A special welcome to the London Legal Walk’s 21st year from Lady  Chief Justice. She celebrates frontline free legal advice charities and invites walkers to help set another record-breaking year.

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Mark Allan from RCJ Advice highlights FLOWS, their specialist domestic abuse legal service, sharing how fundraising from the London Legal Walk enables them to support 24,000 people a year and how being a Centre of Excellence strengthens their work through training and networking opportunities.

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On this sound bite recording, Paula Twigg from Mary Ward spotlights their vital work supporting those facing housing issues in London, sharing how Mary Ward helps families avoid eviction. She highlights how funding from the London Legal Walk is crucial to meeting the demands of the growing housing crisis.

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Adam Milton from Asylum Aid shares how expert free legal advice helps refugees and trafficking survivors like Han rebuild their lives in safety, while also driving national change for stateless people, all made possible through vital support from the London Legal Walk.

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On this sound bite recording, Andrew from Disability Law Service shares how their work empowers Disabled people to access the support they need and highlights how your support through the London Legal Walk is making life changing victories possible for families like Stephanie’s.

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At the halfway mark, Vicky from Ealing Law Centre shares how fundraising through the London Legal Walk enables them to provide face-to-face, long term specialist advice on immigration, housing, and welfare benefits, highlighting the case of an extremely vulnerable client who, without  Ealing’s ongoing expert support, wouldn’t have been able to complete her migration process.

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Chris Scutt, from LLST shares how the AWDF project is strengthening and diversifying the free legal advice sector by supporting projects that train diverse apprentices, improve disability inclusion, and tackle staff retention, all made possible thanks to your fundraising through the London Legal Walk.

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On this sound bite recording, Lukia, Programme Office at LLST, highlights our London Specialist Advice Forum. Victoria, co-founder and director of the Anti-Trafficking and Labour Exploitation (ATLEU) and a forum member, explains that they are a the only charity in the UK dedicated to to providing specialist, holistic legal advice to survivors of human trafficking and slavery. She explains how the forum plays a crucial role sharing experiences, challenges, and insights across the sector, all made possible through the funds raised from the London Legal Walk.

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With just 1km left to go before the street party, Nezahat, CEO of London Legal Support Trust, thanks participants for raising vital funds to support access to justice. She highlights the organisation’s efforts to tackle skills shortages in the social welfare advice sector through training schemes, research, and partnerships aimed a strengthening the future of free legal advice and support.

Click here for the full transcript of Nezahat’s, LLST’s CEO, sound bite.