If, like me (and fellow Amnesty blogger Niluccio ) you like a little bit of live music, you can’t beat local gigs. Intimate venues, a great range of music, and the knowledge that you might just be watching the next big thing, make them...

Kathryn Grant is a member of the Islington & Hackney Amnesty Group,who held their successful summer fayre on Islington Green last weekend. She's written a guest post for us on the day, and her tips for organising your own event...

We are year 9/10 students at Fowey Community College in mid Cornwall. As part of our citizenship course work we chose to focus on Amnesty International as we felt that not many of our friends here knew much about this organisation and...

Guest blogger James Ramsden is an Amnesty supporter and a London-based foodie - he writes about it, hosts secret larder dinner parties and even has his own cook book. Here's James on supporting our work simply by eating cake! Having...

My name's Richard and I'm an administrator in the Community Fundraising team. Every week I speak to people who have been put off taking part in a Team Amnesty event because they're not confident they can meet the fundraising target...

Feel the burn . Not a phrase you often want to associate with the fire escape stairs. But after intermittently having walked and run up and down them for the past 25 minutes it was some what apt. The words of encouragement had come...

AmnestyBrum (aka Central Birmingham AI Group) recently set themselves the challenge of a walk in the Brecon Beacons and up Pen-y-Fan in whatever weather the British summer threw upon them! While the sun was shining down below, it got a...

Get your boots on and Just Walk! Amnesty International is proud to be part of this annual walk of 10km, 20km, 40km or 60km through the beautiful South Downs, particularly so in our 50th anniversary year. It’s ideal for everyone to get...

On Sunday 32 amazing Team Amnesty runners completed the London marathon in ideal conditions (perhaps more for us spectators, than the runners!). The Amnesty cheer squad was parked at the 25 mile mark, so we did our best to spur on all...

Welcome to our latest blog – Everyday Heroes! I’m Jess, and I work our Community Fundraising team. This means I have the privilege to share my time with all the awesome Amnesty supporters who run marathons, drink tea, climb mountains...