Birmingham Law Centre

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General information

Birmingham Law Centre is an independent, not-for-profit, solicitor-led legal advice agency.  We have specialist contracts from the Legal Services Commission (LSC) to provide legal advice in the areas of debt, welfare benefits and community care. 

“We meet the LSC’s stringent Specialist Quality Mark (SQM) for providing advice.  We became members of the Law Centres’ Federation in 2007.  Our solicitors are members of the Law Society and our social workers are members of the General Social Care Council We also have a licence from the Office of Fair Trading for debt-advice work.

Our face-to-face casework is carried out both at our offices near Birmingham city centre (accessible to people with disabilities), and through outreach sessions.”

BLC Projects

Probation Project
- operates outreach sessions at Probation Service offices across Birmingham, mainly giving advice on debt and welfare benefits. 

South West Advice Project, Bartley Green and Quinton (SWAP)
- operates outreach surgeries from three venues in south-west Birmingham

‘MAXI’ Project
- an advice/casework collaboration between BLC and social landlords

LSC Outreach Pilot – North Birmingham
- operaties outreach sessions at four venues in Handsworth and Kingstanding.

Department of Trade and Industry Face to Face Debt Advice Project
- provides debt and benefits advice to clients in social housing. 

Bangladeshi Legal Resource Project
- provides drop-in advice sessions at the Bangladesh Centre in Sparkbrook

Accessibility information

Aceessible to people with disabilities