The British Institute of Human Rights is an independent national charity which has been working to bring human rights to life across the UK for over 45 years. BIHR works with organisations across the public and voluntary sectors to empower people to:
- know what human rights are, through practical community legal education and accessible resources
- use human rights for positive social change beyond the courts, transforming organisational practices, policies and cultures and empowering people
- protect human rights through research, policy and campaigns to secure and progress legal protections
Grants
British Institute of Human Rights
An online educational tool: human rights in health and care
Grant: £100,000
November 13, 2017
This project builds on key points from face-to-face education to develop an online educational tool to help patient advocates, advisers, and health/care professionals to use human rights to support patients, securing their rights and protecting them from neglect or abuse and unfair treatment. Whilst people can use the tool to self-advocate, the target will be the many organisations/agencies charged with supporting patients, particularly those with mental health/capacity issues. This includes people living with dementia, autism and/or learning disabilities. Our interactive tool will enable patients/advocates/health workers to identify whether a person’s rights may be at issue and then take them through a series of practical steps and tools to resolve this pre-litigation (e.g. sample letters and worked examples).
| Increase Public Understanding | Advance High Quality Thinking | Increase Access to Employment |
| Staff in Voluntary Sector | ||
| Implications of Brexit | Legal Needs in Healthcare Settings | Influence the Online Court |
| Develop Robust Evidence Base | ||
| Understand Role of Technology | ||
| Law Reform, Policy and Regulation | ||
| Communications to Disseminate Learning | ||
British Institute of Human Rights
Digital Platform
Grant: £26,000
August 8, 2014
- the role these laws play in our constitutional arrangements; and
- how the law works in everyday situations outside the courtrooms to help improve people’s lives and interactions with the state/public officials.
| Increase Public Understanding | Advance High Quality Thinking | Increase Access to Employment |
| Staff in Voluntary Sector | ||
| Implications of Brexit | Legal Needs in Healthcare Settings | Influence the Online Court |
| Develop Robust Evidence Base | ||
| Understand Role of Technology | ||
| Law Reform, Policy and Regulation | ||
| Communications to Disseminate Learning | ||
