The Solicitors Journal ran a very positive feature on the SLF in its 12 March 2013 edition, highlighting a successful SLF funded project and indicating the potential of the Fund. The article outlines how an SLF grant gives legal practitioners the time to consider systemic problems of law and policy, and how it has encouraged innovative partnerships with legal practitioners and NGOs […]
We are delighted that the launch of the next phase of the Strategic Legal Fund was covered in a comprehensive article on Legal Voice, the online magazine about ‘access to justice’. The piece includes comments from one of the grantees from the SLF pilot, Harrow Law Centre, about the welcome speed of decision-making and the kind of work […]
During 2012, the pilot phase of the Strategic Legal Fund was externally evaluated by independent consultancy, Firetail. Firetail sought views from organisations in the partnership, members of the Expert Panel, grantees, potential applicants and others in the field. They found that the SLF: The evaluators recommended that: The evaluation informed the SLF’s new expanded remit. Download the external […]
Trust for London and the Esmée Fairbairn Foundation, in partnership with Migration Work CIC, are providing £400,000 as part of the Strategic Legal Fund for Vulnerable Young Migrants. Grants from the fund are available to NGOs and private law firms to undertake strategic legal work to benefit children and young people who are significantly disadvantaged by migration status. This next […]