Vision, Mission & Values

In response to the current situation in Afghanistan, Western Sydney Community Legal Centre Limited – Community Legal Centre Program wishes to make the following Statement of Support: Western Sydney Community Legal Centre (WSCLC) provides free legal services with the aim of making navigation of, and access to, the legal system easier for people in need. […]

In June 2021, CLCP re-launched our volunteer solicitor program. Our returning solicitors have been delivering advice in a new remote format from the comfort of their home or office. We would like to thank those who have already joined the newly formatted program and assisted in ironing out teething issues – with their help, we […]

In July 2021, WSCLC registered as a LifeBlood team with Red Cross Australia. This means our organisation is registered as a team to tally our blood donations and how many lives we save over the year! We are aiming to donate enough blood to save 100 lives before July 2022.   Australia needs more than 31,000 blood donations every week to help people […]

This year the first week of August was Homelessness Week, an opportunity to bring the issue of homelessness to the attention of local, state and national governments. There are over 116,000 people experiencing homelessness on any given night in Australia, and our catchment of Western Sydney is one of the most impacted in NSW.   […]

As the COVID-19 lockdown continues to be extended, our Centre is taking time out to focus on learning about managing stress, mental wellbeing, and personal resilience.   On Monday 26 July, Dr David Chapman, Consultant Psychiatrist with the NT Department of Health and Families, kindly volunteered his time to speak to our team about the causes of stress and how to […]

With the COVID-19 lockdown continuing to be extended, we want to assure the community of Western Sydney that we are still here to help with all kinds of legal issues. We understand that lockdown can make many legal issues worse, and cause stress around fines, employment, police, guardianship and mental health.   If you have a legal issue […]

NAIDOC week is celebrated during the first week in July and this year the NAIDOC theme is Heal Country! NAIDOC celebrates the history, cultures, and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.  WSCLC was excited to attend and participate at NAIDOC events in our community of Western Sydney, however, due to the unforeseen COVID-19 […]

On Friday 2 July the WSCLC Community Legal Centre Program took the opportunity to step back and reflect on the 2020-21 financial year, evaluating what we did well as a service and planning out how we will improve our service delivery this coming financial year. Despite the lockdown restrictions, we were able to come together […]

This week Western Sydney Community Legal Centre said goodbye to the HWL Ebsworth graduates seconded to our service since the start of April 2021. During their stay, the graduates worked across the Community Legal Centre Program (CLCP) and the Home Building Advocacy Service (HoBAS). They assisted our intake team managing incoming enquiries, attended local courts […]