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The new Civil Society Covenant is a very good foundation that now needs to be made to work and then built upon, says David Cutler, Foundation Director.

Carla Clarke chooses her key developments in terms of the law, social justice and human rights in England over the past five years and looks ahead to the next five.

Jen Ang, director of Lawmanity and founder of JustRight Scotland, chooses her five key developments in terms of the law, social justice and human rights in Scotland over the past five years and looks ahead to the next five.

In this blog, our Programmes Manager, Jannat, outlines plans for our Strengthening Civil Society programme in 2025 and beyond.

RSI's work is revealing increasing problems and harms caused by ‘Prevent’, particularly around data collection, the independence of the recent review, and surveillance in schools. Read Jacob's blog to find out more.

How strategic litigation provides a new tool in a national charity’s arsenal towards tackling longstanding and deeply embedded injustice against Britain’s Romany Gypsy, Irish Traveller and nomadic communities.

In this blog, the Foundation’s Programmes Officer shares an update on our programme supporting UK civil society to use the law in their pursuit of social change, including our priorities for 2023.

These technologies are increasingly used by police forces, more often against racialised minorities, and data shared with immigration authorities. The #StopTheSCANdal campaign is exploring legal action to end their use. Find out more!

JENGbA is campaigning to support the 1,500 prisoners serving life sentences convicted as secondary parties and to change the law on joint enterprise. Here's an update on their work from campaign coordinator Gloria Morrison.

Our learning partners looked into our grantees’ use of legal action to address discrimination and disadvantage. To mark the launch of their report, we asked five grantees to reflect on how the pandemic impacted their legal action work.