Cairns Community Legal Centre
The centre employs Botha Solicitor and Social Worker to provide the legal , advocacy and support services for the benefit of seniors affected by elder abuse or financial exploitation.
The Cairns Community Legal Centre is a not for profit community organisation that provides legal services and referral for the benefit of people in the community experiencing disadvantage. The Centre is one of more than 200 community legal centres nationwide.
The objectives of the Centre are:
to provide free and accessible legal services
to promote legal and social change to remove injustice and inequality
to provide community legal education programs
to encourage community participation in the provision of community legal centre services
to develop and support self-help strategies and alternate methods of dispute resolution
to encourage development of a multi-disciplinary approach to the solution of client’s problems
This is for the benefit of those socially or financially disadvantaged members of the community which it serves.