A healthy community is one in which everyone has access to help when they need it – and that includes legal help.
Media release: Adequate legal assistance funding is vital to improving health and wellbeing outcomes
Health Justice Australia has welcomed last week’s announcement that the Australian Government will provide $3.9 billion in funding to the legal assistance sector through the new National Access to Justice Partnership. While this announcement is an encouraging first step in addressing the chronic underfunding of the sector, there is still much to do to ensure the sustainability of legal assistance services so they can continue to support the health and wellbeing of individuals and families.
Here are our go-to tips on building and sustaining effective networks and communities of practice.
One tool folks working in HJP can try is the ‘power audit’, to help partners and partnerships pay attention to, work with and disrupt power.
We welcome Warwick Padgham and Greg Rochford to our growing board.
What do we mean when we talk about listening to the voices of lived experience?