Community work
Warrington Speak Up
Warrington Speak Up is a free independent advocacy service based in the North West of England. They have a team of professional advocates who support people with care and support needs to have their voice heard, and they also create resources and hold groups to enable people to advocate for themselves.
Human Rights Officer Annie worked with self-advocates at Warrington Speak Up to create accessible human rights resources so that they feel more confident to us the language of human rights in their self-advocacy.
What we made
Easy Read postcards covering:
- The right to life
- The right to be safe from serious harm
- The right to liberty
- The right to respect for private and family life, home and contact
- The right to be treated fairly
- Real life stories where rights have and have not been looked after
- 'What it means' cards for hard words
- What to do if you are worried about your rights
There are 26 postcards in total which can be stuck back-to-back to make a pack of 13.
After the launch of this resource, BIHR sent 200 postcard packs free of charge to people who wanted to use them, including self-advocates, self-advocacy groups, community and voluntary organisations and individuals supporting people with a learning disability.
We have now sold out of postcard packs and do not have plans to print more. If you or your organisation would like to arrange for your own postcard packs to be printed, please contact us on info@bihr.org.uk.
Have you used this guide?
If you like these tools and they have helped you or someone you support, we want to hear from you! You can email your feedback or stories about using the guides to Annie on anniesmith@bihr.org.uk.
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Where do my rights apply?
Read about some of the areas where human rights are particularly relevant including in health, care and social work; migration and refugee rights; ending violence against women and girls; and LGBTQ+ rights.
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