Community Voices Group

Here at SWLLC, we’re committed to helping people in South West London to access the justice they deserve. As part of this commitment, we host outreach sessions across South West London.

These are designed to help people deal with problems including housing and debt. They also help us to find out which issues in their community matter to locals the most.

Our Temporary Accommodation Groups have helped make some borough-wide changes that have benefited the whole community. This has included the Five Basics campaign, which guarantees fundamental living standards for families living in temporary accommodation.

We’ve already come a long way. But we want to go further. To help us do this, we’re introducing a new project to our outreach services: the Community Voices Group.

This group will give members the chance to voice their opinions on the legal issues that need to be addressed in our communities.

The group will help South West London Law Centres to develop its services. This will help them to reach the people who need them in a way that’s right for them.

It will also help to amplify the real experiences of people living in South West London. People who have experienced problems related to housing, debt, immigration, employment and benefits.

Helping to make real change

By showing how local and national policies affect real people, we hope to instigate change and help improve the lives of everyone who lives in our communities.

You might have lived experience of one of these issues. You might have an opinion about the changes you’d like to see in your community. Or perhaps you’d like to feed back to us about the work we do. If so, we’d love you to join the Community Voices Group.

Your involvement can be as large or small as you like. You might simply want to drop us an email about an accessibility issue you’ve noticed at your local Law Centre.

You might want to join a meeting in your local community, where you can discuss the issues locals face. Or you might be keen to speak out publicly about your experiences with housing issues or debt.

However you want to get involved, we’d love to hear from you. To sign up to the group, or for more information, click ‘join us,’ fill in the form, and we’ll be in touch.