The Castlemilk Housing and Human Rights Lived Experience Group has been shortlisted for a Scotland Housing Award in the ‘Working in Partnership’ category.
International Human Rights law states that everyone has the right to good quality, affordable housing, the Lived Experience Group was set up to ensure that local people understand this and what it means within their everyday lives.
The Group is made up of Board members from Ardenglen, Craigdale, Cassiltoun and North View Housing Associations all in the Castlemilk area of south Glasgow.
All four associations have a shared belief that housing is a central human right and a gateway to the enjoyment of all other human rights such as wellbeing, good physical and mental health, higher educational attainment, access to and sustaining employment and fulfilling potential through career progression.
‘We have only been working for a relatively short period of time so to be short listed for such a prestigious award must mean the work were we doing to raise awareness of housing as a human right must be making an impact,’ said chair of the Lived Experience Group, Anna Stuart.
The work of the Group is focused on closing the gap between policy and practice, enabling communities and raising awareness.
‘We want to simplify the way people view human rights. We aim to reinforce with local people that human rights is not an abstract, they apply to everyone’s everyday lives and we want to enable them to have a voice to take control of these rights,’ said Anna.
The ceremony takes place on November 8.
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