Save Community Legal Centres

❌ Community legal centres are at breaking point. Funding shortages and overwhelming demand are forcing centres to turn away over 1,000 people each day and reduce services to local communities across the country.

The crisis will only worsen until the sector secures a guarantee of ongoing funding ⛔

⚠️ The 2024 Federal Budget failed to provide the urgent funding boost and long-term funding security the community legal sector desperately needs. With less than a year’s guaranteed funding left, community legal centres are in the most uncertain position we have faced in a decade 🆘

The costs to our communities of the chronic underfunding of community legal centres include 👇
◾ More people in prisons and hospitals
◾ Women and children stuck in dangerous situations for longer
◾ People losing their homes and becoming homeless
◾ Households and individuals overwhelmed by debt and financial problems
◾ Families stuck in conflict over custody, child support and family law issues
◾ Asylum seekers facing exploitation due to their visa status.

Learn more via savecommunitylegalcentres.com/take-action