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

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Through grants, contracts for services, donations and in-kind (pro bono) support we offer our services free of charge. We prioritise people who would otherwise be unable to access legal advice and support. For full details of our source of income see our annual accounts.

Main sources of income

Legal Aid Agency contracts in Housing, Discrimination, Welfare Benefits, Asylum, Community Care, Public Law and Family Law.

For more information see individual service pages:

Coventry

Birmingham

Coventry City Council grant provided under their support to Advice Services in the city funds our core costs in Coventry. This enables us to undertake legal casework and one-off advice not funded by legal aid (including Welfare Benefits appeals, Immigration and Employment cases) and to use our legal expertise to support other organisations in the city who work with vulnerable people.

Contracts to provide services to the customers or service users of other organisations: i.e. WAITS supporting women affected y domestic violence 

Grant funding from trust funds and foundations to deliver projects providing legal advice and legal education in the community and capacity building for partner organisations including The Oak Foundation, Paul Hamlyn Foundation, The Legal Education Foundation, Access to Justice Foundation, Esmee Fairbairn Foundation and The Smallwood Trust, The Julia Rausing Trust. 

Local universities: Coventry University, Birmingham City University, and the University of Warwick partnering with us to train and supervise students. They undertake practical placements and increase our capacity to deliver one off advice.

The private sector i.e. Coventry Building Society, along with donations from commercial legal firms.

In-kind or pro bono help including time given to us by our committed volunteers.