Skip over main navigation
  • Log in
  • Basket: (0 items)
Community Legal WA
  • Twitter
  • Facebook

Google Translate

Login Logout
Menu
  • Need legal help?
    • Find a community legal centre
    • How can centres help me?
    • Legal Resources
    • For community workers
    • Other legal services
      • Legal Aid WA
      • Law Access
  • Our Campaigns
    • #HandsUpforJustice
    • #LegalHelpMatters
    • Fine Default Reform
    • Campaigns we support
  • Our Impact
    • The people we help
    • Submissions
  • Get Involved
    • Jobs
    • Volunteer opportunities
    • Pro bono support
  • News & Publications
    • News
    • Our publications
  • About us
    • Community Legal WA
      • Who we are
        • Our Staff
        • Our Board
      • Our work
    • Membership
  • Members Area
  • Admin
    • Log in
  • Basket: (0 items)
  • About Hands up for Justice

About Hands up for Justice

What is the problem

Currently community legal centres are underfunded

The community legal sector is operating in an environment shaped by one crisis after another, and the challenges and constraints that impact the ability of Centres to support those most at need in the community. This has led to an estimated average of 80 people being turned away from Centres in each electorate, every week.

There is a need for a higher level of investment to meet demand for legal services to manage the increasingly complex and interconnected case-workload arising from the COVID-19 pandemic and other recent crises. The request for long-term, predictable and sustainable funding is necessary for the sector to address legal need and plan quality and innovative service delivery into the future.

The need for long term funding certainty

Community legal centres need long-term funding certainty to plan and provide effective services. The people and communities we help across Australia need to know we will be there to help them when they need it most.

Funding certainty increases the effectiveness of centres, enabling them to make decisions about service delivery, staffing and organisational sustainability. It also increases the capacity of centres to dedicate resources to frontline service delivery and exploring innovative service delivery models, rather than the almost 4,000 hours per week currently spent by the sector on funding-related activities each year.

There is a need for a higher level of investment to meet demand for legal services to manage the increasingly complex and interconnected case-workload arising from the COVID-19 pandemic and other recent crises. The request for long-term, predictable and sustainable funding is necessary for the sector to address legal need and plan quality and innovative service delivery into the future. 

Policy change to improve our communities

We believe that when members of our communities present with the recurring problems which can be prevented with changes to government policies, we have a responsibility to bring this to the attention of federal parliamentarians and advocate for change.

Published: 4th May, 2022

Updated: 13th June, 2022

Author: Catrina Campbell-Fraser

Share this page
  • Email
  • Facebook
  • Twitter

Latest

  • Online Referral Tool

  • About Hands up for Justice

    About Hands up for Justice

    Hands Up for Justice #HandsUpForJustice

  • Data and Impact Advisor

    Joshua David Marks

  • Manager

    Sarah Jarman

Most read

  • SCALES Community Legal Centre (Southern Communities Advocacy Legal & Education Service)

    Generalist Centre – Providing low or no cost services to members of the Rockingham and Kwinana communities with limited access to legal services.

  • Northern Suburbs Community Legal Centre Inc

    Generalist Centre - Providing low or no cost legal services to eligible people in the northern suburbs of Perth, with offices in Mirrabooka and Joondalup, duty services in the Joondalup Magistrates Court, and outreach locations throughout the metropolitan area.

  • Circle Green Community Legal officially open!

    Circle Green Community Legal officially open!

    Circle Green Community Legal is open for business, providing legal help in the areas of employment, tenancy, migration and family & domestic violence.

  • Citizens Advice Bureau

    Generalist Centre - Providing information, referrals, legal advice and mediation in 10 locations around Western Australia.

  • Jobs

    Jobs

    Community legal centre jobs in WA

  • Volunteering

    Volunteering

    Our dedicated volunteers are fundamental to centres providing services to the community.

  • Circle Green Community Legal

    Specialist Centre - State-wide specialist legal services in employment, residential tenancy law, family and domestic violence, and migration services

  • Women's Legal Service WA

    Specialist Centre – Providing legal services to women across Western Australia.

  • Tenancy Issues

    Tenancy Issues

  • Sussex Street Community Law Services Inc

    Generalist centre – Providing legal and social services, community education and law reform to promote social justice and increase access to justice for people who are socially disadvantaged.

Online Referral Tool

Read more

Published: 27th June, 2022

Updated: 30th June, 2022

Author: Catrina Campbell-Fraser

Helpful links

  • Sitemap
  • Accessibility
  • Terms & Conditions
  • Privacy Policy

Registered Office

Claisebrook Lotteries House
33 Moore Street
East Perth WA 6004

ABN 89574145311


Connect with us

  • Twitter
  • Facebook

P (08) 9221 9322
E [email protected]

Disclaimer

By accessing or using this website, you agree to the terms set out below, which Community Legal WA may modify from time to time. The content on this website is not intended to be comprehensive; nor legal advice. While the content of this website has been formulated with due care, Community Legal WA does not guarantee, and accepts no legal liability whatsoever arising from, or connected to, the accuracy, reliability, currency or completeness of any material contained on this website or on any linked site. This website is intended to be for informational purposes only is not a substitute for independent professional advice. Before acting or relying on any content found on this website, you should seek legal or other professional advice for your particular circumstances from a community legal centre, or another lawyer.