The Community Justice Fund is a joint initiative to help specialist social welfare legal advice organisations cope with the immediate and unprecedented pressure caused by COVID-19 pandemic and lay the foundations for the sector’s longer-term renewal.
This fund will support the key role that specialist social welfare legal advice agencies play in providing essential support to people and communities now and as we plan for life after the crisis.
Please give generously.
We believe everyone should have access to justice, yet two thirds of the UK population don’t know how to get legal advice and there are still 14 million people who live in poverty and can’t afford it. A lack of access to justice leads to issues of poverty, homelessness, ill health, unemployment, broken households, and many other social and personal difficulties.
Pro bono costs provide vital funding for free legal help. Before 2008, legal costs could not be awarded in cases where the winning party was represented for free. Section 194 of the Legal Services Act 2008 changed this.
Our events raise important funds that support legal advice agencies across the UK.
Whether walking, running, cycling or baking (or perhaps just eating?) cakes is your thing we have an event for everyone.
We want our supporters to have fun whilst raising much needed funds for free legal advice agencies and it is a great way of meeting new contacts too!
Show off your baking skills along with your staff, clients, students, friends or family. Flavoursome fundraising ideas include bake sales and competitions.
Give your brain a stretch and take part in this nationwide quiz as part of National Pro Bono Week. We supply the questions (not law specific) and you organise the quiz in your local pub, office or just at home!
Since launching on 12th May, the Community Justice Fund has distributed over £1,897,448 in grants to specialist legal advice charities across the UK, it was
We would like to say a huge thank you to the Law Society of Northern Ireland for their generous contribution of £10,000 to the Community
About LIPSS The Litigant in Person Support Strategy (LIPSS) is a national partnership of organisations working together to improve the experience of people facing
The Liverpool Law Society has raised over £1,430.46 for the Community Justice Fund, with a virtual quiz over Zoom on Thursday 11th June. The quiz
The Access to Justice Foundation is a company limited by guarantee (No. 6714178) and a Registered Charity in England and Wales (No. 1126147) and Scotland (No. SC048584). Registered office: 10 Queen Street Place, London EC4R 1AG.
