A Living Tradition: background
North-East England has a fascinating and proud heritage of concern and work for human rights over the last 250 years. The heritage of fairness, tolerance and solidarity is very much a living tradition as people in the region continue to struggle for their own rights and for those of others across the world. The vision of A Living Tradition is to help people continue the traditions which began at least as far back as the late 18th century. Examining the heritage can help to give people in the region today both inspiration and examples of good practice to help keep communities cohesive.
A Living Tradition is an organisation based in the North East of England which uses the heritage of human rights and community cohesion work in the region to encourage and promote it now and in the future.
A Living Tradition evolved from a WEA group examining the human rights heritage of North-east England starting in 2009, which further evolved into a voluntary community cohesion group set up in Newcastle in 2010. This voluntary group has met on numerous occasions to run region-wide forums to promote local and global community cohesion. A key emphasis is on human rights and how these impact on individuals, families and communities.
The group has, working in partnership with Amnesty International, delivered a volunteers conference on the plight of peoples living in countries where human rights are not always recognised and where governments rule by tyranny and repression.
Whilst the North-East of England has a very good record in various aspects of community cohesion, there is very little knowledge in region of its human rights heritage. There is a great need to help people understand their heritage so that it can give inspriation and examples of good practice to be used to help bring about greater community cohesion. This heritage could in turn be very helpful in helping to maintain community cohesion.
The Directors of ALT are voluntary. We have no staff but at least a further 4 volunteers. Prior to formal registration as a CIC the organisation set up and supported a number of local human rights groups with a particular focus on Burma and Iran.
Events are organised by volunteers. We have been fortunate in attracting high profile speakers from Amnesty International, the Regional Secretary of the TUC and individuals who have settled in the UK after fleeing their home country as victims of abuse and under threats of death.
A Living Tradition has gained substantial funding from Newcastle City Council to work in schools and community settings in Newcastle's West End, teaching about the heritage of human rights work. We have a variety of writen, visual and audio materials developed.
A Living Tradition is an organisation based in the North East of England which uses the heritage of human rights and community cohesion work in the region to encourage and promote it now and in the future.
A Living Tradition evolved from a WEA group examining the human rights heritage of North-east England starting in 2009, which further evolved into a voluntary community cohesion group set up in Newcastle in 2010. This voluntary group has met on numerous occasions to run region-wide forums to promote local and global community cohesion. A key emphasis is on human rights and how these impact on individuals, families and communities.
The group has, working in partnership with Amnesty International, delivered a volunteers conference on the plight of peoples living in countries where human rights are not always recognised and where governments rule by tyranny and repression.
Whilst the North-East of England has a very good record in various aspects of community cohesion, there is very little knowledge in region of its human rights heritage. There is a great need to help people understand their heritage so that it can give inspriation and examples of good practice to be used to help bring about greater community cohesion. This heritage could in turn be very helpful in helping to maintain community cohesion.
The Directors of ALT are voluntary. We have no staff but at least a further 4 volunteers. Prior to formal registration as a CIC the organisation set up and supported a number of local human rights groups with a particular focus on Burma and Iran.
Events are organised by volunteers. We have been fortunate in attracting high profile speakers from Amnesty International, the Regional Secretary of the TUC and individuals who have settled in the UK after fleeing their home country as victims of abuse and under threats of death.
A Living Tradition has gained substantial funding from Newcastle City Council to work in schools and community settings in Newcastle's West End, teaching about the heritage of human rights work. We have a variety of writen, visual and audio materials developed.
