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Print this pageCLCNSW Programs
The Community Legal Centres NSW support the following programs:
Aboriginal Legal Access Program
CLCNSW receives funding from the Public Purpose Fund to run the CLCNSW Aboriginal Legal Access Program (ALAP) (currently funded until 30 June 2010). ALAP is a state-wide program aiming to ensure better access by Aboriginal people to legal services, increase the numbers of Aboriginal people receiving legal services, improve and enhance the capacity of CLCs to provide effective and culturally appropriate services to Aboriginal people, and increase awareness among Aboriginal people of their legal rights and the legal services available to them. A key component of the ALAP is a Grants Scheme open to all NSW CLCs for projects, which endeavour to meet the aims of the ALAP.
Learning and Development Programs
The Public Purpose Fund has funded the CLCNSW Learning and Development Program up to June 2011. This program is designed to recognise the already skilled staff within CLCs, to further enhance their skills, as well as making learning and development opportunities more accessible to Centres in regional, rural and remote (RRR) areas.
In dealing with the very diverse group of clients that work within CLCs it is recognised that staff already have a vast array of skills and experience between them and the Learning and Development Program is designed to further share and enhance these skills.
The program produces a quarterly “Training Opportunities” calendar, which is emailed to the community legal sector.
Legal Aid NSW also offers free training places to staff of CLCs in their in-house courses and four free places a year in the Diploma of Management course run in conjunction with the University of Technology.
Subsidies are also available for some training, travel and accommodation expenses enabling RRR CLCs to participate in training.
Advocacy and Human Rights Program
The Advocacy & Human Rights Program assists CLCs in NSW to collaborate for social justice, the promotion of human rights, and law reform. The Law Reform and Policy Subcommittee, facilitated by convenors, discusses and guides the law reform and policy work of CLCNSW. Several topic-specific Working Groups exist, facilitated by convenors. The Law Reform and Policy Subcommittee, and the law reform work of CLCNSW in general, is supported by the Advocacy and Human Rights Officer, based in the CLCNSW office.
The types of activities we may be involved in on any particular issue include:
- Research and publication
- Adoption of a public position on the matter;
- Preparation of submissions to government, law reform bodies and other organizations;
- Advocacy through meetings, letters, fact sheets, flyers, newsletters, website information, media work, articles, campaigns etc;
- Public endorsement of the work of other organizations.
For more information see the Law Reform page.
