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Both the Bushfire season and COVID-19 have demonstrated the power and importance of a strong service sector. Illawarra Legal Centre has shown that being grounded in our community and having that connectedness, has allowed us to operate flexibly and responsively to unexpected developments.
As we stand together, uniting as one, living and working, connecting community and country, Illawarra Legal Centre acknowledges our land is Aboriginal Land. Always Was, Always Will Be.
It is Homelessness Week, and we are being reminded that currently 405,000 Australian women over 55 are at risk of becoming homeless. Today saw the launch of two reports into homelessness – both excellent, but heart-wrenching.
The first is called “At Risk: Understanding the population size and demographics of older women at risk of homelessness in Australia”
The other is “Older Women in the Private Rental Sector: Unaffordable, Substandard and Insecure Housing“
The Victims Rights Commissioner has proposed changes to Victims Support which will deny victims-survivors of crime the supports they have a right to and need. We call on the Commissioner and the Attorney General to stop proposed Victims Support changes and start victim-survivor led review.
#IStandWithVictimsSurvivors
The staff and volunteers of the ILC have continued to deliver a high standard of assistance to the people of the Illawarra and South Coast through their flexible and innovative approaches to service delivery and their unwavering commitment to social justice.
We all know the value and the importance of community legal centres. We deliver essential legal advice. We advocate for clients, give people the power and capacity to make their own arguments. We analyse the law and argue for reform. We reach across communities to connect people.
This is a report on research undertaken to examine whether there is potential to improve access to effective online self-help for individuals and communities living with disadvantage.
The Illawarra Legal Centre held it’s 30th Birthday Celebration at the Wollongong Art Gallery on 18th March 2016, at which we celebrated the dedication of our wonderful volunteers over the last 30 years.