Barwon Community Legal Service in Belmont, Victoria, Australia | Lawyer & law firm

Barwon Community Legal Service

Locality: Belmont, Victoria, Australia

Phone: +61 1300 430 599

Address: Level 1, 63 Thomson Street 3216 Belmont, VIC, Australia

Website: http://www.barwoncls.org.au/

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24.01.2022 Do you need help with an application for the Disability Support Pension? Check out this great new and free resource from Social Security Rights Victoria that can help you understand the DSP and guide you through the application process. Visit www.dsphelp.org.au to find out more.

24.01.2022 Our new website also features resources for community workers, particularly if you think a client might need legal help. Whether you are looking for help identifying legal problems, secondary consultations, referrals or training from our Community Team, the link below will help you find out more!

24.01.2022 Colac Area Health have opened an online survey on family violence and how to best support people in the Colac region, and they want to hear from you. If you are over 18 and live in the 3249 or 3250 postcodes, go to https://redcap.deakin.edu.au/surveys/ and enter the code 8AE3XKAMW to take part the survey will take around 15 minutes to complete.

23.01.2022 Thank you to all of our staff, volunteers, community partners and board members for your contributions in 2020. We would like to wish all of you a happy and healthy festive season and we look forward to seeing you all again in 2021.

22.01.2022 Are you receiving an income support payment that attracts the Coronavirus Supplement? The Raise the Rate Rate campaign is running a survey about your recent experiences with questions about how the higher payments have affected your ability to cover the cost of housing, bills, food, medicine, and other essentials. Complete the survey here: surveymonkey.com/r/PCYW2HG

22.01.2022 Now more than ever we need a social security system that works - we were recently quoted along with EJA in the final report of the Inquiry into Sustainable Employment for Disadvantaged Jobseekers: A holistic approach, which addresses all aspects of a jobseeker’s life, is more likely to get jobseekers...work ready and more likely to stay in employment. Access the full final report here - https://buff.ly/2YsVpv9

21.01.2022 COVID-19 has meant that people who have never needed a lawyer before suddenly need our help. Read how we have adapted our legal service to help our community during this challenging time. #clcsonthefrontline

19.01.2022 Do you need support during the Christmas and New Year period but are unsure of where to start looking? Visit givewhereyoulive.com.au/holidayhelp for a list of organisations that are open during the Christmas and New Year period. The list is mostly made up of triage organisations meaning that they can direct you to other programs or groups that can support you even further.

18.01.2022 Today is #InternationalYouthDay. Elevating the voices of young people in discussions about justice and their legal rights is now more important than ever during this current COVID-19 health crisis. Last year we connected young artists in Geelong with members of the legal profession for our #PortraitsofJusticeProject and we asked the young people what justice means to them. Here is what they said... If you or a young person you know needs legal help you can contact Barwon Community Legal Service on 1300 430 599 or at [email protected] Monday to Friday 9 am - 5 pm.

15.01.2022 Our Barwon Warm Safe Home Virtual Forum is just under a month away, and we would love for everybody to come! We will be hearing from a range of local experts who can provide information on learning to protect your rights, as well as what supports are out there. This event will mark the start of the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence in Victoria, and we will discuss crucial strategies for calling out inequality, discrimination and sexism. Together, we can help to prevent family violence. Everyone has a right to live in a warm safe home.

12.01.2022 We’ve seen people really look back at what are some happy memories you have of your grandparents and that’s been a really beautiful intergenerational activity, it creates that conversation among younger people about why they value older people in their life. The Surf Coast Times recently covered our Barwon Warm Safe Home Project. Make sure to check out our exhibition at the Geelong Library from Thursday!

11.01.2022 Have a legal question? Sometimes it can be difficult to tell if you have a legal problem in the first place. Our new website features a Legal Health Check a series of questions that can help you identify whether the issue you're facing is a legal one.

11.01.2022 If you haven't yet, we really recommend joining our Barwon Warm Safe Home Project group to follow the online exhibition! Our team have sent out hundreds of craft packs, and the virtual exhibition is a great way to share your stories, creations, and understandings of what a Warm Safe Home means to you. Together, we can work to educate and prevent elder abuse in our community.

11.01.2022 We're closing for Christmas Our office will be closed from 12:00pm on Friday 18 December and re-open at 9:00am on Monday 11 January 2021. Our family violence intervention order duty lawyer service will be operating at Geelong and Colac Magistrates’ Courts during this time. From 9am on Monday 4 January 2021 we can also be contacted for urgent family violence matters via our website at www.barwoncommunitylegal.org.au so please contact us there and we’ll get back to you wi...thin 24 hours. If you need any other legal assistance during this time you can contact the Victoria Legal Aid Help phone line on 1300 792 387 Monday to Friday, 8 am to 5 pm. If you are concerned for your immediate safety or that of someone else, please contact the Police on 000.

10.01.2022 What does a warm safe home mean to you? The Barwon Warm Safe Home Project is a virtual community art project, starting conversations about elder abuse and respecting older people. If you're interested in participating from home, we can send you a Craft Kit for free and make sure to join our group to see the online exhibition! ... This project is an initiative of the Barwon Elder Abuse Primary Prevention Network. Our partners include: Bellarine Community Health, Prestige Inhome Care, City of Greater Geelong, Barwon Health, Bethany Group - Community Support and Kindergarten Services, Diversitat, The Orange Door, Victoria Police, Dementia Australia and Better Place Australia.

10.01.2022 The Warm Safe Home Virtual Forum is going to be a great way to learn more about seniors’ rights and all you need to take part in it is internet connection! On the day, we’ll be hearing from a panel of experts, but it will be completely interactive so make sure to sign up below to receive your link to the event.

07.01.2022 As part of the coalition of Community Legal Centres, we're supporting this request to Fines Victoria to look into Victoria Police's review process of unfair and challenged COVID-19 fines. If you live, work or study in the Geelong, Bellarine Peninsula, Surfcoast or Colac Otway regions and have received one of these fines, you can call us on 1300 430 599 for free and confidential legal advice.

07.01.2022 If we want to ensure all Victorians can thrive, we need to ensure all Victorians can access justice. Read our 2021 Victorian Budget Submission to find out more. https://www.fclc.org.au/2021victorianbudget

07.01.2022 This week is #NAIDOCWeek in Victoria, and this year’s theme is Always Was, Always Will Be. As events are being held virtually this year, you can attend from home by visiting the Wathaurong Aboriginal Co Op page below! #AlwaysWasAlwaysWillBe #VicNAIDOC2020VirtualSeries #NAIDOC2020

06.01.2022 Thank you to Community Connect on OCR FM for having our team on to talk about the Barwon Warm Safe Home Project with the Warm Safe Home Project creator Becky Nevin Berger from MPower in Warrnambool. Tune into the below podcast where we talk all things Warm Safe Home, elder abuse prevention and increasing respect of older people in our community.

03.01.2022 Thank you to Libby Coker MP for the powerful speech and sharing our clients' stories in Federal Parliament this week. We think responsible lending laws are vital to protecting our clients, especially survivors of family violence or elder abuse from financial distress and life long debt. We hope this advocacy will make sure these important laws are not removed.

03.01.2022 We're closing for Christmas Our office will be closed from 12:00pm on Friday 18 December and re-open at 9:00am on Monday 11 January 2021. Our family violence intervention order duty lawyer service will be operating at Geelong and Colac Magistrates’ Courts during this time. From 9am on Monday 4 January 2021 we can also be contacted for urgent family violence matters via our website at www.barwoncommunitylegal.org.au so please contact us there and we’ll get back to you wi...thin 24 hours. If you need any other legal assistance during this time you can contact the Victoria Legal Aid Help phone line on 1300 792 387 Monday to Friday, 8 am to 5 pm. If you are concerned for your immediate safety or that of someone else, please contact the Police on 000.

02.01.2022 Today marks the beginning of the #16DaysOfActivism - Safe, healthy and respectful communities are created when we embrace diversity and reject discrimination. Everyone has a right to a Warm Safe Home. Join us this afternoon for our virtual #16DaysOfActivism event - the Barwon Warm Safe Home Forum where we will be discussing older people's right to safety, health and respect in community. It is not to late to register via Eventbrite to receive the Zoom link. Our forum feat...ures the Commissioner for Seniors Victorians, Seniors Rights Victoria along with a panel of local experts who can provide information on the supports available for older people in the community. #respectis #callitout #16dayscampaign See more