We provide funding and support to charities that give free legal help to those in need
Periodically, Reaching Justice Wales issues calls for prospective funding applications. Please note: we do not accept applications outside of these calls.
Below are details of the funding application process and criteria, as well as case studies of successful applicants.
Who we fund
We do not fund non-charitable activities.
Relationship with other funding
We aim to provide funding where none exists or to supplement existing funding. In particular, we will not fund applications where it is our view that LSC or other funding is suitable, adequate and available. We expect funding applications to make clear what alternative funding sources have been considered and/or applied for and the reasons those funding sources are, or have been proved to be, unsuitable or inadequate.
We will consider applications where funding is to be used to lever or match other funding.
Our priorities:
When making its decision on distribution, Reaching Justice Wales has an absolute discretion and the Trustees do not accept any duty or liability to any person seeking a distribution.
Subject always to the point just made, Reaching Justice Wales will have regard to (but will not be bound by) any preferences stated by those associated with a donation to the Trust or with obtaining a pro bono costs order.
Reaching Justice Wales will not fund litigation (including disbursements) or fund as a substitute for publicly funded legal assistance (legal aid).
We work closely with the local advice and pro bono sector and take a strategic approach to the distribution of funding, accounting for local needs. We distribute funds to strategic regional projects and to local advice agencies such as Citizens Advice Bureaux and Law Centres.
We work closely with The Access to Justice Foundation which operates across England and in Wales enabling us to draw on their expertise of each region, assessing specific local needs and targeting resources where they are most needed.
Below are details of the funding application process and criteria, as well as case studies of successful applicants.
Who we fund
- voluntary sector legal and legal advice agencies in Wales that provide free legal advice to the public; and/or
- network organisations that support agencies referred to above.
We do not fund non-charitable activities.
Relationship with other funding
We aim to provide funding where none exists or to supplement existing funding. In particular, we will not fund applications where it is our view that LSC or other funding is suitable, adequate and available. We expect funding applications to make clear what alternative funding sources have been considered and/or applied for and the reasons those funding sources are, or have been proved to be, unsuitable or inadequate.
We will consider applications where funding is to be used to lever or match other funding.
Our priorities:
- legal services and projects that encourage or provide co-operation between voluntary sector agencies and volunteers from private practice;
- crisis intervention to “keep the doors open” when funding cuts threaten the closure of a voluntary sector legal agency and when the trustees consider that short term funding may lead to sustainable recovery;
- one-off capital support to increase the capacity of an agency to deliver its service;
- creation of new social welfare legal and pro bono provision in Wales.
- Applications which are eligible under the priorities above in respect of which a Trust grant has a reasonable prospect of levering additional funds to the beneficiary organisation will be given extra priority.
When making its decision on distribution, Reaching Justice Wales has an absolute discretion and the Trustees do not accept any duty or liability to any person seeking a distribution.
Subject always to the point just made, Reaching Justice Wales will have regard to (but will not be bound by) any preferences stated by those associated with a donation to the Trust or with obtaining a pro bono costs order.
Reaching Justice Wales will not fund litigation (including disbursements) or fund as a substitute for publicly funded legal assistance (legal aid).
We work closely with the local advice and pro bono sector and take a strategic approach to the distribution of funding, accounting for local needs. We distribute funds to strategic regional projects and to local advice agencies such as Citizens Advice Bureaux and Law Centres.
We work closely with The Access to Justice Foundation which operates across England and in Wales enabling us to draw on their expertise of each region, assessing specific local needs and targeting resources where they are most needed.
