Law Centre Training Programme 2016

Grant: £30,210
November 10, 2015

This is year 2 of a three year project to establish a self-financing and on-going training programme for Law Centres and other specialist legal organisations.

The purpose of the training programme is to update and extend the skills and practice of Law Centre staff and in so doing, ensure an expert free legal service is available to vulnerable people in the areas of law that affect their daily lives. Training will cover areas of law, practice management and organisational management. Training will be developed collaboratively with Law Centres, in response to requests for particular training and in many cases using the expertise within Law Centres.

IT Upgrade Project

Grant: £21,000
July 30, 2015

The first stage of a three stage project to:

• Undertake an audit of the current IT hardware and software and consultation on IT needs leading to a proposed solutions package.
• Negotiate with suppliers to provide and assist in implementing the proposed solutions package.
• Implementation at law centres.

Law Centres are working jointly at national, regional and local level on a number of projects. Doing this efficiently is limited by both the standard of equipment and compatibility of software and data nationally. LCN is impeded in its representation of Law Centres by cumbersome processes to collect up-to-date data from Law Centres. Although collectively Law Centres have ideas for digital solutions to client need, it is difficult and costly to implement such initiatives because there is such a diversity of hardware and software being used by Law Centres. It is 10 years since a national audit was undertaken of Law Centres ICT equipment. Stage 1 is a detailed assessment of Law Centres ICT status and then make a recommendation for an achievable national ICT plan for Law Centres.

Future Advice

Grant: £150,000
August 8, 2014

The project is to create capacity within LCN and expertise in Law Centres to secure funds from the EU and to share good practice with the wider advice sector. A three-year time frame is required for the project because it can take up to one year from the announcement of a new funding ‘call’ to notification of a successful bid.

Establish a self-financing and ongoing training scheme

Grant: £34,000
August 8, 2014

Law Centres Network is the umbrella body for law centres in England and Wales.

The grants are for the development of training programmes for law centre staff covering universal credit and personal independence payments, human rights, running a legal housing unit, public sector equality duty commissioning, preparing and writing tender responses.

Training

Grant: £25,000
May 1, 2013

Law Centres Network is the umbrella body for law centres in England and Wales.

The grants are for the development of training programmes for law centre staff covering universal credit and personal independence payments, human rights, running a legal housing unit, public sector equality duty commissioning, preparing and writing tender responses.