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In March 2025, Community Law Service (CLS) achieved reaccreditation of the LEXCEL quality mark; The Law Society’s legal practice quality mark for client care, compliance and practice management. Since 2000 CLS has held a specialist advice quality mark.  This is an...

Northamptonshire-based charity Community Law Service has seen a stark rise in mortgage-related cases, as more households struggle to keep up with repayments. The latest figures reveal a significant increase in demand for both in-court support and housing casework,...

SOLICITOR TRAINING CONTRACT AVAILABLE Community Law Service is making an exciting move into providing a training contract for trainee solicitors from April 2025.  Thanks to funding from the Justice First Fellowship scheme, a programme offered by The Legal Education...

Fuel Poverty Awareness Day, set to take place on Wednesday, 27th November 2024, has been organised by National Energy Action – a fuel poverty charity that works to eradicate fuel poverty and campaigns for greater investment in energy efficiency to help those who are poor or vulnerable gain affordable heat.

Zuweratu Abubakar tells her story ... When my daughter Lulu was five years old she had a stroke which left her with severe disabilities. She had been born with Downs Syndrome and has always required extra care, but the stroke was a devastating blow to me and our...

Gerard Ross talks about how Community Law Service has given him a second lease of life ... Community Law Service helped me through a very difficult time when every door I opened got slammed in my face. I had worked in construction my whole working life. One day I...

We have scooped Charity of the year at the 2024 NNBN Awards. Our CEO Sarah Hayle says: “I’m so proud our organisation has won and equally proud to work in such a wonderful voluntary sector in our county. We are committed to doing all we can to help people take control...

Thousands of people across the UK are set to lose their Winter Fuel Allowance this year – unless they are eligible for Pension Credit and act quickly. Northamptonshire charity Community Law Service is urging people over State Pension age to check their eligibility –...

A free, independent and confidential immigration advice service is now available for people living in West Northamptonshire – thanks to a new partnership between two local charities Community Law Service and Northamptonshire Rights and Equality Council (NREC)....

More than 1,100 Northamptonshire households in danger of repossession and eviction have been supported in court by Community Law Service in the last 12 months. As reported in our Annual Report 2023-24,we have supported 1,433 people with specialist housing advice and...