Our Committee.
Our Committee are elected by our Network Members to design and deliver our network activities.
Our committee are elected by our members, for our members. Meeting monthly, our committee share their knowledge, skills, and a commitment to working collaboratively to ensure the network is effective and working to its aims. Our committee is made up of:
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No more than 8 Advice Provider members
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No more than 4 Gateway members
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An Independent Chair
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A non-voting representative from our parent company (Citizens Advice Liverpool)
We have a Terms of Reference document that sets out our aims, membership structure and governance details.
Our committee coordinate our network activities. They identify and lead our campaigns, decode which training programmes we offer, and design our network meetings and programmes. They make sure the needs of our network members are at the centre of everything we do.
Our committee was elected by our members in 2024 during our most recent elections. They are working in all areas of the free legal advice sector, and they demonstrate the diversity and breadth of our membership.
Citizens Advice Liverpool
Citizens Advice Liverpool are our parent company. They provide free, confidential, and impartial advice to people who live in Liverpool. They provide people with the knowledge and confidence they need to to find their way forward - whoever they are, and whatever their problem.
Frontline Polish Church
Frontline Polish Church has been working since its inception to bring about transformation through a range of community projects with an aim to relieve poverty, promote education, and strengthen families.
Merseyside Law Centre
Merseyside Law Centre provide free legal advice and representation for residents across the Liverpool City Region. They specialise in housing, welfare benefits, and debt advice. Their work is helping to lift the weight of legal matters off residents' minds.
Our Liverpool
Our Liverpool is Liverpool City Council's refugee and migrant service. They support clients throughout the asylum process, be it through helping provide food and legal support, or through advising once people have been granted refugee status.
Raise
Raise are an independent charity dedicated to empowering people through free, confidential, and expert advice and training. They are committed to being a guiding light for those in need, offering a safe and supportive environment for individuals to seek help and to develop the skills they need to take control of their circumstances.
University of Liverpool School of Law and Social Justice Law Clinic
Supported by law students, Liverpool Law Clinic offers free legal advice to members of the public who are unable to otherwise afford it. Their solicitors are experts in their field and have many years of experience in practice.
Your Housing Money Advice
Your Housing Group's Welfare Benefit and Debt Advice Team offers confidential, friendly support to help residents solve benefit problems and maximise their income. They also help residents to understand changes to the benefit system and provide support with benefit appeals through to tribunal hearings.
Refugee Women Connect
Refugee Women Connect is a women-only charity set up to support women asylum-seekers, refugees and survivors of trafficking. They work together to build a safe life in the UK for all women in the asylum seeker and refugee community.
Sahir
Sahir is the Liverpool City Region's LGBTQ+ and HIV charity. They provide help when it is needed most, through practical and emotional assistance. They offer camaraderie and connection in a safe, non-judgmental environment. Sahir is all about creating connections and building a brighter, healthier, inclusive future.
Shelter Merseyside
Shelter exist to defend the right to a safe home. They are working to end the devastating impact the housing emergency has had on people and communities.
Vauxhall Community Law and Information Centre
Vauxhall Law Centre provide a range of advice on social welfare issues. Their aim is to overcome poverty through provision of their specialist support. They help people to enforce their rights to combat injustice and tackle discrimination.
Liverpool John Moores University Legal Advice Centre
