The
Children's Legal Centre Launches New Website!
On 1st April 2004 the Children's Legal
Centre will launch its exciting new website. This will provide
valuable information for parents, carers and professionals on
all aspects of child law. This information will be available
in a 'user-friendly' frequently asked questions style. There
will also be pre-recorded information available by telephone.
Please note our new service will replace our existing telephone
advice line and e-mail advice service. From 1st April
you will no longer be able to contact us directly by email or
telephone. This is part of our drive to provide efficient IT
advice throughout England and Wales, and to ensure that more
people have access to accurate and up to date legal advice.
Background
The
Children's Legal Centre is a unique, independent national
charity concerned with law and policy affecting children and
young people. It opened in 1981, as the major UK project for the
International Year of the Child, and is staffed by lawyers and
professionals with experience in child law. The Centre is funded
by grants from Central Government, including the Department of
Health and the Legal Services Commission, and by charitable
trusts, including the UK National Lotteries Board, the BBC
Children in Need Appeal Fund and the Nuffield Foundation.
The
Centre operates a free and confidential legal advice and
information service covering all aspects of law and policy
affecting children and young people, as well as Education
Law and Advocacy Unit, which provides free legal advice
and representation to children and/or parents with concerns
relating to schools or Local Education Authorities (LEAs).
The
Centre also runs the Essex
Children's Project, which provides free legal advice and
representation on all issues for children who are looked after
by Essex County Council and for children in need in the county.
