We're pleased to announce that BIHR has been awarded a grant from The Legal Education Foundation to develop a new interactive website to empower people about their human rights and how to use them interactions with mental health and mental capacity services.  This innovative tool draws on our experience of working with over 10,000 people using services, carers, family members, advocates and staff in health and care services. It will transform our practical co-developed flowcharts on "how to identify a human rights issue" and "how to take action" to secure human rights in mental health or capacity services, before having to go to court. It will focus on how people can benefit from their human rights in easy to understand steps, helping resolve sometimes complex situations, in positive ways that improve their lives.  Alongside the interactive tool will be other accessible, practical resources to help people understand their human rights, including mini guide version...

This post was originally published on British Institute of Human Rights News .