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.
Thinking about starting a Health Justice Partnership? In our series, Effective Health Justice Partnership – practical tips for purposeful communication, we discuss how you can use communication to not only convey a message, but also in building trusting relationships to achieve your HJP goals.
It can be challenging to know where to start when it comes to building a health justice partnership. There’s no one-size-fits-all blueprint, after all! In this post, we’ll discuss the first steps you can take and where you can receive more support in your health justice partnership journey.
We created this free downloadable resource in response to HJP practitioners asking for guidance on developing an MOU. Download the free editable Word template now.
Communicating with funders for your HJP work? Connecting with policy makers so your work can help inform policy and law reform processes? Here are some tips from Health Justice Australia’s Strategic Advocacy Manager, Kate Finch, about how to effectively engage with funders and policymakers.