ABORIGINAL LEGAL SERVICES
Djirra
Statewide specialist Aboriginal Community Controlled Organisation (ACCO) providing holistic, wrap-around family violence services for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, predominantly women and their children. Donate here.
Victorian Aboriginal Legal Service
Statewide ACCO providing services in criminal, civil and family law for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. Donate here.
SPECIALIST COMMUNITY LEGAL CENTRES
AED Legal Centre
Statewide service for people with disability who experience discrimination in the areas of education or employment or who seek to review decisions about their NDIS plans. Donate here.
Anika Legal
Statewide service providing legal support for renters, and advocating for a fair housing system. Donate here.
Animal Law Institute
Statewide provider of legal advice and representation for Victorian residents on issues relating to the purchase of animals from a breeder or supplier. Donate here.
Asylum Seeker Resource Centre
Human rights organisation providing support for people seeking asylum. Donate here.
Disability Discrimination Legal Service
Statewide service specialising in disability discrimination legal matters, and sexual harassment of women with disabilities in the workplace. Donate here.
Emma House Domestic Violence Services
Specialist domestic and family violence service operating in South West Victoria. Donate here.
Environmental Justice Australia
Nationwide organisation that uses the law to empower communities seeking environmental justice and defend and safeguard the climate. Donate here.
First Step Legal Service
Statewide service which is co-located in a health service and provides integrated legal and health support for people living with addiction and mental health issues. Donate here.
Human Rights Law Centre
Nationwide organisation using strategic legal action, policy solutions and advocacy to support communities to eliminate inequality and injustice. Donate here.
inTouch Community Legal Centre
Statewide specialist family violence service that provides support to migrant and refugee women, their families and communities. Donate here.
Jobwatch
Employment rights service supporting workers in Victoria, Queensland and Tasmania on issues regarding their rights at work. Donate here.
Justice Connect
Nationwide service working to increase access to legal support, and progress social justice for those who struggle to navigate the law. Donate here.
knowmore
Nationwide service providing legal advice and support services to survivors of child sexual abuse. Donate here.
Law and Advocacy Centre for Women
Statewide service providing legal advice and representation with holistic support for women in or at risk of entering the criminal legal system. Donate here.
Mental Health Legal Centre
Statewide provider of legal services for people living with mental illness or who are involved with the mental health system. Donate here.
Monash Law Clinics
Group of clinics that are part of the Faculty of Law at Monash University providing access to justice to members of the Victorian community. Donate here.
Mortgage Stress Victoria
Statewide service providing legal, financial counselling and social work support for people experiencing mortgage stress. Donate here.
Refugee Legal
Specialist service providing legal assistance to people seeking asylum, refugees and disadvantaged migrants. Donate here.
Seniors Rights Victoria
Statewide service that is part of the Council of the Ageing (COTA) and is dedicated to advancing the rights of older people and the early intervention into, or prevention of, elder abuse in our community. Donate here.
Social Security Rights Victoria
Statewide service that provides legal assistance on social security and Centrelink matters. Donate here.
Tenants Victoria
Statewide service to promote and protect the rights of renters and advocate for a fair housing system. Donate here.
Villamanta Disability Rights Legal Service
Statewide provider of legal support and justice for people with disability. Donate here.
Women’s Legal Service Victoria
Statewide service providing women with legal assistance, with a focus on addressing issues arising from relationship breakdown or violence. Donate here.
Youthlaw
Statewide service providing legal advice and support for people under 25. Donate here.
PLACE-BASED COMMUNITY LEGAL CENTRES
Place-based Community Legal Centres provide a range of free legal services to members of their geographic community. Typically, these centres provide legal services on issues as such family violence, family law, tenancy, employment, fines, neighbourhood disputes, consumer issues, discrimination, Centrelink, police complaints, victims of crime compensation, motor vehicle accidents, debt, migration, criminal law, elder abuse and child protection interventions.
Brimbank Melton Community Legal Centre
Local provider of legal services for people who live, work or study in the Brimbank, Melton and Bacchus Marsh communities. Donate here.
Eastern Community Legal Centre
Multidisciplinary legal service that works to prevent problems, progress fair outcomes and support the wellbeing and resilience of communities and community members in Melbourne’s East. Donate here.
Fitzroy Legal Service
Local organisation providing legal advice to anyone who needs it. Donate here.
ARC Justice’s Goulbourn Valley Community Legal Centre and Loddon Campaspe Community Legal Centre
Local provider of legal information, advice and representation services to people across Northern and North East Victoria, and Central Victoria in a range of legal areas. Donate here.
Hume Riverina Community Legal Service
Local provider of legal assistance including family and generalist civil law in North East Victoria and the Southern Riverina of New South Wales. Donate here.
Inner Melbourne Community Legal
Local provider of legal help to people on low incomes in the inner Melbourne area, and runs the Police Accountability Project. Donate here.
Mallee Family Care Community Legal Centre
Local provider of legal advice, information, referral and case work for communities in the Mallee. Donate here.
Moonee Valley Legal Service
Local provider of legal advice, information, education, referrals and ongoing casework assistance to anyone who lives, works or studies within the City of Moonee Valley. Donate here.
Northern Community Legal Centre
Local provider of legal services, community legal education and law reform advocacy in Melbourne’s North-West. Donate here.
Peninsula Community Legal Centre
Local provider of legal advice to people who live, work or study in the municipalities of Frankston, Casey, Cardinia, Glen Eira, Kingston and Mornington Peninsula on issues including family law, family violence, fines, tenancy and rooming house advocacy. Donate here.
South-East Monash Legal Service
Local provider of legal services across the south-east including the City of Greater Dandenong, Casey and Cardinia. Donate here.
Southport Community Legal Service
Local provider of legal advice on a range of legal issues to the community of City of Port Phillip. Donate here.
Southside Justice
Local provider of legal services for people on low incomes in the cities of Port Phillip, Stonnington and Bayside, and statewide provider of services for sex workers. Donate here.
West Heidelberg Community Legal Service
Local provider of legal supports and advice in West Heidelberg. Donate here.
WEstjustice
Local provider of legal advice, representation, education, community development, advocacy, and systemic reform in the Western suburbs of Melbourne. Donate here.
Whittlesea Community Connections
Local provider of legal assistance to people who live, work or study in the City of Whittlesea and surrounding communities. Donate here.
THE FEDERATION OF COMMUNITY LEGAL CENTRES
Alternatively, you can donate to the Federation’s training program that builds the capacity of Community Legal Centre staff and volunteers across the state to provide trauma-informed and culturally safe services for Victorians here.
