Transforming Organisations
Scottish Recovery Consortium
From October 2023 to February 2024, BIHR ran a human rights leadership course for advocates working in lived experience recovery organisations across Scotland. It was developed and delivered in partnership with the Scottish Recovery Consortium to build on our 2022 human rights capacity-building programme.
In August 2024, we worked with SRC again to co-publish a guide called 'Using Human Rights in Recovery'.
How we designed the programme
The aim of this project is to advance awareness on rights-based addiction recovery in Scotland, reflecting the challenges that people in recovery face within the new national post-Covid-19 context and how the Human Rights Act can be used to advocate for better outcomes on a practical level.
The programme is fully co-designed in collaboration with the Scottish Recovery Consortium, based on a review of the 2022 programme and assessment of current requirements. The aim of of this co-delivery is to improve the knowledge and confidence of people with lived experience of addiction and recovery, and for them to be able to have an overview of human rights and related legislation, guidance and policy, and use this knowledge for practice-based change.
Read about our 2024 work with SRC Read about our 2022 work with SRC
About the programme
This programme was run in several stages:
- We conducted an initial full joint review of the similar programme co-delivered in 2022 with the Scottish Recovery Consortium to assess outcomes and impact, in order to co-design the 2023 programme to reflect the changes on a national level.
- We co-developed and co-delivered a five-day human rights leadership course, delivered as two full days in person and six half days online. The programme ran from 12th October 2023 to 15th February 2024.
- We undertook periodical debriefings and planning with Scottish Recovery Consortium before and after each session.
- A comprehensive course handbook was published to all participants as a resource for their own reference.
The future of this programme
This programme has now come to an end. Since then, we have produced a report to highlight the impact this human rights support had on the participants, with hopes that it would have an indirect positive effect on recovery communities across Scotland.
To support more people to learn about the importance of human rights for people whose lives are affected by alcohol and drug use, SRC and BIHR have written a joint guide to share how the Human Rights Act can support people to know and claim their rights.
Read about the impact on our 2023-2024 programme. Read BIHR and SRC's joint guide
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Why our Human Rights Act Matters...to people in recovery
Tom Bennett, Rights in Recovery Development Officer at Scottish Recovery Consortium, tells us why our Human Rights Act matters to him.
Why our Human Rights Act Matters...to people in recovery
Tom Bennett, Rights in Recovery Development Officer at Scottish Recovery Consortium, tells us why our Human Rights Act matters to him.
Impact: Scottish Recovery Consortium 2023-24
Read about the impact of our capacity-building sessions delivered in partnership with the Scottish Recovery Consortium.
Impact: Scottish Recovery Consortium 2023-24
Read about the impact of our capacity-building sessions delivered in partnership with the Scottish Recovery Consortium.
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