Education

Peninsula Community Legal Centre provides quality, targeted and accessible community legal education (CLE) activities which empower the community in their dealings with the legal system. The Centre maintains a strong commitment to CLE as part of its overall approach to delivering community legal services and undertakes CLE as part of its core work.

CLE activities are planned, undertaken and evaluated within a community development framework. Central to this is regular contact with the local community to identify CLE needs and develop resource-effective projects to meet these needs.

Where appropriate, CLE activities are provided in conjunction with other community service providers.

In 2007-2008, PCLC was an active member of:

• Benton’s Square Community Centre Management Committee
• Casey Healthy Families Taskforce
• Community Car Connection (Frankston New Arrival Driving Program)
• Frankston and Mornington Peninsula Family Violence Network
• Frankston Family Relationship Centre Reference Group
• Frankston North Community Renewal Steering Committee
• Frankston Police and Community Youth Assist Program Steering Committee
• Mahogany Neighbourhood Centre Management Committee
• Middle South Welfare Network (Kingston & Glen Eira)
• Mornington Peninsula Joint Service Providers Network
• SECASA Advisory Committee (East Bentleigh)

Through talks, workshops and public information stalls, PCLC provided information on a range of legal topics to thousands of community members. Topics of particular interest included: Wills and Powers of Attorney, Family Violence and Intervention Orders, Family Law and Child Support Issues, Neighbour Disputes and Young People and Law.

The Centre also assisted local groups with governance and accountability issues, a recurring theme among many community organisations.