Changing Systems

“Where, after all, do universal human rights begin? In small places, close to home.” – Eleanor Roosevelt

Impact: The Mental Health Bill 2024-25

Read about the impact of our work on the Mental Health Bill to amplify lived experience expertise and shore up human rights protections for people accessing care.

Impact: The International Covenant on Civil & Political Rights

Read about the impact of our staff and Lived Experience Experts attending the 140th session of the United Nations Human Rights Committee in Geneva.
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Impact: LYPFT Human Rights Programme

Read about the impact of our staff capacity-building sessions and Practice Lead programme with Leeds & York Partnership Foundation Trust.
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Impact: CAMHS Co-Produced Programmes

Read about the impact of working with Lived Experience Experts to co-produce and deliver programmes.
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Impact: CAMHS Open Access Workshops & Resources

Read about open access workshops for people accessing services and plain-language human rights resources.
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Impact: CAMHS Two-Part Programme

Read about the impact of a two-part programme to build staff capacity in understand and applying human rights laws.

Impact: CAMHS Practice Lead Programme

Read about the impact of a five-day programme to embed a human rights approach in services.
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Impact: Covid-19

Read about the work we did to support people accessing services and public body staff to respect, protect and fulfil human rights throughout the Covid-19 pandemic and emergency legislation.
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Impact: CAMHS Competency Frameworks

Read about the work we did in 2021 to support the inclusion of human rights as part of staff competency frameworks in Children and Young People’s Mental Health Care.
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Impact: Human Rights Act Reform Consultation

In December 2021, the UK Government released its Human Rights Act Reform consultation. Read about the work we did to respond and to support others to respond.