Community work

Empowering Community Advocacy

We support people and communities to put rights into action. What that looks like depends on the individual or group we’re working with but could include:

  • linking social justice issues and public body interactions to human rights law

  • tailored human rights learning and development

  • co-produced and co-delivered workshops or resources

  • practice leads programmes to create sustainable change

Our current and previous programmes

Know Your Human Rights Tool

We are very excited to share our new Know Your Human Rights Tool for Women Survivors of Domestic Abuse.

Supporting Young People to Know Their Human Rights

Read about the work we've done with teachers and young people directly to help them understand their human rights and put them into action.

Community Programme: 2022-2025

Read about our three-year community programme funded by the Baring Foundation, providing free Human Rights Act capacity-building support to groups across the UK.

London Communities Human Rights Programme

Find out about the first year of our programme from BIHR and Just Fair as we work with London communities to use human rights-based approaches to social justice issues.

Community Support 2020-2022

Read about BIHR's work during the Covid-19 pandemic to support and empower communities across the UK using human rights.

Scottish Recovery Consortium 2023 Programme

Read about BIHR's work with the Scottish Recovery Consortium in 2023.

Latin American Women’s Rights

We worked with Latin American Women’s Rights Service (LAWRS) - an organisation empowering Latin American women in the UK to pursue personal and social change.

SWAN Advocacy

Read about our work with SWAN Advocacy to support Independent Advocates from mixed disciplines to use human rights in their work.

Training and events

To view all our latest workshops, courses or events with us, visit our training page.

Human Rights Act Policy Academy

The Human Rights Policy Academy is a learning programme designed for policy, advocacy and campaigning professionals across the four nations of the UK who want to strengthen their work using a human rights framework. 

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Hear from our participants

We have worked together with a wide range of local authorities, NHS organisations, national and regional government bodies, public sector inspectorates, national, regional and local third sector organisations and community groups.

Enquiry about training

"Very informative and the case studies gives a clear understanding of how the HRA works in practice."

Workshop Participant POhWER

"I just believed that drug addicts didn't have rights...learning about it being an illness you understand that we have as much rights as anyone else."

Participant Rights in Recovery Leadership Programme

"This was an amazing and informative session, and we are so pleased with the new guide!"

Participant Hopscotch, Community Programme

"Excellently presented session on human rights delivered with passion and really underpinned the importance of having knowledge to enable sound social work practice."

One-Off Workshop Participant Leeds and Wakefield Teaching Partnership

"Stimulating and thought-provoking. A necessity for all healthcare professionals to ensure safe delivery of person-centred care. Helps you focus on truly individualised care."

Two-Part Workshop Participant Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Trust

"You MUST get on this, it has changed my outlook as a whole, educated me and enabled me to have the courage to share this with friends, family and colleagues. This should be accessible for everyone (can't express or sing this from the rooftops enough!)"

Participant Practice Leads Programme