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17 July 2025

The Compact is Dead. Long Live the Civil Society Covenant!

David Cutler
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.
Strengthening Civil Society
19 June 2025

The law of unintended consequences? The experience of social justice lawyers in England over the last 5 years

Carla Clarke
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.
Strengthening Civil Society
13 May 2025

Scotland: bending towards justice?

Jen Ang
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.
Strengthening Civil Society
11 March 2025

Not another funder strategy review!

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