Welcoming Dame Maura McGowan DBE as our new Chair
We’re delighted to announce the appointment of Dame Maura McGowan DBE as its new Chair. Maura brings a wealth of legal expertise and a deep commitment to promoting equal access to justice for all. She
Announcing the Improving Outcomes Through Legal Support grant programme!
Following a successful funding round, we are pleased to announce that grants have now been awarded as part of the Improving Outcomes Through Legal Support (IOTLS) grant. A total of 59 organisations based across England
The Funding Gap – Free Legal Advice Sector 2023-24
On Monday 27 March, the Community Justice Fund publishes its third annual review of the financial health of the free legal advice sector in order to give a broad indication of the issues faced by advice services
Advice Agencies are Already Feeling the Impact of the Cost of Living Crisis
Here is what Michael Fawole, Director of the North East Law Centre, told the Access to Justice Foundation about the impact that the cost of living crisis is already having on advice agencies…
Pro bono costs awards in tribunals need more publicity
Each year thousands of lawyers give their time and skills ‘pro bono’ to help people who cannot afford to pay for representation. Since 2007, the civil courts have been able to make ‘pro bono costs
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,
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.
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 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