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Please see below for news about our projects, work and the work of our partners.
LSAF blog: How can the advice sector respond to unprecedented needs?
How can the advice sector respond to unprecedented needs? Notes from the May 2024 Forum In May, we hosted an in-person London Specialist Advice Forum at Doughty Street Chambers. The theme for [...]
Advice Workforce Development Programme Tender
CALL FOR TENDERS - ADVICE SECTOR PAY & CONDITIONS We warmly invite proposals for an exciting piece of research, which will help better understand the needs of advice workers as we seek to attract [...]
LSAF blog: How can the advice sector respond to unprecedented needs?
How can the advice sector respond to unprecedented needs? Notes from the May 2024 Forum In May, we hosted an in-person London Specialist Advice Forum at Doughty Street Chambers. The theme for [...]
Inspiring Inclusion on International Women’s Day
The theme for this year’s International Women’s Day is Inspire Inclusion. For me, this means equality and fairness for women in all walks of life, regardless of their background or beliefs. Women’s rights are [...]
Our trustee, Emma Turnbull, celebrates Trustees’ Week
What do you enjoy about being a trustee? Working alongside a fantastic charity that is mission focused and passionate about creating a more sustainable way to support legal advice agencies [...]
Racial Justice and Equity in the Advice Sector: Thoughts from our London Specialist Advice Forum
Last month, we ran our 3rd London Specialist Advice Forum of the year focusing on the themes of equity and racial justice in the advice sector. Speakers from The Runnymede Trust, The Legal Education [...]
Our 2022 Annual Report is now available
We’re pleased to launch our 2022 Annual Report, detailing all of the great work we did and how we impacted the advice sector last year. We spent the year fundraising, sharing knowledge, [...]
Updates on LLST’s London Specialist Advice Forum
Since 2020, London Legal Support Trust has been running the London Specialist Advice Forum (LSAF), with support from the City Bridge Trust. The forum serves as a vital platform for free legal advice agencies [...]
The legal community unites for access to justice at the London Legal Walk 2023
The 19th annual London Legal Walk took place on 13 June, with over 16,000 walkers taking to the streets, which makes it the most well-attended Walk in its history. The 10km Walk raises vital funds for [...]
First grants from ‘ground-breaking’ £100m fund fighting inequality in London
Community organisations which tackle inequality and make London a fairer place have been awarded the first slice of a £100 million cash injection from some of the capital’s biggest funders. Almost £25 [...]
Centre of Excellence (COEx): Insights from Annual Meeting
Last month, we invited our Centre of Excellence (COEx) agencies to discuss the findings of our 2022 COEx Annual report. The meeting shed light on various issues affecting advice agencies including the cost-of-living crisis, [...]
London’s Advice sector boosted to help tackle cost of living crisis
London Citizens Advice and the London Legal Support Trust have teamed up with the Mayor of London to increase the capacity of London’s advice services in response to the cost of living [...]
Save the date – the London Legal Walk returns for SUMMER 2023!
We’re delighted to announce the date for the biggest fundraising event in the legal calendar, the London Legal Walk. The date for your diary is Tuesday 13 June 2023. You can [...]
London Specialist Advice Forum round up – November
Inflation and the cost of living – impacts on the sector We had another fantastic forum meeting in November, with the theme of the impact of inflation in the sector and the [...]
Our volunteer, Daniel, talks about his experience of volunteering
Daniel volunteered for the London Legal Walk this year and we asked him about his experiences of volunteering for LLST. What do you enjoy about volunteering? Helping people and giving something back [...]
New funding collaboration: Applications open for Propel
The workforce crisis The advice sector faces many challenges, while demand for advice increases almost daily. An urgent challenge identified by the advice sector is the workforce crisis, with some legal aid [...]
James Harper, one of our trustees, talks about his role with LLST
What do you enjoy about being a trustee? Working with a range of people from different backgrounds, with different skills, who come together with a common aim of trying to make a [...]
For Trustees’ Week, we hear from an LLST trustee, Conchita Anastasi
What do you enjoy about being a trustee? Working with LLST is very rewarding because I know that the work we do to support free legal services has a huge direct impact [...]
Our Trustee, Melanie Pope, talks about why being a Trustee is important
What do you enjoy about being a trustee? The thing I enjoy most is the opportunity to support a charity which does such vital work in supporting people who need legal advice [...]