About West Heidelberg Community Legal

One of Australia’s longest running health justice partnerships

Since 1975, our dedicated team has been providing free legal services to some of the most vulnerable and marginalised residents of Banyule.

For our first 40 years we were co-located with Banyule Community Health – now Holstep Health. We formally merged with them in 2014, reflecting our shared belief that a holistic, integrated service would best meet community needs.

We are an accredited community legal centre and a member of the Victorian Federation of Community Legal Centres and the National Association of Community Legal Centres.

Our Strategic Plan

Our 2020-2025 Strategic Plan guides West Heidelberg Community Legal’s work and identifies our 4 key strategic priorities:

1. Access to justice for marginalised communities
2. Capacity building, advocacy, and sector leadership
3. Capacity building through internships, volunteering, and staff development
4. Governance, organisational sustainability and integrated services

Acknowledgements

West Heidelberg Community Legal acknowledges that our office and catchment are located on Wurundjeri land. We acknowledge the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin Nation as the traditional owners and spiritual custodians of land and pay our deepest respects to their elders past, present and emerging.

Our supporters

We also gratefully acknowledge the following for their support:

• Victoria Legal Aid
• Commonwealth Government
• Victorian Government
• Victorian Legal Services Board
• Deakin University
• La Trobe University
• Barrbunin Beek – Aboriginal Community Controlled Committee
• Banyule City Council
• Victoria Law Foundation
• Federation of Community Legal Centres
• Community Legal Centres Australia
• Anthony Carbines MP
• Magistrates’ Court Victoria

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