Specialist Legal Advice Funding Report
The Access to Justice Foundation has published a new report looking at ‘Specialist Legal Advice Providers,’ which begins to map legal advice funding and the relationship between income streams. Using data and analysis from 360Giving, the report provides a profile of the sector providers and where available, information on what was being funded, by whom, […]
Our Joint CEO on the Community Justice Fund: “collaboration has shifted the way we do things forever”
In a recent blog for the Funders Collaborative Hub, the Access to Justice Foundation’s Joint CEO Clare Carter wrote of the importance of the Community Justice Fund partnership to supporting the Free Legal Advice Sector. She discussed such points as: The Access to Justice Foundation’s contribution to the partnership. The value of pooling funds and […]
International Women’s Day Message
A statement from the Access to Justice Foundation’s Joint CEOs Clare Carter and Ruth Daniel marking International Women’s Day: “This International Women’s Day, here at the Access to Justice Foundation, we are proud of all the Foundation has been able to achieve in providing and allocating essential funding to the many free legal advice charities […]
The Access to Justice Foundation launches new partnership with Legal News Wales
The Access to Justice Foundation is proud to announce that we have established a new community partnership with Legal News Wales, the Welsh legal sector’s first independent and free news publication. With our long tradition of funding free legal advice providers and charities in Wales, we look forward to sharing our new insights, knowledge, experiences, […]
Financial Health of the Not-for-Profit Specialist Advice Sector 2022-23
Our latest research shows that the not-for-profit specialist advice sector is facing a £17.5 million funding deficit in 2022-23. This will result in over 36,800 vulnerable people losing access to specialist advice, and as a consequence many of them will fall into crisis. This latest research builds on work commissioned by the Community Justice Fund […]
Supporting free legal advice would save Treasury £4bn next year
Defending the public purse: The economic value of the free legal advice sector September 2021 Read the full report Supporting free legal advice would save Treasury £4bn next year * New economic research shows that Treasury would save over £4bn next year alone by supporting free legal advice for the most vulnerable * Modelling shows […]
Government invests additional £2 million in the Community Justice Fund
People who have fallen on hard times during the pandemic will be helped by extra funding for free legal advice, the government has announced. An additional £2 million is being invested in the Community Justice Fund (CJF), which supports more than 70 not-for-profit organisations providing legal help to those who have lost their job, been […]
Cambridge Pro Bono project report on the Pro Bono Costs scheme
The Cambridge Pro Bono Project, a programme within the Law Faculty of the University of Cambridge, was invited by the Access to Justice Foundation to conduct research into the pro bono costs scheme currently operating in the civil courts in England and Wales. The aim of the research was to obtain information on the level […]
Guest Blog: Under the radar: the pandemic’s impact on young people’s social welfare needs
Imogen Edge and James Kenrick report on data indicating an alarming increase in young people seeking help for housing, employment and benefits problems, and question whether advice services are prepared to respond. There is mounting evidence – and concern – about the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on young people’s mental health. Far less attention […]
Give the gift of unclaimed client accounts this Christmas
Donating your firm’s dormant client accounts to the Access to Justice Foundation can make a big difference to the number of free legal advice organisations we are able to support throughout the UK. The sums themselves may seem trivial, ranging from a few pence to a few thousand pounds, but to put it in perspective, […]
