EUSS Project

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Start date

July 2023

End date

March 2025

We provide legal advice and support to vulnerable EU citizens with complex cases, as well as providing a weekly clinic to support people with their applications as part of the Home Office EU Settlement Scheme.

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Kids in Need of Defense (UK) - Triage Supervisor

We're looking for an experienced immigration adviser who can take the lead in providing an excellent frontline service for our KIND UK collaboration. Assessing new referrals, providing legal advice and supervising our paralegals is all part of the role. Join us and make a real difference to undocumented children and young people seeking legal advice and representation.
Important notice - Office move

Our Coventry office has moved! Click 'Read more' for further information and key dates.
I work for a partner of the law centre and/or want to refer a client to the law centre for help
I need help and I am based in Coventry

Case study: Supporting Survivor of Domestic Violence Threatened with Deportation

A survivor or domestic violence, Ayesha was being threatened with deportation but with the Law Centre's support she was granted Indefinite Leave to Remain and is being supported by a women's refuge.
Intensive Support

Funded by Coventry Building Society and the NHS Innovation Fund, the Law Centre employs two intensive support workers to help vulnerable clients to not only solve their immediate legal issue but to take a holistic approach to addressing underlying issues, enabling them to move from a position of crisis to a point of stability.
Improving Outcomes Through Legal Support project

Funded by Access To Justice Foundation the Law Centre's family team runs a duty scheme at Coventry Magistrates Court, to improve the speed and the ability of clients to achieve justice; and expert triage and early support for disadvantaged women in Coventry in family and social welfare law
Health Justice Partnership

The Health Justice Partnership is an embedded community project which aims to address the complex legal needs, digital exclusion and the health and wellbeing of the citizens of Coventry and Nuneaton by reducing the health inequalities faced by those living within identified priority areas.
Understanding Local Legal Needs and Supporting Early Intervention Through PLE

In partnership with the University of Warwick and Law for Life this 18 month project will provide evidence of the legal needs that have emerged in the wake of the pandemic and the impact of increasing reliance on digital technology. It will also contribute to a greater understanding of the role of public legal education (PLE) in improving access to justice for marginalised groups.
Coventry Poverty Alliance

In partnership with Grapevine Coventry & Warwickshire, we have formed the Coventry Poverty Alliance, bringing together more than 60 organisations in the voluntary, community, faith and statutory sector who work on the front line responding to the cost-of-living crisis.
Benefits Cap Project

Funded by Coventry Building Society and in partnership with Coventry City Council, the law centre provided legal advocacy and advice to Coventry residents subject to the benefits cap
Domestic Violence Immigration NRPF Network

Central England Law Centre partnership with Birmingham & Solihull Women’s Aid, Red Cross, Baobab, Roshni and Refugee & Migrant Centre to form a domestic violence network to better support and secure improved outcomes for women with No Recourse to Public Funds (NRPF) seeking protection from their abusive partners.
Partnering with Universities to Nurture Future Talent

We work closely with local universities to develop opportunities for students to benefit from ‘clinical legal education’, while providing capacity to support strategic litigation and furthering our objective to nurture future talent and encourage young people to focus on social welfare law.
Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking Children

Providing specialists legal advice for social workers supporting unaccompanied asylum seeking children and building a network of trusted, high-quality legal advice providers across the West Midlands