JtoJ Membership

Journey to Justice – charitable purposes

To promote human rights (as set out in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and subsequent United Nations conventions and declarations) all over the world by all or any of the following means:

researching into human rights issues and supporting cross community groups to tell untold stories of local history relating to human rights issues;
educating the public about human rights through organising education and arts programmes;
raising awareness of human rights issues through running training courses for adults and young people;
promoting public support of human rights issues through national programmes in partnership with local community groups; and
promoting respect for human rights among individuals and corporations by telling powerful stories of the role of individuals in effecting social change.

To promote equality and diversity for the public benefit by:

• advancing education and raising awareness in equality and diversity; and

• promoting activities to foster understanding between people from diverse backgrounds.

To promote racial and religious harmony for the public benefit by:

• promoting knowledge and mutual understanding between different racial and religious groups; and

• advancing education and raising awareness about different racial and religious groups to promote good relations between persons of different racial and religious groups.

We welcome members who subscribe to our purposes* and values

There is no fee to membership and being a member means you will:

Receive emails about our work and events, including fundraising and are welcome to advise and take part
Be invited to attend our Annual General Meetings
Be eligible to stand for election and nominate others to stand for election to the Board of Trustees.

We hope that you will be able to continue supporting Journey to Justice by:

Spreading the word about and promoting Journey to Justice through your networks
Helping us raise funds
Letting us know about potential partners, new members and venues in your community.

If you would like to join please email your name, postal address and telephone number to: info@journeytojustice.org.uk

With thanks and warm wishes from Carrie Supple, JtoJ director and the Journey to Justice team

* To promote human rights (as set out in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and subsequent United Nations conventions and declarations) all over the world by all or any of the following means:

researching into human rights issues and supporting cross community groups to tell untold stories of local history relating to human rights issues;
educating the public about human rights through organising education and arts programmes;
raising awareness of human rights issues through running training courses for adults and young people;
promoting public support of human rights issues through national programmes in partnership with local community groups; and
promoting respect for human rights among individuals and corporations by telling powerful stories of the role of individuals in effecting social change.

To promote equality and diversity for the public benefit by:

advancing education and raising awareness in equality and diversity; and
promoting activities to foster understanding between people from diverse backgrounds

To promote racial and religious harmony for the public benefit by:

promoting knowledge and mutual understanding between different racial and religious groups; and
advancing education and raising awareness about different racial and religious groups to promote good relations between persons of different racial and religious groups.

JtoJ National Gathering

Saturday October 27th 2018 St. John’s Church, Stratford

We enjoyed another positive and productive day with members of JtoJ groups from Newcastle, Sheffield, Bristol, Brent, Kingston-upon-Thames, Islington and international volunteers and members. It was a chance to share experiences of running the JtoJ exhibition programme and how to ensure impact and legacy. Those planning to bring the exhibition to their community could learn from colleagues who’ve been through it already and new ideas were developed. After a splendid lunch prepared as always by Pat Boyer and Mary Campbell, we were joined by supporters interested in discussing our new project focus which will be economic justice, class and poverty in the UK.

Feedback

What did you enjoy most about the day? The energy. Great people. Learnt some great ideas for Islington based on Nottingham (and others’ experience). Very good group of people to mix with for a day. Very in-depth discussions. Meeting like-minded people. Economic injustice discussions Hearing about the legacy of JtoJ in Newham, Sheffield & Bristol. Meeting new, well-informed people. Brainstorming – nice open ‘blue sky’ approach. Good atmosphere. Meeting lots of brilliant people.

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JtoJ national team day and AGM

November 5th 2016 at Bethnal Green Library

Representatives of ten JtoJ groups gathered for the morning from Newcastle, Sheffield, Middlesbrough, Sunderland, London, Nottingham, Hull, Bristol, Dorchester and Leicester to share stories about their JtoJ projects focused on what’s going well and the challenges. They had the opportunity to discuss questions about the local-national structure sent in advance, which will help determine the detail of our national model. It was the first time we were able to meet in this way and everyone agreed it was enjoyable and constructive and we should make it an annual event.

A banquet for lunch and refreshments all day were provided again by management committee member Pat Boyer and JtoJ volunteer Mary Campbell and featured prominently in the feedback.

JtoJ members arrived in time to hear a presentation by Girlz United, the Shadwell/Camberwell/Essex based youth groups who we worked with as part of our Tower Hamlets project. They spoke about the impact of their residential weekend with us and how they learned about each other’s lives and heritage. And they wowed the AGM with some of the searing poetry they wrote in response to researching the murder of Altab Ali and the Women Unite Against Racism campaign in the east end.

We were very sorry to lose Janet Browne who stepped down from the committee after three years as our creative, active, knowledgeable Vice Chair. Happily she stayed involved with the planning and delivery of our Tower Hamlets and Lambeth projects and as a member of JtoJ. Mark Hutchinson decided not to stand as Chair this year, so that he can focus on Sheffield JtoJ. We are very pleased he’ll stay on the management committee and say a massive thank you Mark for being such an inspiring figurehead, excellent spokesperson and tremendous organiser for Journey to Justice.

Feedback

‘I actually can’t tell you how much I enjoyed it! It was so nice to see and meet the other groups and put faces to names.’

‘It was really exciting to meet everyone and find out more about Journey to Justice and its impact. It is such an exciting and essential project, and what a time to be doing this with everything that is happening in the world at the moment. Thank you for your help and support, it is really appreciated.’

‘It was wonderful being there, I had so many good chats and met lots of nice new people. Everyone is doing amazing things. I feel honoured to be part of it and to be contributing to it.’

‘I feel like I have a much better idea about Journey to Justice and what it does. It’s a really amazing organisation. Thank you for letting me be part of it.

‘The girls group were amazing. It’s at times like this (war, Brexit, Trump etc.) we need to be reminded that love and understanding is the dominant human force. ‘

‘The AGM was really interesting to see how much work and passion it takes to create such an effective organisation as Journey to Justice.’

‘It was fantastic being there on Saturday and learning all about the recent developments and things to come. To think now about how much has been achieved and how far we have come. It’s such an enriching and humbling project to be a part of.’