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It's a new week and we have a new reading recommendation for you!
SCVO's Research Officer, Ilse Mackinnon, has written about voluntary sector pay, inflation and equality as an overview of SCVO's Pay in the Voluntary Sector report.
⌛Estimated reading time: 5 mins
🔗 bit.ly/4mup1kC
A human rights and equalities first approach: The Basics. What is a human rights and equalities approach and what does it mean for you? Join us to learn this and more on this online course, split across two afternoons.
Want to understand what we mean when we talk about putting human rights and equalities at the heart of what you do?
Register for your free place on our online course: "A Human Rights and Equalities First Approach: The Basics" today!
📆 12th & 13th Aug, 2-4pm
📍 Online
🔗 bit.ly/4lXpU5e
How to: build lived experience into board governance. "“We attended THRE’s ‘Governance – A Human Rights and Equalities First Approach’ training which highlighted that just having lived experience within the board and governance wasn’t enough. This led to a conversation at the organisation and the realisation that we wanted to create a safe space where our members were comfortable sharing their opinions and able to express their needs not only as members but also as people with different life experiences of having a disability.”
New blog posted!
In the second edition in our series with Neighbourhood Networks, we look at the steps to take when planning how to build lived experience into your organisation's board governance.
Read the full blog via THRE's website ⬇️
bit.ly/46GBGfA
Ever seen an animation storyboard and thought: "Wait, is this it?” 😳
Don’t worry, that rough sketch is just the beginning! Storyboards map out the key moments in a film - they’re not final!
Peep our storyboard for @thre-equal.bsky.social vs the finished product 👇
mediaco-op.net/projects/thi...
Upskill your team with free workshops putting #HumanRights and equality at the heart of what you do👇
28.07.2025 09:02 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Image celebrating THRE reaching attendees, showing THRE's cartoon characters surrounding a text box that says "2000 attendees!"
We have exciting news - last week, we reached the milestone of 2,000 course attendees! 🎉
Thank you to everyone who has attended a THRE session for helping us reach this milestone.
Want to know what all the fuss is about? Register for a THRE course today via our Eventbrite page ⬇️
bit.ly/45mPue1
Missed last week's webinar on Meaningful Participation in Service Design and Delivery?
You can catch up on @homelessnetwork.bsky.social's presentation by visiting our Webinars page ⬇️
thre.org.uk/course/webin...
Did you know? THRE has a 'Good Practice Library' dedicated to sharing stories of strong human rights and equalities policies and practices from around the sector!
Check it out today via the link⬇️
bit.ly/4nNEXzS
Want to share your good practice in the library? Contact us at thre@gcvs.org.uk.
Don't forget to join us on 15th July as we hear from @homelessnetwork.bsky.social all about how participation can be embedded into service design and delivery!
Link to register below ⬇️
Got 10 minutes to learn about what it means to adopt an intersectional approach to inclusivity?
We recommend @thegcph.bsky.social's blog on inequality within the LGBT+ community ⬇️
Webinar: Meaningful participation in service design and delivery. Join us for the next event in our Lunchtime Webinar series, where we'll be focussing on participation: what do we actually mean when we talk about it and what does meaningful participation look like in practice? Guest speaker: Michelle Major (Impact Lead), Homeless Network Scotland. Tue, 15 Jul 2025 12:00 - 13:00, online. Link in our bio.
🚨 Register for our latest free webinar 🚨
Join us as we explore what meaningful participation looks like in practice, with guest speakers from Homeless Network Scotland.
📆Tuesday 15th July, 12pm - 1pm
🔗 bit.ly/3TJF8yc
Your Rights in Our Space. To be safe, to be free from discrimination, to be treated with respect, to be listened to. We are committed to being rights-respecting at all times. If you wish to provide us feedback or raise a complaint, please contact ____ (underscore left intentionally blank).
Posters are a quick, cheap and easy way to:
1. Teach others about their rights ✅
2. Demonstrate your values to anyone using your space ✅
Did you know - we have a free 'Your Rights in Our Space' poster available for download?
Download it via our website ➡️http://bit.ly/4kVZbFS
New free e-learning! Confident conversations: talking about human rights and equalities.
JUST LAUNCHED: We've got more e-learning available for free via the TSI Learning Portal! 🎉
Our e-learning module, 'Confident Conversations' is all about ways to have conversations about human rights and equalities with confidence.
Check it out today! ⬇️
thre.org.uk/course/e-lea...
Heard of AI but not sure what it can do for your organisation?
Worried about how to balance the benefits of using AI against its pitfalls?
Check out GCVS' recent blog on harnessing AI for successful fundraising ⬇️
gcvs.org.uk/ai-in-fundra...
Webinar: digitial inclusion. We recently invited Mhor Collective to come speak on digital inclusion and share more about the work they are doing on this issue. This webinar discussed taking a rights-based approach to tackling digital exclusion in Scottish society and how third-sector organisations can support communities with this ever-changing topic. Check out the webinar recording on our youtube. Link in our bio. There is a graphic of a computer in the bottom right of the image with a screenshot of the YouTube video, stating 'DIGITAL INCLUSION'.
Blog: digital inequality. Inspired by attending THRE’s webinar with Mhor Collective, THRE team member Olivia Richmond-Ferns has written a blog with a focus on digital inequality. Check it out for tips on reducing digital inequality in your organisation. Link in our bio. There is a graphic in the bottom right corner of the image of a pregnant person on the couch using their laptop, with a cat curled up at their feet and a TV to their right.
THRE were delighted to have Irene and Shona from Mhor Collective, an org working to make Scotland more digitally inclusive, as guest speakers for our most recent Lunchtime Webinar.
Check out the webinar recording on our YouTube channel and the THRE blog on digital inequality on our website!
⚖️ The UK Government is consulting on the socio-economic duty. At Just Fair, we believe it's time to make fairness a legal obligation.
Our new blog about the call for evidence outlines how enacting this duty can help tackle inequality and uphold rights.
justfair.org.uk/a-du...
It's June! 🏳️🌈
This week, our reading recommendation is a blog on low pay as a barrier to true equality, which was published by Living Wage Scotland in 2023.
scottishlivingwage.org/pride-month-...
Want to know more about how you can empower the people you work with and for?
We recommend these resources ✅:
Empowerment through rights-based language (THRE) - bit.ly/4kjrkq4
Supporting diversity on boards (THRE) - bit.ly/4kcXrYg
Empowering your service users (Charity Digital) - bit.ly/4kBD3k1
This message was also felt during the final presentation of the day, as RISE Forth Valley shared the importance of connectedness and advocacy through empowerment.
The presentation ended with a question for every attendee: “how can we elevate someone’s voice?” 🤔
Then, LGBT Youth Scotland spoke about their range of work supporting young LGBT+ people in the Forth Valley to find connection and mentorship.
A core message from Lou’s presentation was empowerment – how small gestures can support young people to know and speak up for their rights.
The morning began with a presentation from THRE team members Alice and Olivia on what it means to take a human rights and equalities first approach.
Some themes from this session were the power of human rights language and how participation can be meaningful for everyone involved.
Alice and Olivia presenting to as part of the Safer and Empowered Communities Forum
On Wednesday, we co-delivered an event with CVS Falkirk and District as part of their Safer and Empowered Communities Forum.
Read about it below 🧵
"Over 13,000 cis women in the UK have signed a petition which rejects “the active discrimination and exclusion of trans, non-binary and gender-diverse people”
The petition called Not In Our Name has gained traction for its powerful message:
“We will speak for ourselves""
There's still time to register for our free event with CVS Falkirk & District next week!
(Psst... did we mention lunch is included? 🍰)
Want to know what human rights look like for young women in Scotland today? 👩👧👧
Young Women's Movement has just published their Status of Young Women in Scotland 2024-2025 report outlining the issues facing young women in Scotland today. Read via link below ⬇️
🔗 youngwomenscot.org/research-rep... 🔗
Based near Falkirk?
We're hosting an upcoming Safer and Empowered Communities Forum with CVS Falkirk & District. We'll be talking all things human rights and equalities with speakers from the local third sector.
📆 28th May, 9:45AM – 1:00PM @ Tamfourhill Community Hub, Falkirk.
🔗 bit.ly/3GJLHxB
📣Last chance 📣
Don't forget to register for our webinar on digital exclusion with the Mhor Collective!
🩺 Join us for a free training on the right to health! Learn how to use human rights tools to hold the UK Government accountable for health inequalities.
Featuring our new toolkit, campaign tips & more. 🏥✊
🗓️ May 14 - 15:00-16:30
🎟️ Sign up: www.eventbrite.co.uk...
Read the full blog by visiting ➡️ bit.ly/446F2XY
23.04.2025 07:11 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Bog: Why lived experience is important at all levels of an organisation. Quote from blog: "It’s important with this type of work to make sure that any opportunities for people with particular insight into an issue to contribute their views are meaningful for everyone involved. Some things to be thinking about when planning this type of work are: Have contributors been given all of the information they need in order to share their views? Has a safe space been created for sharing potentially sensitive insights? Are contributions being shared with those with decision-making power? Do contributors know how their views have been accounted for?"
Bringing lived experience into your organisation’s work is more than just putting seats around the table.
We’ve published a new blog on this topic featuring Glasgow-based Neighbourhood Networks and the Advisory Group they have created 🗣️
You can find the full article below ⬇️ or linked in our bio
