Making Rights Real is a human rights organisation in Scotland that works with communities and grassroots activists to deliver human rights for everyone. We launched in 2020 and are currently developing human rights initiatives with community groups. We are keen…
Making Rights Real features as a good practice example in a new guide produced by the Community Development Alliance Scotland (CDAS). Why Community Development? Our Collective Impact explains what community development is and focuses on case studies from around the…
Travellers in Perth and Kinross are experiencing significant human rights issues and today launched a groundbreaking report Our Human Rights Matter: A Human Rights Monitoring Report by residents of Double Dykes, Perth that sets out their concerns. People at Double…
Making Rights Real, a Scottish grassroots human rights organisation, is delighted to announce they will be staging the Scottish premiere of SEVEN at the Scottish Parliament on 8th December 2022. Sponsored by Maggie Chapman MSP, the play is staged to…
“If you put equal rights at the heart of the thing, you have to be sure that everyone is at the table” Inez McCormack Making Rights Real is delighted to announce that rehearsals started this week to bring the play…
Tonight (15 August 2022), BBC Scotland airs the documentary “Locked in the Hospital” exposing stories of disabled people locked into hospitals, far from home, and their families’ fight to get them home. Making Rights Real has joined Inclusion Scotland, C-Change Scotland and 20 other…
Wednesday 25 May, 10:30am – 1pm An online introductory workshop for women who are interested in participating in our human rights drama project, SEVEN. About this event Are you an activist, campaigner or want to make change happen? Are you a…
Clare MacGillivray, Director of Making Rights Real in Scotland reflects on Inez McCormack’s legacy on the anniversary of her death, 21st January 2022. It’s such an honour to reflect on the lasting legacy of Inez McCormack, the Founder of Participation…
Responding to the UK Government’s announcement on 14 December 2021 that it plans to replace the Human Rights Act, five leading Scottish human rights organisations released a joint statement calling the proposals “unnecessary, regressive and divisive.” In our statement, Making…
The current human rights policy context in Scotland is positive, dynamic and on divergent tracks to the rest of the UK (rUK). With a real “risk of post-Brexit regression in rights” according to the First Minister’s Advisory Group on Human…