News from the Access to Justice Foundation

TRUSTEE VACANCY Closing date 6 June 2022 (5pm) Our vision is a society where everyone has access to justice. If you share the importance we place on our vision to ensure access to justice, we would be delighted to hear from you. Trustee Recruitment Pack May 2022 HR & NOMINATIONS COMMITTEE VACANCY Closing date 6…

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…

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 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,…

In collaboration with our partners at the LawWorks & Attorney General Student Pro Bono Awards 2022, it is our pleasure to announce that nominations for this year’s Access to Justice Foundation Award are now open! The Foundation is proud to celebrate the outstanding contributions of students and academics who strive to promote access to justice.…

A new report from the Ministry of Justice provides an interim update on progress made by the Legal Support for Litigants in Person Grant. In April 2020, the Access to Justice Foundation and Ministry of Justice launched the Legal Support for Litigants in Person (LSLIP) Grant, a two-year programme funding a range of earlier intervention…

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…

18 months following its creation, the Community Justice Fund reflects on issues facing the specialist legal advice sector & announces its commitment to creating a sustainable fund for the sector over the next 10 years.  Read the full release here. 

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…

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…

21 June – 21 October 2021 Over 400 teams have already signed up to take part in Legal Walks this year. The events will raise much needed funds for specialist free legal advice charities in the UK, which have been greatly impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Taking place on various dates between the 21 June…

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…