As many of you know EREN members have been assisting with the BIHR Human Rights in the Community Project Tour.

Read the latest Human Rights in the Community Project bulletin to find out what has been happening on tour since July.

The findings from the ‘Strengthening Women’s Voices in Government’ public consultation have been published.  The Government consulted on a new model of engagement to bring women’s voices into Government. The consultation ran from 7 March until 15 June 2011 and set out the principles for the new approach, which are:  (more…)

In 2011, the European Women’s Lobby (EWL) published ‘Barometer: National Action Plans on Violence against Women in the EU’.

The Barometer aims to take stock of existing National Action Plans on violence against women, voice NGO satisfaction with the consultation process held by their government when drafting/implementing/evaluating the Plans, and highlight women’s organisations’ assessments of the Plans in their countries. (more…)

Respublica’s report ‘Age of Opportunity: Older people, volunteering and the Big Society’ was published in October 2011. (more…)

See The Difference connects individuals to real-life projects from around the world letting them  ‘See The Difference’ they make.

Every project on the site is from a UK registered charity, and they do all the background checks so people can trust they’re legit. (more…)

Updated guidance, Safeguarding Children who may have been Trafficked, was today published jointly by the Home Office and the Department for Education.

Children’s Minister, Tim Loughton, said: 

Child trafficking is a horrendous crime and a very serious offence against some of the most vulnerable children. Whilst improvements have been made in recent years, we acknowledge that more can be done to protect and support vulnerable children identified as trafficked victims. (more…)

The European Commission published a ‘Compendium of practice on Non-Discrimination/Equality Mainstreaming’ in October 2011.

The Compendium offers guidance on supporting and implementing mainstreaming and sets out a broad range of best-practice examples from different member states. (more…)

The Third Sector Research Centre (TSRC) launched a new Third Sector Knowledge Portal www.tsrc.ac.uk at an event outlining the work of the Third Sector Research Centre and attended by MENTER. (more…)

Unlike previous releases this is comprised of original research done by freelance researcher Anna Barford.

This digest deals on how living standards, education, health and social mobility vary across quintiles (fifths) of the income distribution in the UK. (more…)

NVCO have launched a section on their website for VCS and charities to assist with working with funders. (more…)