Human rights

At Corra, we increasingly recognise that human rights and action on equity are a golden thread throughout our work. The principles of human rights underpin our work on topics as diverse as: participation, listening, drugs and alcohol, housing, children and young people, disability, The Promise, racial equity, poverty, and international development. Corra’s guiding themes of voice, power and change are strongly aligned with the human rights-based principles of participation, accountability, non-discrimination and empowerment.

Human rights principles are interwoven in work on diversity, equity and inclusion and anti-racist action, two areas which are key to our strategy and where Corra has made commitments for both internal and external action.

We have been active in advocating and raising awareness about the importance of human rights and equity. We have held podcasts and discussions on human rights and on equity, and have contributed to policy discussions on equality and human rights and on children’s rights.

We are exploring how we can expand our support for human rights-based approaches, including through collaboration with other funders; we are a member of Ariadne, European Funders for Social Change and Human Rights.

We have made a number of grants with the aim of advancing human rights, tackling racism, and advancing equity.

You can read more about how we embed rights based approaches across our work by clicking the links below which will take you to blogs, funding, tools, resources, and stories from the communities we work alongside.