As anti-immigrant protests and riots spread across the UK in summer 2024 mainly of our communities were effected. Here, members of GRIPP share their thoughts as events unfolded and reflect on how we want things to move forward.
Building on GRIPP’s experience of realising and releasing knowledge held with communities of poverty, we have explored what a similar process could release for our Learnt Experience partners and colleagues.
GRIPP members have been exploring the need for a new bottom up approach to create communication frames to shine a light on Poverty as a Human Rights Issue
The members of GRIPP reflect on their November 2023 residential, and the “We Will Not” process they used to spark conversation.
Members of GRIPP’s Knowledge Team share reflections and questions on how knowledge is generated and released within their Action Learning process…and why it is so important.
GRIPP member shares frustration and analysis in response to the UK Government’s use of culture war tactics and the impact this has on communities, especially those living with disabilities
Some of GRIPP’s founding members, Amanda, Koldo and Patricia, reflect on the journey to reaching 5 years!
One GRIPP’s newest member reflects on their first time away with the group – lots of laughter, work, exercise (!) but no range rover!
Rahwa, member of RAPAR, reflects on her journey in GRIPP and regaining power through Action Learning.
“The deepening conditions of poverty in the UK are a human rights violation.” Amnesty UK championing GRIPP’s message in their Summer members magazine.
On Wednesday 8th March 2023, Patricia Bailey from ATD Fourth World UK, and Rahwa Beyene from RAPAR, spoke on behalf of GRIPP to the 72nd PSWG of the CESCR Review in Geneva.
In January 2023 GRIPP submitted its first ever evidence to the United Nations reporting violations of economic, social and cultural rights in their communities in the UK. Read about how we did it here.
Using Action Learning to unveil our knowledge and build solidarity as anti-poverty human rights activists
The first GRIPP residential brings discussion, deliberation and dancing and some pretty impressive outputs
Through the co-design of the GRIPP project communities shared their undestanding Poverty and Human Rights to mean to them.
Meeting between group with lived experience of rights violations and members of the UN CESCR.
Explainer and commentary about the UK Government’s recent report to the UN CESCR.
Study exploring the human rights tools behind ATD Fourth World and HRC University of Essex’s Human Rights Local research.
How to we sustain a social movement through generating a new language from below?
Updates on the Human Rights Local project of the HRC University of Essex in 2020 & 2021, as well as what is planned for 2022.
The fourth event in the #RightsBridge series, focusing on what meaningful participation of people with lived experience should look like.
Conversation between Janet Nelson and ATD activists about engaging with the UN and impact of lived experience on policy makers.
GRIPP RightsBridge Project Group meeting to discuss why the ICESCR matters and present talks from partners.
Nikki Hewson discussing how she defended human rights through parent-to-parent advocacy for Lewisham Council from 2012 to 2018.
Summary of RightsBridge’s “The Story So Far” report, with information on each separate chapter.
Webinar with experts in human rights, some of whom draw their expertise from their lived experience and were engaging for the first time with academics.
Capturing discussions of Building a Human Rights Bridge Out Of Poverty as cartoons by Graham Ogilvie.
The 2nd event for Building A Human Rights Bridge out of Poverty series, bringing activists & communities together.
50+ participants join ATD Fourth World UK, Essex University Human Rights Centre, AIUK to host the 1st RightsBridge event.
The first event of an 8-month seriesas the beginning of a shared journey that will bring together people with lived and learnt experiences of poverty.
