- Our impact
We fight to make the UK a fairer place
Each Law Centre is a key part of its local ‘safety net’ services. It gives free legal assistance, to help people overcome problems and get on with their lives.
“Whenever we’ve needed anything, big or small, it's always easy to contact you. Every time I reached out to LCN for support it has been there in spades!”
LCN does not give legal assistance, but we support our local Law Centres to do it instead: to help more people, with more problems, in more locations across the country.
To do this, we help local Law Centres:
Take up more funding opportunities for their services
Remain accessible to people who need them
Collaborate on tackling common problems
For nearly 50 years, the Law Centres Network has helped Law Centres punch well above their weight.
With every job we help sustain, with every advice hour we help free up, with every local service that we facilitate, we help not just our members but society as a whole.
- £25
- in funding, services and discounts returned to Law Centres last year for every £1 of membership fees they paid
- 7
- groups and organisations supported last year on their journey to become new Law Centres
- 18
- Law Centres took part last year in developing a new service model for family law advice
Featured Publications
Annual Review 2024–25
In times of national uncertainty, how can we navigate a clear path through chaos? Learn how LCN has been building resilience and driving transformation.
Download Law Centres Network annual review 2025
Make Law For All Report
Sets out the crisis in civil legal assistance funding and how it affects people across Britain. The report proposes a new funding model to protect people’s rights and ensure that justice can be accessed equally by all.
Download Make Law for All Report.pdf
Vulnerability Report
Through Brexit, Law Centres have been helping EU citizens in the UK secure their settled status. Here we share what we've learned on who needs more support to apply and how.
Download Overlapping Vulnerabilities Report.pdf
Defending the Public Purse
Especially in a cost-of-living crisis, the government should invest in free legal assistance. This would benefit both people and the public purse, as this report, to which we have contributed, shows.
Download Defending the Public Purse.pdf
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