The National Association of Community Legal Centres (NACLC) is the association of state community legal centre organisations in Australia. Its members are:
- Australian Capital Territory Association of Community Legal Centres (ACTACLC)
- Combined Community Legal Centres Group (New South Wales) (CCLCG)
- Northern Territory Association of Community Legal Centres (NTACLC)
- Queensland Association of Independent Legal Services (QAILS)
- South Australian Council of Community Legal Services (SACCLS)
- Tasmanian Association of Community Legal Centres (TACLC)
- Federation of Community Legal Centres (Victoria)
- Community Legal Centres Association (WA) Inc
Together, these organisations represent around 200 community legal centres nationally.
NACLC is established for the public charitable purposes of assisting disadvantaged and marginalised people in the Australian community obtain access to legal services by, including but not limited to:
- supporting and assisting community legal centres to provide these services;
- providing a national forum for community legal centres;
- developing and coordinating national community legal centres policy; and
- advancing the interests of community legal centres within Australia.
Click here for copy of NACLC's Constitution.
Click here for a list of NACLC's representatives.
The Association's governing body, the Management Committee, meets throughout the year. It comprises state and territory representatives and elected national representatives.
Current and Recent Activities
In recent years the NACLC has:
- provided information services to centres, including the NACLC Fax, Directories and a Bulletin Board Service (BBS);
- negotiated and maintained the national CLC Professional Indemnity Insurance policy;
- negotiated and maintained other insurances for member centres;
- organised and supported the annual National CLC Conference in conjunction with state/territory CLC organisations;
- provided free training and support for CLSIS, BBS and WebEx use;
- fostered collaboration and sharing of resources between centres;
- negotiated national, cost effective services for centres, such as significantly discounted insurances and some free online legal resources and online training and collaboration technology;
- obtained funding grants for projects to support centres and their work;
- developed responses to consultations and negotiated on behalf of centres in relation to administration of the CLC Funding Program nationally and implementation and use of data systems for reporting, service standards and the Service Agreement;
- publicised the works and value of CLCs and lobbied on behalf of the sector, in the interests of centres' clients;
- researched and coordinated national policy on justice issues;
- provided support for a range of national networks of community legal centres;
- supported the development of advocacy for human rights; and
- provided advice and assistance to individual centres and state and territory organisations.
Click here for the NACLC's Annual Report 06-07
Public Officer:
Carol Benda
PO BOX 1726, Canberra City, ACT, 2601
National Convenor:
Liz O'Brien
c/o Welfare Rights and Legal Centre
PO Box 337, Civic Square, ACT, 2608
phone: 02 6257 2931 fax: 02 6257 4801
email: liz_obrien at clc.net.au
Staff:
Executive Director: Julia Hall
email: Julia_Hall at clc.net.au
Administrator: Sue Acret
email: Sue_Acret at clc.net.au
Click here for a copy of NACLC's Employment Agreement.
Click here for NACLC's Publications
