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Society Charities That specialise in Human rights

Discover 373 Society charities that specialise in human rights. Use the search below to filter within these results.

373
Charities
£1,208,593,670
Total Income
£577,998
Avg Income
82.9%
Program Ratio

Major UK charities curated by Charity Finder for size, recognition, and registry coverage. Click through for full profiles, financials, and trustees.

Help 4 Forgotten Allies

Beneficiary group, Social welfare, Society

The object of the charity is to help relieve the suffering of people, including refugees from Burma/Myanmar, who have fled hardship and human rights abuses. These activities specifically include aid for needy veterans (and their widows/ dependants) who served in the armed forces raised in Burma during the Second World War.

Latest Income: £75,872
Areas of Operation: Burma
Status: Registered
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We Are Family Foundation UK

Beneficiary group, Society

Promoting education and training, human rights, religious and racial harmony, equality and diversity for the benefit of children and young people and mankind.

Latest Income: £75,143
Areas of Operation: London
Status: Registered
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Projects Abroad Foundation Limited

Beneficiary group, Charity and VCS support, Economic and community development, Leisure, Saving of lives, Social welfare, Society

The charity concerns itself with supporting projects in developing countries to do with education, the alleviation of poverty, care of children, human rights, promoting sport and the environment. The charity operates alongside the Projects Abroad group of companies which arranges worthwhile volunteering experiences in the developing world and it supports the projects they are involved with.

Latest Income: £74,673
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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Women Living Under Muslim Laws - International Solidarity Network (wluml)

Beneficiary group, Religion, Society

PROMOTING HUMAN RIGHTS, GENDER EQUALITY AND RELIEF IN NEED

Latest Income: £74,645
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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Bhakt Bhakti Aur Bhagwan Ashram UK

Beneficiary group, Economic and community development, Leisure, Religion, Society

Principal activity is that of propagating hinduism and working towards the social, cultural, spiritual and educational uplift of one and all. To promote human rights including children. To construct recreational centres for youth and children and setting up centres for adults needing care in third world countries including but not limited to India,Mauritius and African Countries.

Latest Income: £72,989
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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Rural Refugee Network

Beneficiary group, Economic and community development, Education, Saving of lives, Social welfare, Society

THE CHARITY WORKS FOR THE RELIEF OF NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS OF THOSE ARRIVING IN THE UK AS REFUGEES WHO ARE VICTIMS OF HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSE OR HAVE BEEN AFFECTED BY CONFLICT OR NATURAL DISASTER BY PROVIDING AND ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF SUITABLE ACCOMMODATION, ESSENTIAL HOUSEHOLD ITEMS AND SUPPORT SERVICES DESIGNED TO ENABLE THEM TO ADAPT WITHIN A NEW COMMUNITY, INCLUDING TEACHING ENGLISH.

Latest Income: £72,422
Areas of Operation: Hampshire
Status: Registered
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Inter Cultural Centre

Society

To promote cultural cohesion through educational activities across religious and cultural boundaries within the context of humanitarian endeavors based on the principles of Human Rights

Latest Income: £70,738
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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The Valesco Foundation

Social welfare, Society

The Valesco Foundation is the independent corporate Foundation of The Valesco Group. Its current purposes of focus are: the advancement of education; the prevention or relief of poverty; the advancement of human rights, conflict resolution or reconciliation or the promotion of religious or racial harmony or equality and diversity; and the advancement of health or the saving of lives

Latest Income: £70,320
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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The Bakau Community Project

Housing, Social welfare, Society

THE BAKAU COMMUNITY PROJECT views good housing and education as a human right. We aim to promote social inclusion for public benefit by preventing homelessness, social exclusion, believing the needs of those who are socially excluded and assisting them to integrate in society and achieve a life of stability, happiness, and independence.

Latest Income: £68,400
Areas of Operation: Swindon
Status: Registered
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The Arah Foundation

Society

The Trust's objectives are the provision of funds for general charitable purposes, education, training, arts and culture, human rights and religious and racial harmony. The Trust operates in England & Wales, St Vincent and Grenadines and Turkey.

Latest Income: £68,134
Areas of Operation: Saint Vincent
Status: Registered
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Rights For Peace

Charitable activities, Society

We're all human, yet around the world we see minority groups being discriminated, demonised, dehumanised, their rights eroded, paving the way to mass atrocities. This isn't a new story. It's predictable. It's also preventable.At Rights for Peace we use human rights training and advocacy to counter identity-based violence and support transitional justice. We operate in Sudan and South Sudan.

Latest Income: £68,033
Areas of Operation: South Sudan
Status: Registered
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Amor!

Beneficiary group, Education, Housing, Society

Human rights training and human rights defenceMaternal/child health programmesEducational support for girls and vulnerable childrenSustainable livelihoods training programmes for women and youthHumane leadership, youth empowerment and women?s rights trainingConstruction of homes and schools

Latest Income: £64,973
Areas of Operation: Guatemala
Status: Registered
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Odyssey Ensemble For Refugees

Arts, Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Society

Odyssey Ensemble is an orchestra that uses music and creative arts to communicate real-life stories of asylum seekers and refugees and advocate for their dignity to be upheld. Through interdisciplinary collaborative performances, we hope to harness the power of music to promote respect for the human dignity and human rights of asylum seekers and refugees by members of the public and policymakers.

Latest Income: £59,199
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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Poverty Concern

Beneficiary group, Social welfare, Society

1. To promote for the benefit of the inhabitants of the London Borough of Enfield and surrounding areas2. To relieve poverty and improve health and education and promote human rights as set out in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child throughout the world 3. The relief of poverty in Somalia, Djibouti, Sudan, Eritrea, and Ethiopia or other organisations working to prevent

Latest Income: £58,390
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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Tortureid

Beneficiary group, Society

TortureID is a small medical human rights charity offering specialist clinical assessments to people seeking asylum in the UK. The purpose of these assessments is to identify human rights abuses and to document clinical findings in a report.

Latest Income: £54,916
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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Methoria

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Society

The charity's objects are, for the public benefit, to promote human rights (as set out in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and subsequent United Nations conventions and declarations) throughout the world. The charity has conducted legal and policy work with authorities, international organizations and with national and local civil society organizations on behalf of migrants and refugees.

Latest Income: £54,000
Areas of Operation: France
Status: Registered
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The Reconciliation Trust

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Social welfare, Society

Providing grants to organisations and individuals in order to advance the Christian faith; to advance human rights, conflict resolution, reconciliation or the promotion of religious or racial harmony; to relieve those in need by reason of youth, age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage; to advance health or save lives.

Latest Income: £52,905
Areas of Operation: England
Status: Registered
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Asha-Nepal

Beneficiary group, Health, Housing, Social welfare, Society

A human rights organisation working for women and children in Nepal.Main activities are rehabilitation of women and children rescued from having been trafficked into India, support and refuge for women who have been physically and/or sexually abused, support for women and children who have contracted HIV.Educational, vocational & health projects. Refuge, half way home & HIV clinic.

Latest Income: £48,999
Areas of Operation: India
Status: Registered
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The Levy Rifkind Family Charitable Settlement

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Social welfare, Society

TO MAKE GRANTS TO INITIATIVES WORKING TOWARDS THE ADVANCEMENT OF HUMAN RIGHTS, CONFLICT RESOLUTION OR RECONCILIATION, THE PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF POVERTY, THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE ARTS, THE PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF POVERTY.

Latest Income: £45,687
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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North Wales Regional Equality Network LTD

Society

To work towards the elimination of discrimination in all its forms and upholding the rights of all citizens as set out in the Human Rights Act 1998.To promote equality of opportunity and good relations between all persons including those that fall within the protected characteristics as defined in the Equality Act 2010 and to promote understanding of issues of discrimination and inequality

Latest Income: £43,910
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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UK Race And Europe Network

Society

The UK Race and Europe Network (UKREN) is a registered charity and a membership body of more than 160 race equality organisations across the UK that have an interest in using European equality and human rights provisions to combat race discrimination at the local and national levels. It achieves this through sharing information between members and coordinating action on race equality issues.

Latest Income: £42,771
Areas of Operation: Northern Ireland
Status: Registered
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Radley Charitable Trust

Society

The objectives remain the furtherance of:Conflict ResolutionPeaceJustice and Human Rights Sustainable developmentsEquality of opportunity and improving quality of life

Latest Income: £41,453
Areas of Operation: Cambridgeshire
Status: Registered
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The Nathan-Karet Charitable Trust

Economic and community development, Research, Society

Supports the advancement of education, religion, health and saving of lives, citizenship and community development, the Arts, culture, heritage and science, human rights, conflict resolution etc, and Charities providing assistance to those in need.

Latest Income: £41,248
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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Wamba Community Trust

Beneficiary group, Economic and community development, Social welfare, Society

Wamba Community Trusts main activity is to provide education for children and young people of Wamba, a remote town in Samburu, North Kenya. Education is so vital in making a significant difference to the quality of their lives, promoting equality, enabling them to understand their basic human rights, and disrupting the poverty cycle.

Latest Income: £39,455
Areas of Operation: Kenya
Status: Registered
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Meenal And Rishi Sachdev Foundation

Society

Human Rights, Religious Or Racial Harmony, equality Or Diversity

Latest Income: £39,447
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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Frequently asked questions about this sector

How many human-rights society charities are there in the UK?

There are 373 registered human-rights society charities on the Charity Commission for England and Wales register at the most recent refresh.

Which is the largest of the human-rights society charities by income?

International Rescue Committee, U.k is the largest by latest reported annual income (£116.5m). Notable peers are listed on this page; the full ranking is available by sorting the results by highest income.

What is the combined annual income of human-rights society charities?

Human-rights society charities reported a combined annual income of £1.2bn across their most recent filings with the Charity Commission.

What is a typical program ratio for human-rights society charities?

Across all human-rights society charities, the aggregate program ratio (charitable expenditure as a share of income) is 82.9%. Individual charity ratios vary widely — see each profile for a sector-band benchmark.

What is the average annual income of human-rights society charities?

Human-rights society charities have an average annual income of £578k. The distribution is heavily skewed: a small number of large charities account for most sector income, while the majority report under £100k a year.

Where does this data come from?

All figures are sourced from the Charity Commission for England and Wales public register, refreshed weekly. Derived metrics (program ratio, efficiency) are calculated by Charity Finder using the formulas documented on the data sources page.