Women's empowerment

Coventry Women's Partnership empowerment project

With funding from the Smallwood Trust we are working in partnership with women’s organisations in Coventry to develop and evaluate a 3-year pilot programme to improve economic outcomes for women by providing joined up front line support.Read more

Mother and Child Project

Find out about our work on the legal rights of pregnant women and young mothers who are or have been in the care system. Download free resources and access short tutorials on the legal framework for the support and protection of vulnerable children and care leavers.Read more

Latest

Trustee Position - Unpaid

We are seeking three new trustees to join our high-calibre Board and executive team in governing the organisation and leading our strategy.

Administrator - Kids in Need of Defense UK

Administrator position available to support the running of Kids in Need of Defense UK.

Healthwatch Caseworker - NHS Complaints and social care advocacy

We require a skilled communicator with experience of advocacy or advice to support people to progress complaints in relation to NHS service provision.

Universal Credit Sanctions and Claimant Commitments Training

Led by a Welfare Benefits legal advisor, the main focus of this course is how people are sanctioned and how individuals can avoid this through seeking changes to their claimant commitment. You will also obtain top tips and information on how you can support someone who has been sanctioned. Only £45 per person.

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Who we help

We provide free legal advice to those most in need and use legal processes to fight social exclusion.

Work for us

Join our team and be part of a cutting edge team using the law to fight social exclusion in society.

Volunteer

The Law Centre is a resource for the whole community and we rely on our amazing team of volunteers help us reach more people with our services.

Our Vision

We want to live in a society where people’s rights are upheld, their needs met and they are enabled to thrive. We are the largest Law Centre in the UK. We provide free specialist legal advice to people across central England.

Child and Family Law

Following the breakdown of a relationship, we provide advice and representation on all aspects of family and childcare law.

Funding

The work we do is only possible because of the support we receive from a wide range of partners and supporters.

Asylum and Immigration Law

Legal advice and representation to people seeking to regularise their immigration status.

Our history

The national Law Centre movement was started in the 1970s by radical lawyers who were disappointed in the failure of the welfare state to eradicate poverty and deliver a more equal society. Coventry Law Centre was founded in 1976 by four Councillors: Tom McLatchie, Gilbert Richards, Arthur Waugh Senior and Charles Ward. Coventry City Council has been a key supporter of our work ever since.