About Wiltshire Law Centre
The Wiltshire Law Centre is a registered charity, established in 1981 providing free, independent legal advice in Welfare Benefits, Housing and Debt to people on low incomes who cannot afford to pay for legal advice.
We deal with the whole wide range of benefits such as Child Tax Credits, Working Tax Credits, Job Seekers Allowance, Incapacity Benefit and Disability Living Allowance. We also assist with all Social Security appeals, representation at tribunals and court hearings.
We deal with a wide range of housing issues for Council tenants and private tenants. Problems with housing associations, housing benefit queries and claims, issues with landlords regarding quality of accommodation especially for special needs clients, mortgage arrears and repossession are all dealt with here.
We offer advice to clients on all aspects of debt including Council Tax arrears, information on bankruptcy, debt relief orders and dealing with bailiffs.
We are funded by the Legal Services Commission. We also have a grant from the Community Foundation for Wiltshire & Swindon that assists greatly with our training costs.
We are keen to expand our provision of services to the people of Swindon and Wiltshire as a whole. In certain circumstances we can visit clients at home.
The Law Centre gave advice to over 4000 people and their families in the period April 2008 to March 2009. During this time 1495 case files were opened; a 20% increase on the previous 12 months. This was on top of a 47% increase in the previous 12 months and a massive 100% on the year before that.
We currently have six advisors with at least two in each area of law. Our advisors have over 50 years experience between them and include two solicitors, a barrister and three very experienced caseworkers.
If you would like to support our work by becoming a Trustee and joining our voluntary management committee, or by MAKING A DONATION, please call us on 01793 486926 or email us at info@wiltslawcentre.co.uk
History of the Wiltshire Law Centre