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Part V Phase 2 Project Factsheet
Fife Rights Forum Project This project will provide specialised legal advice and representation to mental health clients in Fife, including young people and children. The solicitor will provide legal training to advisors across the Fife Rights Forum Network and to local solicitors, as well as providing a secondary advice service to staff working across a range of advice-giving agencies. Fife Rights Forum is an established network of advice organisations including Citizens Advice and Rights Fife, Fife Advocacy and Fife Families Support Project.
Argyll and Bute Advice Network Project This project will see the trial of various innovative methods of legal advice training and delivery, including video and telephone conferencing. The solicitor will provide support and training for advisors across the Network and handle remote casework to clients. The Advice Network includes Argyll and Bute Citizens Advice Bureau, Argyll and Bute Women’s Aid, Argyll Council for Voluntary Services, Bute Advice Centre, Lomond and Argyll Advocacy Service and the Mull and Iona Information Service.
Street Legal Project Working with some of the most socially excluded people in the community, this project based at Streetwork UK will provide legal advice to young people and rough sleepers at risk on the streets of Edinburgh. The solicitor will also be responsible for the creation of a Virtual Law Centre focusing on social welfare law. This initiative will see the creation of a signed up pool of legal practices and advice agencies committed to improving access to services, encouraging appropriate referrals and increasing the likelihood of representation of individuals within this vulnerable and disenfranchised community.
Citizens Advice Scotland Project Working out of the CAS office in Inverness, the solicitor will serve 10 of the bureaux across the Highlands and Islands and will deliver a second tier advisory service through training and support for CAB advisors, enabling greater access to legal services for people living in rural areas. The solicitor will undertake direct casework for clients, focusing on employment law and will develop referral mechanisms between the 10 project CABx and local solicitors.
Disability Legal Advice Project This project involves a Part V solicitor working with Citizens Advice Scotland, Capability Scotland, Update and the Disability Rights Commission and will improve access to legal advice for disabled people across North and South Lanarkshire. The solicitor will provide second tier advice to staff in local citizens advice bureaux and disability organisations, whilst also delivering specialist training on disability related legal issues to advisors and local solicitors. - ENDS -
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