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4 March 2024

Uncovering the harms of Prevent: an update from Rights & Security International

Jacob Smith, Rights & Security International
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.
Strengthening Civil Society
10 January 2024

Challenging the hostile environment against Gypsies and Travellers

Abbie Kirkby, Friends, Families & Travellers
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.
Strengthening Civil Society
8 February 2023

Past, present, and future: the Strengthening Civil Society programme

Jannat Hossain
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.
Strengthening Civil Society
1 February 2023

‘Stop and Scan’: Mobilising against police use of biometric fingerprint and facial recognition technology

Racial Justice Network
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!
Strengthening Civil Society
24 October 2022

Joint Enterprise: Not Guilty by Association: taking on the might of the criminal justice system

Gloria Morrison, JENGbA
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.
Strengthening Civil Society
10 August 2022

Legal action in an emergency: learning from the pandemic

Jannat Hossain
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.
Strengthening Civil Society
23 May 2022

Where you live shouldn’t determine the services you have access to

Aaliya Seyal
Aaliya Seyal, CEO of Scottish legal charity, the Legal Services Agency, introduces us to LSA's work and shares how she got into the profession.
Strengthening Civil Society
3 August 2021

Six things to know about our criminal justice funding

Jannat Hossain
Information for those applying to our new funding round to use legal action to address racial injustice in the criminal justice system.
Strengthening Civil Society
19 July 2021

Our hubs funding: what you need to know

Jannat Hossain
Information for those applying to our new funding round to support expert legal ‘hub’ organisations.
Strengthening Civil Society
7 July 2021

Children’s rights from United Nations Convention will soon be law in Scotland

Janet Cormack, Clan Childlaw
The law is being strengthened in Scotland to give UN treaty rights effect in Scots law in a landmark move for children’s human rights accountability. Janet sets out what this will mean for children and the organisations that support them.
Strengthening Civil Society