Funded projects

To support work relating to a previous grant to the organisation to incorporate the use of law into its advocacy work.

To support the 'Housing Rights in Practice' project to use a HRBA to support tenants in Leith to realise their housing rights.

To develop knowledge and understanding of the Mental Capacity Act 2005 in the context of the real experiences of young people through forum theatre training.

To develop capacity and expertise for LCN and member Law Centres to integrate a human rights based approach into their discrimination work with migrant workers.

To develop a free fact-checking web tool designed to address commonly held misconceptions in relation to welfare to work conditionality.

To undertake a human rights based review of kinship care with Liverpool City Council & European Children's Rights Unit, to inform national legislative change through National Kinship Alliance.

To develop an Equalities Skills Builder project to train all UK hospice staff in the adoption of a human rights based approach to end of life care.

To empower voluntary sector organisations to use human rights to support victims of crime.

To develop and instigate a strategic legal response to the national issue of benefit sanctioning.

To develop voluntary sector skills and capacity to challenge local authority decision making on individual service/ budget allocations using human rights, community care and equalities legislation.