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Peninsula CLC on the frontline – Federation of CLCs article
Peninsula CLC on the frontline – Federation of CLCs article
Media Release 29 January 2021 EastLink donation to PCLC
mpnews.com.au Peninsula Community Legal Centre has received a new injection of funding to fight increased levels of family violence on the Mornington Peninsula. The UN has declared the global increase in domestic violence for women and children during 2020 as a “shadow pandemic”. “Due to the COVID pandemic, 2020 will be remembered by many of […]
Peninsula Community Legal Centre (PCLC) has released a new report which sheds light on the little known and often shocking conditions in private rooming houses across Melbourne’s southeast. Rooming house residents surveyed by PCLC’s rooming house outreach program paint a picture of woeful living conditions that would shock most Victorians, particularly given that some are […]
Peninsula Community Legal Centre is proud to launch our rooming house report – Open the Door! The Resident’s View of Life in a Rooming House The report highlights the challenges rooming house residents face being forced to live in inadequate or unsafe marginal housing such as rooming houses when unable to access affordable housing Through […]
We know that many people in our community are experiencing legal problems due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Our community engagement officer Kirsten Young spoke to 3CR 855am’s Done by Law podcast about the common legal issues our clients have been facing as a result of COVID-19, including family violence, parenting arrangements and family law issues, […]
We know that many people in our community are experiencing legal problems due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Our community engagement officer Kirsten Young spoke to 3CR 855am’s Done by Law podcast about the common legal issues our clients have been facing as a result of COVID-19, including family violence, parenting arrangements and family law issues, […]
The COVID-19 pandemic presents a number of urgent housing and homelessness challenges, which the Peninsula Community Legal Centre has been working hard to address. “Homelessness Week highlights that everyone needs safe accommodation, including people who are sleeping rough, living in over-crowded conditions such as rooming houses, or otherwise needing to self-isolate but without means to […]
Law Wise Enews – Issue 6 – June 2020
Fines have been receiving a lot of media attention in recent weeks. Under a new Fines Victoria social justice initiative called the Work and Development Permit (WDP) Scheme, health practitioners and organisations are helping vulnerable community members ‘work off’ their unpaid fines by becoming ‘sponsors’ and reporting client participation in treatment, courses and other activities. […]