• Raise the profile of a case: share it online, or 
• Campaign: Write to your local representative to request action on protecting fair trial rights
• Donate to our work: Fair Trials does not charge for its services and relies on your support to help hundreds of people each year. You may also wish to consider organising your own fundraising events. We are always happy to hear what people are doing to raise funds, and help out however we can. 
• Inform others: Tell colleagues, friends and family about how we work for a world where every person’s right to a fair trial is respected.

I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW MORE

• Sign up for our newsletters - you'll see on campaign pages opportunities to sign up for updates on specific issues to stay up to date on our latest cases and campaign work
• You can also follow us on Facebook and Twitter

Volunteering

Like many other charities, Fair Trials draws on key support from volunteers to increase its impact. This takes many forms, from our LEAP network, to students who are able arrange internships through their institutions for academic credit. We also work closely with a number of city law firms whose staff work on different campaign areas with us. 

Please contact us if you are interested in volunteering for Fair Trials and contributing to our work, or visit the vacancies page.

Fundraising

Organising a sponsored event is a great way to help us raise money, whilst raising awareness of fair trial issues in your local community.

Fair Trials is grateful to those supporters who help us meet our fundraising challenge – it could be anything, from climbing Mount Kilimanjaro, to holding a bake sale. The sort of event you host is only limited by your imagination – so make sure it is something you will enjoy!

If you'd like to know more, then drop us an email. Here is our advice for successful fundraising:

• Set yourself a target: Come up with a figure you would like to reach and let potential sponsors know.
• Spread the word: The more people who know about what you are doing, the more sponsors you will get. Let everyone know – after all, you are doing it for a good cause.
• Be prepared: Have more information on the work of Fair Trials to give to people and also how they can get involved.
• Gift aid: If you're in the UK, make sure that your UK donors sign a gift aid declaration. This allows us to claim an extra 25p on each £1 you raise.
• Use Justgiving: The site allows people to easily and securely donate online, removing the inconvenience of collecting cash from individual sponsors. The site also automatically calculates and includes Giftaid for UK donors. Visit Fair Trials' section on Justgiving to create your own page.

We are always happy to hear what people are doing to raise funds.

Legacies

Leave a gift in your will

Since it was first established in 1992, Fair Trials has helped thousands of people imprisoned in countries across the world. We have prevented many high-profile miscarriages of justice and helped people return home to their families and loved ones.

One way to help us continue this important work for years to come is to consider leaving a gift in your will. Every legacy we receive can have a significant impact on our work, offering a lifeline to many more people.

If you are interested in leaving a lasting gift and would like to speak to someone from Fair Trials about it, please do not hesitate to be in touch. 

Our Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn channels will keep you up to date on our work and let you know how you can get involved.

You can connect with us on our social media channels to keep up to date with our latest news, advice and case studies. We also use it to highlight cases that we

 Have you seen a story that you think we should care about? Then get in touch and let us know. Increasingly, as we’ve seen through movements like #MeToo and #BlackLivesMatter – using your voice on social media can really make a difference.

Throughout our site you’ll find links to share our stories or information to make it as easy as possible.

We don’t use our social media for any kind of direct assistance, so if you’re looking for help in your own case its better to first look through the information in our Need Help section, and if you can’t find the answers you’re looking for, then follow the prompts to get in touch with us over email.

Follow us on twitter here.

You can also find individual staff members’ twitter accounts on their own staff pages.

Like us on Facebook here.

Connect with us on LinkedIn here.

While you’re at it, you can also subscribe to our YouTube channel here.

That’s it for now, but we’ll let you know if and when we set up a Pinterest, or go back to our MySpace.

We are currently recruiting for the following positions:

Washington, D.C.  

Legal & Policy Officer (Washington DC office)

Fair Trials is the global criminal watchdog which exists to build respect for the human right to a fair trial in criminal cases. For the past decade, Fair Trials has become a leading contributor to exciting developments in the field of criminal justice across Europe and globally, with innovative and effective campaigns to: a) better protect procedural rights of suspects and defendants in the European Union; b) improve due process guarantees in cross-border police and judicial cooperation mechanisms, like extradition, international evidence exchange, and INTERPOL red notices; and c) tackle global challenges to human rights protection in criminal cases, such a plea bargaining without safeguards.

We are now bringing our expertise and the perspectives of our global network of criminal defense lawyers, academics and non-profits to inform the criminal justice reform movement in the USA and Latin America from a new hub in Washington DC. The Legal & Policy Officer will be the second member of staff in Washington, joining the Senior Legal and Policy Officer (who has been laying the groundwork for our expansion into the Americas for the past 2 years) and will work closely with colleagues in London and Brussels and with our wider global networks of fair trial defenders.

Join us and be part of the exciting expansion of Fair Trials’ impact into a new region.

For full details of the posts, please see the candidate briefing and job description.

To apply for this role, please send a CV and cover letter to [email protected] by 5 pm EST, November 26.

London

Financial Controller (London office)

Fair Trials is an international human rights NGO, which exists to build respect for the right to a fair trial in criminal cases. We have grown gradually over the past five years and have an established track-record as a trusted voice on criminal justice. We have 16 staff across offices in London, Brussels and Washington DC, and are in the process of increasing the geographical reach of our work.

We are looking for a dynamic Financial controller with strong financial and people skills to support the continuing development of the charity globally. Reporting to the Director of Finance and Operations, this will be an important role in ensuring,

• strong control over the group's finances globally,
• high quality financial support for staff, managers, the trustees, partners and donors,
• ongoing improvements in financial processes,
• clear and high quality financial reporting and projections.

Right to work in the UK is required.

For full details of the job, please see the candidate briefing and job description.

To apply for this role, please send a CV and cover letter identifying how you meet the job description to [email protected] by 5 pm GMT on 4th December 2018.

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Like many charities Fair Trials relies on the support of volunteers to do its work. These positions at Fair Trials have a massive impact on the charitable work we do and are an opportunity to gain an excellent insight into our work and develop extensive professional skills.