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, […]
The Funding Gap – Free Legal Advice Sector 2022-23
The Funding Gap – Free Legal 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 […]
Defending the public purse: The economic value of the free legal advice sector
Defending the public purse: The economic value of the free legal advice sector New economic research shows that Treasury would save over £4bn next year alone by supporting free legal advice for the most vulnerable. Modelling shows that this will result in a further 235,000 people remaining in the workforce, with additional tax revenues of […]
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 […]
Pro Bono Costs Orders Awareness Project Reports
Pro Bono Costs Orders Awareness Project Reports 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 […]
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, […]
Supporting Local Advice in your region
Throughout January to February the Access to Justice Foundation will be hosting a series of short online meetings to discuss plans for Wave 2 of the Community Justice Fund and share the help and resources available through the Network for Justice. There will be a specific meeting focusing on each region across the UK, open […]
The Community Justice Fund injects £11.5m into UK’s free legal advice sector as it tackles ongoing impact of COVID-19
178 not-for-profit specialist legal advice services across the UK have been awarded grants in the first round of funding The Community Justice Fund, an initiative set up to support not-for-profit legal advice organisations as they cope with the impacts of COVID-19, has awarded £11,536,308 in its first round of funding to 178 specialist legal advice […]
INTERVIEW: Laurence Harris, Chairman of the Access to Justice Foundation
We are delighted to welcome Laurence Harris as the new Chairman of the Access to Justice Foundation, taking over from Lord Goldsmith, QC who has stepped down after 12 years in the role. Laurence Harris is currently a partner at international law firm Cooley LLP and is vice chair of its global litigation department. He […]