey & Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
  • Katie Ghose, BIHR
  • Barry Mussenden, Department of Health
     

The event is aimed at:

  • NHS professionals at all levels
  • Third sector and private sector health and social care organisations
  • Service user and carer groups
  • Representatives from health and social care professional bodies
  • Health and social care inspectorates and regulators


A full programme for the day will be available shortly. If you have any queries regarding the event, please contact Hannah Clayton on hclayton@bihr.org.uk.

The event is now full and booking is closed.

Download the report from our previous learning event, Human Rights and Health and Social Care, which took place in January 2010.

June 2010

Human Rights in the Community Project - North West Event

  • Are you a community-led organisation working to tackle inequality and social injustice in the North West?
  • Would you like to empower the individuals and communities you are working with by increasing their knowledge of human rights and how to use human rights to tackle poor treatment and inequality?
  • Would you like to use human rights to increase your influence and impact with public policy makers?
 
If the answer is yes then come along to a free event to find out about our exciting new project 'Human Rights in the Community'.
 
The event will feature:
 
  • An introduction to human rights and their relevance for your organisation
  • An opportunity to hear about the human rights in the community project and how you can be involved
  • An opportunity to meet with the project staff and ask any questions you have about the project
 
The event is one of three regional events taking place in the South East, North East and North West England regions. It is being held in partnership with the English Region’s Equality Network (EREN) and One North West.
 
If you have any queries regarding booking on to this event please contact Daniel Silver on DanielSilver@nwnetwork.org.uk.
 
 

Human Rights in the Community Project - North East Event

  • Are you a community-led organisation working to tackle inequality and social injustice in the North East?
  • Would you like to empower the individuals and communities you are working with by increasing their knowledge of human rights and how to use human rights to tackle poor treatment and inequality?
  • Would you like to use human rights to increase your influence and impact with public policy makers?
 
If the answer is yes then come along to a free event to find out about our exciting new project 'Human Rights in the Community'.
 
The event will feature:
 
  • An introduction to human rights and their relevance for your organisation
  • An opportunity to hear about the human rights in the community project and how you can be involved
  • An opportunity to meet with the project staff and ask any questions you have about the project
 
The event is one of three regional events taking place in the South East, North East and North West England regions. It is being held in partnership with the English Region’s Equality Network (EREN), Equality North East and North East Voluntary and Community Sector Equalities Coalition.
 
If you have any queries regarding booking on to this event please contact Lisa Wallace at Equality North East on lisa.wallace@equality-ne.co.uk.

May 2010

Human Rights in Healthcare (South West)

This one day workshop is organised by Skills for Health in association with BIHR and Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Trust. The day will be practical and interactive with ample opportunity for discussion. More details can be found in the event flyer.