RightsBridge: Showcasing Good Practice in Local Advocacy


The second event in the Building a Human Rights Bridge out of Poverty series will bring together activists and communities to showcase good practice in local advocacy on poverty and human rights.

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This event will bring together activists and communities to showcase good practice in local advocacy on poverty and human rights. The session will include 8 different projects, from across the four nations of the UK, giving short presentations about their work followed by interactive workshop to allow participants to learn from their experience, share ideas and make connections.

The event aims to showcase the great work of fighting poverty through human rights across the UK, create space for network and build connections between projects and activists, and inspire us all to develop campaigns and actions that are creative and that centre those with lived experience.

Presenters in the first half are:

Presenters in the second half are:

Event Series Info


Between October 2020 and May 2021, Just Fair, Amnesty International UK, ATD Fourth World and the Human Rights Centre of the University of Essex will facilitate a series of events to build bridges between people with lived and learned experience of poverty in the UK. They are working in partnership with a diverse group of individuals and community based grass-roots organisations tackling poverty, inequality with some using human rights in their work. The events will include talks, webinars, and training sessions with people who experience or have experienced poverty in their lives. Face to face events in London, Glasgow and other locations will hopefully take place in mid-2021. Having grown out of a number of years working together, these events aim to:

This blog was first published on the Social Rights Alliance website.