Our funding

As a charity, BIHR does not receive government funding. We rely instead on three main sources of support. Primarily, we seek grants from Trusts and Foundations to support our charitable work. These are a usually a combination of unrestricted grants that support our core work and organisation, and restricted grants for specific projects. We also receive individual donations and income from our training and consultancy work.

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Training & Consultancy

We provide human rights consultancy services for public and voluntary sector organisations, to support them to improve human rights practice. We provide training and longer-term programmes.

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Donations

We have a small, committed, number of people who donate to support our work through one off and regular donations. This provides much appreciated help from members of the public.

Our current grant funders include

Activities with our funders include:

Supporting discussions on the current political debates about the future of our Human Rights Act, and what actions the voluntary sector can take.

Sharing evidence of change through human rights practice with voluntary and public sector groups.

Supporting grantee networking including communities of practice, roundtables, and action-planning.

Recent former funders

In addition to our current funders, we are grateful for the support of our recent former funders, who include:

The Three Guineas Trust
Comic Relief (Tech vs Abuse)
The Fore RAFT fund
The Legal Education Foundation
The People's Postcode Lottery Trust (Small Grants)
The Allen & Overy Foundation
NHS England Public Participation Community Grant Scheme
The Law Society Charity
Matrix Chambers Causes Fund
Eleanor Rathbone Charitable Trust
Oak Foundation
The Department of Health Voluntary Sector Investment Programme: Innovation, Excellence and Strategic Development Fund (now closed)
The Thomas Paine Initiative (now closed)

BIHR's work and its impact

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The RITES Committee

Our RITES Committee (standing for real-life insights, tips, experiences and stories) is made up of experts by experience who have used our Human Rights Act to achieve change.

The RITES Committee

Our RITES Committee (standing for real-life insights, tips, experiences and stories) is made up of experts by experience who have used our Human Rights Act to achieve change.

The BIHR Vlog

Stay up-to-date on our latest work on the Rights Removal Bill with our vlog series featuring different members of our team involved in our actions.

The BIHR Vlog

Stay up-to-date on our latest work on the Rights Removal Bill with our vlog series featuring different members of our team involved in our actions.

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House of Lords Debate

Read about our briefing to Parliamentarians that helped amplify the voices of people with lived experience in a House of Lords debate on the Human Rights Act.

House of Lords Debate

Read about our briefing to Parliamentarians that helped amplify the voices of people with lived experience in a House of Lords debate on the Human Rights Act.

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