KCLS is an independent, not-for-profit community legal centre, providing free legal services to Aboriginal communities and others in need across the Kimberley.

WORKING WITH OUR COMMUNITY TO MAKE A POSITIVE DIFFERENCE

KCLS started from the efforts of a group of Kimberley women who recognised a need for a specialist women’s legal service to help families dealing with domestic violence.

Twenty years later, we have grown to be one of the most respected and effective civil law services in Australia, providing essential legal and support services to all families and communities who need us across the Kimberley region.

Every year, our lawyers and client advocates help hundreds of people across the Kimberley keep their homes, manage their finances, be safe from violence, hold their families together, and get fair treatment under the law.

Our services include legal advice and representation on most civil law matters, intensive tenancy and family violence support, financial counselling, community education and law reform advocacy.

From our offices in Kununurra and Broome, we regularly visit 14 other towns and communities across the region. We go where our clients are, and we actively involve our client communities in decisions about how we work.

We work for whoever needs us, without discrimination or narrow eligibility requirements. Our practice is client-centric, holistic and embedded in the community and region in which we work.

KCLS is dedicated to justice and a better life for current and future generations of all Kimberley people.

Why donate to KCLS?

1. KCLS does good work that no other service is able to provide across the Kimberley

We help people keep their homes, manage their finances, be safe from violence, keep their families together, and exercise their rights as citizens of our nation.

2. Community Legal Centres have a tremendous social impact

“For every dollar spent ... on funding CLCs, these services return a benefit to society that is 18 times that cost”

- Storer, Stubbs and Lux - Economic Cost Benefit Analysis of Community Legal Centres

In 2012, John Storer, Judith Stubbs and Colleen Lux completed a rigorous cost-benefit analysis of community legal centres (CLCs).

3. Each donation goes a long way

Your donation will help to ensure that future generations are better off than their parents in access to legal representation, respect for human rights and protection from discrimination.

Find out more about our work at http://www.kcls.org.au/

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