"[Communities need to] show that human rights aren’t abstract ideals — they’re the stuff of daily life, daily decisions, daily dignity and justice." We're starting off the week by revisiting BIHR's blog on the sectors approach to human rights advocacy and what needs to change. ⬇️ bit.ly/43CDu78

Cop30 starts today 📆 But what does the climate have to do with human rights? We've got a simple guide to tell you all you need to know. Check it out via our website ⬇️ thre.org.uk/topic/climat...

🌎 A healthy planet is a human right. The UN has now made it clear: there's no social justice on a dying planet. Our joint blog w/ @foeint.bsky.social @opportunitygreen.org @ercscot.bsky.social and @koldocasla.bsky.social

It's Trustees Week! Why not spend this Trustees Week learning more about how you can build human rights and equalities into board governance? Register for our free training session today: 📆 Weds 5th Nov, 3pm - 5pm 🌏 online via Zoom 🔗 bit.ly/4okCooD

The enforceable right to access information is a human right so it’s good news that Scotland’s independent regulator has reported a busy year ensuring rights and duties are respected, protected and fulfilled. @hrcscotland.bsky.social @thre-equal.bsky.social @scvo.scot @reidfoundation.bsky.social

Women's sport has is more popular than ever - that should mean sport is becoming more equal, right? We enjoyed reading @chrisboardman.bsky.social's piece for @theobserveruk.bsky.social on what more there is to be done for sports to truly be a safe, welcoming space for all genders ⬇️ bit.ly/3LgLynz

📣 On Sat 25 Oct, join us in Edinburgh as #WeDemandBetter! 🕚 Start: 11am at Scottish Parliament 🚶March through the city 🎉 Rally at The Meadows for music, speeches, food & family fun! Find out more: www.scotland-demands-better.com/march-and-ra...

New resource alert! 🚨 We’ve just published a free guide on applying the human rights and equalities 1st approach to service design. Check it out to learn about the principles of service design and how human rights and equalities can help you to build better services. 🔗 bit.ly/43mFsrV 🔗

Equality isn't about treating everyone the same ❌ It's about addressing the different barriers people face to accessing their rights. Check out Derek Mitchell's blog for @thirdforcenews.bsky.social to learn about what this looks like in remote & rural Scotland ⬇️ bit.ly/3KFiHt0

It's October, and we have a busy line-up of free training and events for you. As well as our regular training, we're hosting a webinar on lived experience with guest speakers Neighbourhood Networks. Sign up to attend one of our sessions today via our Eventbrite page ⬇️ bit.ly/45mPue1

(1/3) 📢 We’re proud to add our voice to the Women Against the Far Right Scotland by signing the open letter rejecting the far right’s racist rhetoric which only seeks to exploit violence against women to fuel hate and division. #WomenAgainstFarRight #Solidarity #OpenLetter

Over 200 of us have come together as Women Against the Far Right in Scotland and written an open letter rejecting the far right’s racist lies about “protecting” women and girls. news.stv.tv/politics/nic... Join us and sign the letter here: actionnetwork.org/petitions/wo...

It's Monday! We like to start off each week with some reading - this week, it's the Trans-Segregation in Practice report by @transactualuk.bsky.social You can check it out below ⬇️ bit.ly/3W2vZSw

Our Programme Officer Collett O'Connor recently wrote a guest blog for @thre-equal.bsky.social As part of their Good Practice Library, she discusses why violence against women is a workplace issue and what steps employers can take to drive change. 📖 Read it here:

Don't forget to register for our webinar to learn about how you can embed voices of lived experiences into your work! ⬇️

Coming along to the @ctsi.org.uk Funders Fayre on Thursday? Come and say hi 👋 THRE team member Alice will be at the Funders Fayre throughout the day to talk all things human rights and equalities with attendees.

Interested in embedding voices of lived experience into your organisation? Join us for our latest lunchtime webinar with Neighbourhood Networks! 📆 15th Oct, 12pm - 1pm 💻 Online via Zoom 🔗 bit.ly/3I3mn6J

New addition to The Good Practice Library! Our new guest blog is by Collett O’Connor, Program Officer at @closethegap.org.uk It looks at: ➡️Violence against women (VAW) as a workplace issue ➡️Intersectionality and VAW ➡️Steps employers can take to embed gender equality and tackle VAW in workplaces

A great resource from @thre-equal.bsky.social for anyone interested in AI 👇

This fantastic new 6-part email course on AI from the @thre-equal.bsky.social team will give you lot's to think about!

We've been looking at the numbers when it comes to charities and AI🧑‍💻 76% of charities (2025 Charities Digital Report) are now using AI in their day-to-day work, but only a fraction of organisations have policies in place or are training staff on AI use (JRF, 2024). 🧵(1/3)

"There are more of us who believe in love than hate, more of us who believe in community than division." Set a few minutes aside this morning to read Emma Hutton's piece for SCVO on 'Standing in Solidarity in the Face of Far Right Hate.' ⌛Est reading time - 5 minutes 🔗 bit.ly/47BGsvh

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

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

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👇

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 [email protected].

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 ⬇️

🚨 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

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

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...

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-...

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...

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

What does access to technology have to do with justice? Catalyst have recently published a blog answering just that ✅ We recommend checking it out via the link below ⬇️ ⌛Estimated reading time - 9 mins 🔗https://www.thecatalyst.org.uk/resource-articles/digital-exclusion-tech-justice-issue#

Heard about the proposed right to youth work and want to know more?🤔 We recommend Young Women Movement's short blog on what the proposed Youth Work (Scotland) Bill could mean for young women. ⌛Estimated reading time - 6 mins 🔗https://www.youngwomenscot.org/news/young-womens-right-to-youth-work/

Just announced! 📣 Spaces are now available for our free webinar on tackling digital exclusion. Join THRE and guest speakers from the Mhor Collective as we explore how third sector organisations can address digital inequality. 📆 Thurs 1st May, 12:30 - 13:30 🌎 Online via Zoom 🔗 bit.ly/4iUnsuZ